Blue Orchids

Blue Orchids
OriginManchester, England
GenresPost-punk
Years active1979–2007, 2012–present
Labels
Members
  • Martin Bramah
  • John Paul Moran
  • De Selby Lewis
  • Howard Jones
  • Tansy McNally

Blue Orchids are an English post-punk band formed in Manchester in 1979, when Martin Bramah left the Fall, after playing on the band's debut album Live at the Witch Trials. Christened by Salford-based punk poet John Cooper Clarke the band recorded for Rough Trade and acted as backing band for the Velvet Underground's Nico before a 25-year period of intermittent activity and fluctuating line-ups.