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Shriekback

Shriekback is a group from the UK, active since 1981.

Group GB since 1981 post-punk new wave english
TOTAL PLAYS
73
SONGS PLAYED
39
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-06-12 21:26 · 6 Music — "My Spine (Is the Bassline)"
LAST PLAYED
7 months ago · 6 Music — "My Spine (Is the Bassline)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
10 8 5 3 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 72 99%
Radio 2 1 1%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 9 2025-10-03
2 My Spine Is The Bassline 6 2017-01-06
3 My Spine (Is The Baseline) Peel Session 4 2017-04-11
4 Mercy Dash - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 3 2019-02-23
5 Hand On My Heart - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 3 2019-02-23
6 Fish BeneathThe Ice - BBC Session 02/06/1985 3 2012-10-17
7 Faded Flowers - BBC Session 02/06/1985 3 2012-10-17
8 Feelers - BBC Session 3 2009-05-15
9 Nemesis 2 2022-10-04
10 A Kind Of Fascination - BBC Session 28/01/1982 2 2020-04-02
11 White Out - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 2 2019-02-23
12 Big Sharp Teeth - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 2 2019-02-23
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-10-03 18:48 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
2024-07-03 22:35 My Spine (Is the Bassline) Radio 2
2023-07-21 16:12 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
2023-07-14 17:26 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
2023-01-06 18:44 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
2022-10-04 15:07 Nemesis 6 Music
2022-07-13 05:49 All Lined Up 6 Music
2022-01-07 18:08 Nemesis 6 Music
2021-08-14 07:20 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
2020-08-25 16:54 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
2020-04-02 20:17 A Kind Of Fascination - BBC Session 28/01/1982 6 Music
2020-01-21 18:53 My Spine (Is the Bassline) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

39 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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(Grapes Into) Lettuce (David Jensen Session 3.03.1983) — 1 ▶
A Kind Of Fascination - BBC Session 28/01/1982 — 2 ▶
All Lined Up — 1 ▶
All The Greek Boys (Do The Handwalk) - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Big Sharp Teeth — 1 ▶
Big Sharp Teeth - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 — 2 ▶
Brink Of Collapse (David Jensen Session 3.3.1983) — 1 ▶
Considerable (David Jensen Session 3.03.1983) — 1 ▶
Despite The Dense Weed (David Jensen Session 3.03.1983) — 1 ▶
Everything That Riese Must Converge - BBC Session 02/06/1985 — 1 ▶
Everything That Rises Must Converge — 2 ▶
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Radio 1 Session, 2 July 1985) — 1 ▶
Faded Flowers (Radio 1 Session, 2 July 1985) — 1 ▶
Faded Flowers - BBC Session 02/06/1985 — 3 ▶
Feelers — 1 ▶
Feelers - BBC Session — 3 ▶
Feelers - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 — 1 ▶
Fish Beneaththe Ice — 1 ▶
Fish BeneathThe Ice (Radio 1 Session, 2 July 1985) — 1 ▶
Fish BeneathThe Ice - BBC Session 02/06/1985 — 3 ▶
Flailing — 1 ▶
Hand On My Heart - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 — 3 ▶
Lined Up — 1 ▶
Mercy Dash — 2 ▶
Mercy Dash - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 — 3 ▶
Moth Loop 2 — 2 ▶
My Spine (Is Baseliine) - BBC Session — 1 ▶
My Spine (Is The Baseline) Peel Session — 4 ▶
My Spine (Is the Bassline) — 9 ▶
My Spine is a Bassline — 2 ▶
My Spine Is A Bassline - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 — 1 ▶
My Spine Is The Bass Line 12" — 1 ▶
My Spine Is The Bassline — 6 ▶
Nemesis — 2 ▶
Now those Days are Gone — 1 ▶
Sexthinkone - BBC Session 28/01/1982 — 1 ▶
The Spine (Is My Bassline) — 1 ▶
White Out - Hatfield Polytechnic 1984 — 2 ▶
Working On The Ground — 1 ▶