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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

On this day in 1980 The Trudy returned to Chestnut Studios to mix 11 tracks we’d recorded on 31st March for our side of the album Volcano Fo Lé Ferret (shared with The Magnificent 7).

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

In 1983 we held our Christmas Shindig (patent pending) at the Grove Tavern in Kingston. It was widely acclaimed as the best Christmas Shinding we held at the Grove Tavern in Kingston that year. We hope your Christmas Shindig is equally successful. Merry Christmas everybody!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Stuck for a last minute Xmas present? ‘Dear Catherine Wheel’ is the Philpott's fabulous book of letters to, & replies from, all your favourite indie bands, plus some band called The Trudy. An ideal present for fans of books like this! amzn.eu/d/bMVEpzM Amazon UK a.co/d/5t6o7QM Amazon Worldwide

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

On this day in 1985 we didn’t play with Moonbats and Ozric Tentacles in Croydon as our bass player's car broke down and he couldn't get back from Cornwall. Maybe it was Devon. Perhaps we should have played without him.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Unused 10" acetate for The Invisible Man 7" single. Hand inscribed by the great man himself: To Vic + the gang Here's to the next million!! Bexx

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

On 17/11/1981 John Peel played Hotel by The Trudy. Our drummer recently found out, via a #Cardiacs page, that the Cardiac Arrest EP he played on in 1979 was played twice on the John Peel show. He was so excited to discover this, just 46 years after it happened, that he barely slept for a week.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

As well as being in The Trudy, Melissa Jo Heathcote has joined the excellent 'Terry Bickers and the Inner Spiral'. Their great new single 'Keepers' is out now and they're playing The Butler in Reading tonight (Saturday 31st) and The Lexington in London tomorrow (Sunday 1st).

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Great piece about Tim and Cardiacs.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Two days late this time. If we’d posted this on Sunday we could have said, "On this day in 1987, The Trudy played at the brilliant Alice in Wonderland at Gossips."

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Oh no! We should have posted this yesterday! We could have then said, "On this day in 1990 ..." Must try harder next year!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A poster advertising our second gig, in 1981. Rescued from a wall by Sue Smallwood and now presented here for your wonderment.

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DJ Mac 🍁 @ccedjm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out The Trudy-Always Never Beautiful Forever 2016 CD (1st CD Review) Rock. UK Formed 1979-hiatus since 1991. ‘Band U never heard of’ listen! Classic rock, folk w/unique vocals. Just brilliant! www.thetrudy.co.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MZ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAT...

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

From The Trudy Love Boutique, circa 1986.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Tomorrow, Friday 25th April Melissa & Del are special guests of Neovenator, at the Willoughby Arms, Kingston. Playing songs made famous by The Trudy, in acoustic mode. PLUS, some new songs, which are venturing outside of Trudy HQ for the very first time! Onstage 8:45 pm. Admission FREE!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

From the archive. Late 80s 'Countdown To Love' badge set. 12 pieces - count 'em!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Two of us acoustically redefining some space-age pop. Also introducing new songs for your listening pleasure, prior to recording them for new release. This Friday, 25th April, The Willoughby Arms, Kingston, as special guests of Neovenator.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

ORGAN zine, covering art, music & underculture, has its 40th birthday this year and has published a great retrospective that’s well worth a read. This isn’t a nostalgia fest though. They post current news & reviews most days, & have a weekly radio show, so get yourself over there! wp.me/p2ScbB-ucp

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Melissa sung her heart out, but this version of 'From Venus With Love', which was a reworking for a potential single release in 1991, was put into a cupboard and forgotten about. It finally saw the light of day in 2009 on the #VinylJapan compilation album 'The Adventures! The Suspense!!'

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From Venus with Love, by The Trudy

from the album The Adventures! The Suspense!! (album)

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

A photo from Folkestone, and a clearer close-up from Wikipedia. #Cardiacs

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Thank you to Darren Rogers for a photo from back in the day. Melissa & Arturo - possibly at Imperial College. #TheTrudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Comprehensive biographical info. from '06 at sadly defunct American site arrivedercibklyn. To be fair there was little about us on line back then. This is from when we released Lost Summer of Love. Photo by David Churchill, taken in 1991 ish, before the hiatus mentioned in the article. #Cardiacs

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

In the 80s people seemed quite happy to believe we came from the planet Miron, but when we printed this genuine photo of Melissa at The Kennedy Space Centre, taken from Spaceflight News, they wouldn't have it.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

When is an EP not an EP? When it’s ‘Outside Time’, The Trudy's, 21-minute long, mini album, from 2023. We’ve called it a mini album because it’s a sequenced to be listened to like one side of an LP. It takes you on a musical journey. Well, we think it does anyway. You can hear it on Bandcamp now!

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Outside Time (Mini Album), by The Trudy

8 track album

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Q. Is it acceptable to share the video for our 2006 single 'Lost Summer of Love' in February? A. No idea. Let's do it anyway.

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The Trudy - Lost Summer of Love

YouTube video by The Trudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Melissa Jo Heathcote & Victor Champion resplendent in Trudy t-shirts circa 1989. Photo by John Crane.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Aaron from @melodicvirtue.com was recently interviewed on the excellent C86 Show (@davidc86.bsky.social) and discussed his fantasic book on the mighty #Cardiacs! Check it out!

