Whatever happened to Thousand Yard Stare?

This page is dedicated to Thousand Yard Stare, a band who rode into the early-90's on the coat-tails of baggy. Sadly, they never really caught on, probably because they were just too tuneful with their guitars... plus they had Christian names like Giles and Dominic, which wasn't likely to get them past the first stop on the Tube line of musical stardom. I like them though...

Trivia... the band's record company was called the Stifled Aardvark Co. Ltd, whilst their records were distributed via Polydor. Producer Stephen Street (of Smiths/Blur affiliation) worked on both TYS albums.

If anyone can help me fill in the gaps (particularly in the biography) please contact me.

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Personnel Timeline Discography Links

Personnel

The band's line-up was:

Stephen Barnes vocals
Giles Duffy lead guitar
Sean McDonough bass
Kevin Moxon rhythm guitar
Dominic Bostock drums

Timeline

1988: band form in Slough, Berkshire, UK
Easter 1989: first demo recorded
January 1991: first commercial release (Weatherwatching e.p.)
June 1991: the Keepsake e.p. hits the Indie top 5
August 1991: the Yardies play at the Reading Festival
August 1991: the Seasonstream e.p. peaks at Indie no.2 and later makes the UK top 75
What happened next: after the band split, Stephen Barnes formed Click with, amongst others, Wiggy (famed for his work with Billy Bragg). Click released one single, "Julia's Reactor", and two albums, "If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It" and "'Til The Cows Come Home". The rest of the band teamed up with Nick Steele (TYS's engineer and occasional producer) to form Euphoria - they also released one single, "Stationary Man". [Thanks to Dave O and Peter M for this info.] Most recently (i.e. 4th Feb 2005) I've heard straight from the horse's mouth that Giles is involved in a new band, republicofheaven - they're gigging around the Brighton/South coast area and will be in the studio during the Spring.

Discography

	Easter '89 Demo only, not released Format(s): cassette Catalog #: AARD001 (Aardvark) UK chart: did not chart (DNC)	Helstone When The World Was Round Sunday Inverted
	Tumbledown ep Demo only, not released Format(s): cassette Catalog #: AARD002 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	Twice Times Few And Far Between Worse For Wear Wonderment
	Weatherwatching ep 1990 (month?) Format(s): 12" Catalog #: AARD003 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	Stopgap To The World Three Doors Down Stonesthrow Wonderment
	Keepsake ep 1991 (month?) Format(s): 12" Catalog #: AARD004 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	Buttermouth Twicetimes Weatherwatching One Another And On
	Seasonstream ep Jul 1991 Format(s): coloured 10", 12", CD, cassette Catalog #: AARD005 (Aardvark) UK chart: 65	0-0 a.e.t. Village End Keepsake Worse For Wear
	White label ep Nov 1991 Format(s): one-sided 12" Catalog #: AARD006 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	Twice Times (remix) Strange (cover of R.E.M. track)
	Comeuppance ep Feb 1992 Format(s): 7", 10", 12", CD Catalog #: AARD007 (Aardvark) UK chart: 37	Comeuppance Wish A Perfect Standoffish
	Hands On lp Feb 1992 Format(s): 12", CD, cassette Catalog #: AARD008 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	0-0 a.e.t. Thisness Comeuppance Cottager Seasonstream Junketing Nonplussed Absentee Last Up First To Go Buttermouth Wideshire
	Live Bootleg ep [given away with early vinyl copies of 'Hands On'] 1992 (month?) Format(s): 10" Catalog #: AARD009 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	Twice Times Village End Three Doors Down Buttermouth
	Spindrift ep Jul 1992 Format(s): 10" twin-pack, 12", CD Catalog #: AARD010 (Aardvark) UK chart: 58	Wideshire Two Hand, Son Happenstance Moccapune e.p.
	Fair To Middling 1992 (month?) Format(s): CD (French import) Catalog #: AARD012 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	No Score After Extra Time Village End Weatherwatching/Another And On Three Doors Down Stonesthrow Buttermouth Twice Times Keepsake Worse For Wear Wonderment
	Version Of Me ep May 1993 Format(s): 7", clear 12", CD1, CD2 Catalog #: AARD012 (Aardvark) UK chart: 57	Version Of Me Spacehopper [CD1] Comeuppance (live) [CD1] Happenstance? (live) [CD1] Strange [CD2] Darkness Of Her Eyes [CD2] Version Of Me (version) [CD2]
	Mappamundi May 1993 Format(s): 12", CD, cassette Catalog #: AARD013 (Aardvark) UK chart: DNC	Version Of Me God's P45 Tragedy No. 6 Debutante One And All Sooner Halfsize Small Change Monsieur Bour And His Goat Naturesway (Earthwatching) What's Your Level? Downtown Mystic