| The Barracudas | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Garage rock revival, Surf rock, Jangle pop |
| Years active | 1979-1984, 1989, 2005-present |
| Label(s) | EMI Closer Records Flicknife Records NDN Records |
| Members | |
| Jeremy Gluck Robin Wills Chris Wilson Rob Coyne Yan Quellien |
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| Former members | |
| Nick Turner David Buckley Jim Dickson Terry Smith Steve Robinson |
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The Barracudas are an English based Anglo-Canadian band formed in the late 1970's. The band's original lineup consisted of: Jeremy Gluck (vocals), Robin Wills (guitar & vocals), David Buckley (bass & vocals) and Nick Turner (drums). They are notable for their summer 1980 hit "Summer Fun", which started with an excerpt from a spoof 1960's advertisement for the Plymouth Barracuda, in which one of the announcers has difficulty pronouncing the word barracuda. The single reached number 37 in the UK singles chart
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An excerpt from Summer Fun
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Discography
Singles
- "I Want My Woody Back" (1979)
- "Summer Fun" (1980)
- "His Last Summer" (1980)
- "(I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again/Rendezvous" (1980)
- "I Can't Pretend/K.G.B. Made a Man Out of Me" (1981)
- "Inside Mind/Hour Of Degradation" (1982)
- "Stolen Heart/See Her Eyes Again" (1983)
- "Live E.P" (1983)
- "The Way We've Changed/Laughing At You" (1983)
- "What You Want is What You Get/Somebody '05" (2005)
Albums
- Drop Out with The Barracudas (1981 - reissued in 2005)
- Meantime (1983)
- Endeavour to Persevere (1983)
- The Big Gap (1984)
- The World's A Burn (1985) - Mini LP
- (I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again (1985)
- Live In Madrid (1986)
- Garbage Dump Tapes! (1989)
- The Complete EMI Recordings (1990)
- Wait For Everything (1991)
- Through The Mysts Of Time: Rarities 1979-81 (1999)
- This Ain't My Time: Anthology '79-'90 (2001)
- The Barracudas (2005)
- without name (2008)
