The Golden Virgins

The Golden Virgins are a

musical group whose output so far has been

recorded at home in Sunderland, in the North

East of England. Their highly acclaimed -

and now very rare - debut single 'I've Seen

the Light' was released in September 2002

by Rex Records, and, shortly

after its release, the band signed to Hero

Music Publishing and XL Recordings,

with a view to creating some of the greatest

albums and singles in the history of recorded

music.

The Golden Virgins came into being when the

former members of Sunderland scene godfathers

Brilliantine managed to get

hold of a four-track recording device. Over

two drunken nights they recorded three songs:

'I've Seen the Light', 'Staying Sober' and

'From the Garage to the Country'. After months

of listening to these recordings, the band

became convinced that the songs were better

than anything being played on the radio, and

duly sent off a demo to labels they thought

might be interested. The resultant A&R

scramble has now passed into music business

legend. Rex Records emerged victorious and

released the home-recorded demo as the band's

debut single.

Suave, enigmatic and aloof, The Golden Virgins

have no truck with much of what passes for

modern music; whether it be the dire chart-cover-fodder

peddled by the latest crop of stage-school

non-entities or the idiotic smack-boy posturing

of the so-called 'alternative' rock scene,

The Golden Virgins' response to such a dearth

of individuality is an unequivocal thumbs-down

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PRESS PLAY AND KEEP WATCHING THE VIDEO BELOW. SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. THIS HOMEMADE VIDEO WAS MADE BY THE BAND FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY XL RECORDINGS IN LONDON 2003.

IT WAS MADE AS A SICKNOTE TO EXPLAIN THE BANDS ABSENCE



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