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Aaron Tanner - Cardiacs

C86 Show - Indie Pop · Episode

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

In the 80s, DIY cassette singles were a great way for unsigned bands to release their music. Before we could afford to press 7" records, we duplicated cassette singles at home and then got the train to the Xerox shop with a colour copier, which was near Waterloo Station, to copy the inserts.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We've said it before, and we'll undoubtedly say it again, "It's a beautiful book!"

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#Cardiacs & #TheTrudy in the NME, with his and hers co-ordinated picture captions!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

24th January 1990. While Cyndi Lauper was heading west The Trudy stayed where they were last week; at No.4 on the W963 Campus Countdown. [Sounds like something Peter Powell would've said if he hadn’t retired 2 year earlier – Ed.]

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Melissa made a list, Del played guitar, and they were joined by some birds in the garden. We recorded it, and here it is on Bandcamp.

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Things To Do, by The Trudy

from the album Always Never Beautiful Forever (album)

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Merchandise menu from 1986. This handsome artefact was next to The Record Shack at our gigs. The Trudy Boutique later became The Trudy Love Boutique & then The Planet Miron Love Boutique. We got The Batman posters cheap from Broadway Bargains in Worcester Park. #TheTrudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Q. Hey Bexx, did I imagine it, or did #RoseTyler appear in the #DoctorWho Storybook 2009 wearing a Trudy T-shirt? A. Sorry Johnny, you must have imagined it, but a similar thing did happen in the Doctor Who Storybook 2007. Bexx Bissell - self-appointed Manager of #TheTrudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#TheTrudy circa 1983. (L-R) Richard Targett, Tracy Savage, Lorna Diamond, Jon Bastable Jnr., with Vic Austin & Keith Dangerfield out of shot. Looks like The Swan in Kingston.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

On 17th January 1990 Destination Love’ by #TheTrudy was held off the No.1 spot by Madonna.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

A follow-up to yesterday's post. On this day in 1981, the very talented and much missed Colvin Mayers guested with #TheTrudy, at Snoopies in Richmond on a song he'd written called 'I Want To Be On Television'. Colvin was still in #Cardiacs and had just been asked to join #TheSound.

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The lovely Colvin Mayers guesting with #TheTrudy at Snoopies in Richmond, on 13th January 1981. He was still in Cardiac Arrest #Cardiacs and would soon join #TheSound. Imagine being in two such amazing bands!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

DIY Pop alert! Legal issues prevent us uploading our 1980 album 'Volcano Fo Lé Ferret', but somone else uploaded this song song from it, which was also included on the great record 'The Snoopies Album'. youtu.be/Mgj3-gQ9AEU?...

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Trudy - The Trudy

YouTube video by faint hopes

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Here's one from 2006. Song produced by The Trudy and Tim Smith. Video Directed by Hally. The Director of Photography was Andy Whale and the Editor was Bill Hiles. The make-up artist was Natasha Hall. Many thanks to all concerned for their generous help.

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The Trudy - Oh!

YouTube video by The Trudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Our friend Peter Bruntnell is bringing his beautiful songs to central London. Spread the word!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Thank you very much to TS5. for including Where The Roses Grow on their latest Spotify playlist! ❤️

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

"It’s Heathcote’s mesmerising voice that is the focal point here. It hypnotises the listener with its beauty." Not our words. 'Records I Like' were kind enough to say that in their review of 'Every Story Ever Told' Thank you! Also, many thanks again to Hally, for another great video!

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The Trudy - Every Story Ever Told

YouTube video by The Trudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

If it was Sunday 7th June 1987 you'd have to wait until tomorrow to see The Trudy + Until We Sleep at the Fulham Greyhound. Apparently hot and cold food was always available. Does anyone remember that?

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This is the most fantastic review of the Melodic Virtue 292-page visual history of #Cardiacs. Written from the heart!

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Here's a link to our Bandcamp page. Please feel free to pop over and have a listen. If you decide to add some of our songs to your collection, your support will help us finish the new songs we are currently recording. ❤️

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The Trudy

Formed in 1979 The Trudy quickly made zero impact with their 1980 LP 'Volcano Fo Lé Ferret'. More low-key releases followed until they finally got national attention with the 1989 singles 'Countdown ...

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

A belated big THANK YOU to Dave Franklin at 'Dancing About Architecture' ,who wrote a great review of our mini-album last year, and included 'Where The Roses Grow' in his excellent playlist of favourite songs from 2024, a few weeks ago.

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The Festive 48 - An End of Year Playlist - Dancing About Architecture

I thought that I might spend some time choosing four songs from each month this year that represent the sort of bands I work with and that define the range of sounds and styles that come under the pen...

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It was always good fun round our old house. Here's another video made by our friend Hally.

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The Trudy - Dirt Cheap Melody

YouTube video by The Trudy

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The Trudy @thetrudyband.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

This video was made by the hands and brain of our good friend Hally, and we really can't thank him enough for all his outstanding work! youtu.be/Q3hgaWbDi-g?...

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The Trudy - Dear Sancho

YouTube video by The Trudy

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