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The Saint Etienne connection: Signed to Icerink Records run by Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. Released two singles in 1993 and went onto sign with Food Records. Bob and Pete helped write a significant amount of the bands third album Absolute Shampoo

Shampoo were Carolyn Askew and Jacqueline Blake. These are the Saint Etienne related items that they released:

Notes:

Carrie and Jackie were huge fans of Manic Street Preachers back in the early days and ran a Manic Street Preacher zine. Our guess is that Carrie and Jackie may have run into the Bob and Pete through this avenue given that Manic Street Preachers were also on Heavenly Records. After Shampoo left Ice Rink Records they signed with Food and released their debut CD We Are Shampoo in 1994, Girl Power in 1995, and Absolute Shampoo on their own label in 2000. Carrie's sister Jane was in the Icerink Records outfit Oval.

Where are they now in 2019:

Carrie married into the Wiggs family and Q magazine had a follow-up two page article on the group in 2019 found below.

News Items and Promo Materials (Icerink Era)

Melody Maker Jan 2, 1993
Into The Future: The Makers Picks for 93
Author - Simon Price
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

NME May 8, 1993
Concert Review - Newport TJ's
Author - Stuart Bailie
Photographer - Martyn Goodacre
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Concert Review

Melody Maker May 15 & 22, 1993 (ULU)
NME May 22, 1993 (ULU)
Melody Maker Jun 12, 1993 (Garage)
NME Jun 12, 1993 (Garage)

Concert Ad - University Of London Union (Cancelled)
Concert Ad - The Garage (Rearranged Date)
Author - Metropolis Music
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Concert Ad

Melody Maker May 22, 1993
Blister And Bruises
Chart - Maker Hit List (2)
Author - Melody Maker
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

Melody Maker May 22, 1993
Blister And Bruises
Review - Singles (Single Of The Week)
Author - Dave Simpson
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Review

NME May 22, 1993
Blister And Bruises
Review - Singles
Author - Stuart Bailie
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Review

Smash Hits May 26-Jun 8, 1993
Blister And Bruises
Review - Singles
Author - Tony Cross
Courtesy of Smash Hits Remembered
Review

Smash Hits May 26-Jun 8, 1993
What Are Shampoo Like
Courtesy of Smash Hits Remembered
Article

NME May 29, 1993
On-Lather Louts
Author - Steven Wells
Photographer - Martyn Goodacre
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Melody Maker Jun 5, 1993
Indie Region To Region (Chart)
Blisters And Bruises 7 Inch (5)
Author - Rock A Boom, Leicester
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

Melody Maker Jun 5-12, 1993
Melody Maker Jul 3

Top 20 Independant Singles
Blisters And Bruises (Weeks 3, Highest Position 8)
17,8,Re-entry 16
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

NME Jun 5-26, 1993
Indie 45s
Blisters And Bruises (Weeks 4, Highest Position 18)
22,18,29,21
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

Melody Maker Jun 19, 1993
Advance
Angelic Upstarts
Author - Simon Price
Photographer - Stephen Sweet
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Melody Maker Jun 26, 1993
Concert Review - Ulu, London
Pooh Sham
Author - Ian Watson
Photographer - Piers Allardyce
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

NME Jul 10, 1993
Concert Review - London Highbury Garage
Bling Dang Buzz Punk Lives
Author - John Harris
Photographer - Roger Sargent
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

NME & Melody Maker Jul 31, 1993
Concert Ad - Venue London
Shampoo & Out Of My Hair
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

NME Aug 14, 1993
Concert Ad - The Garage London
Shampoo & The Pooh Sticks & Bowlfish
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

NME & Melody Maker Aug 21, 1993
Festival Ad - Melody Maker Stage Reading
Sunday
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Melody Maker Aug 28, 1993
Concert Review - The Garage London
Shampoo & The Pooh Sticks & Bowlfish
Author - David Hemingway
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Smash Hits Sep 1-14, 1993
Bouffant Headbutt
Review - Singles
Author - Gavin Reeve
Courtesy of Smash Hits Remembered
Review

Melody Maker Sep 4, 1993
Concert Review - Melody Maker Stage Reading
Sunday
Author - Everett True
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Melody Maker Sep 4, 1993
Bouffant Headbutt
Review - Singles (Single Of The Week 2)
Author - Simon Price
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Review

Melody Maker Sep 4, 1993
Bouffant Headbutt
Chart - Maker Hit List (4)
Author - Melody Maker
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

Melody Maker Sep 18-25, 1993
Top 20 Independant Singles
Bouffant Headbutt (Weeks 2, Highest Position 13)
13,20
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

NME Sep 18-Oct 2, 1993
Indie 45s
Bouffant Headbutt (Weeks 3, Highest Position 12)
12,22,27
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Chart

Melody Maker Oct 9, 1993
Side By Peroxide
Author - Paul Lester
Photographer - Tim Paton
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Melody Maker Nov 27, 1993
Studio Eye
Author - Melody Maker
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Melody Maker Dbl Issue
Dec 25, 1993 & Jan 1, 1994

1993 Review Of (3 Items)
Quotes of The Year (1 Item)
Author - Melody Maker
Courtesy of NothingElseOn
Article

Q Magazine Sep 2019
Author - Niall Doherty
Article

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