Peregrins
Encyclopedia
Peregrins were an alternative rock
band. Bassist Fred Smith
was a founding member of Blondie
and recorded with Television
during that band's critical peak in the late-1970s.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band. Bassist Fred Smith
Fred Smith (bassist)
Fred Smith is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work with Television. He was the original bassist with Blondie until he replaced Richard Hell when Hell left Television in 1975 to form The Heartbreakers. At the time, Television played at CBGB along with Blondie...
was a founding member of Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
and recorded with Television
Television (band)
Television was an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973. They are best known for the album Marquee Moon and widely regarded as one of the founders of "punk" and New Wave music. Television was part of the early 1970s New York underground rock scene, along with bands like the Patti...
during that band's critical peak in the late-1970s.
Personnel
- Deirdre Steinschneider, lead vocals
- Jeffrey Dresher, guitars
- Julius Klepacz, drums
- Eve Moon, guitar and backing vocals
- Fred SmithFred Smith (bassist)Fred Smith is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work with Television. He was the original bassist with Blondie until he replaced Richard Hell when Hell left Television in 1975 to form The Heartbreakers. At the time, Television played at CBGB along with Blondie...
, bass
Discography
- PeregrinsPeregrins (album)Peregrins is the sole album released by the alternative rock band also called Peregrins.-Track listing:# "Let It Go"# "Always Tomorrow" # "True Believer"# "History of the World" # "Innocent Eyes"...
LP/CD (MCAMCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
6288) - 1989 - True Believer 12" vinyl/CD Single (MCAMCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
8961) - 1989