Railway Children

Biography

Formed in 1985 by Gary Newby (5 June 1966, Australia), Brian Bateman (b. 3 August 1966, Wigan, Lancashire, England), Stephen Hull (b. 7 July 1966, Wigan, Lancashire, England) and Guy Keegan (b. 16 June 1966, Wigan, Lancashire, England), the Railway Children started playing small gigs around the north-west of England. After a batch of demo tapes the four 19-year-olds found themselves being fêted by numerous record companies, eventually settling on a contract-free agreement with Factory Records. A brace of graceful singles that fused 60s harmonies with the early 80s pop sensibility of Liverpool paved the way for the fine Reunion Wilderness in 1987, and the Railway Children appeared set to follow guitar-based contemporaries the Smiths onto greater things. The band signed to Virgin Records that same year, and suddenly sounded much neater for it. The expensive production polish eradicated the quartet’s rougher edges, and with pivotal creative force Gary Newby...

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