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Blue Orchids are a British Post-punk band formed in Manchester, England in
1979, when Martin Bramah decided to quit the The Fall having recorded that
band's debut album Live At The Witch Trials. Bramah teamed up with
keyboardist Una Baines, also an ex-Fall member, guitarist Rick Goldstraw,
bassist Steve Toyne and drummer Joe Kin. Punk poet John Cooper Clark
christened them Blue Orchids.
They signed to Rough Trade Records, and in November 1980 they released
their debut single, a double A side, "The Flood / Disney Boys". Later in
February 1981 they released their second single "Work". Not long after this
release Toyne and Kin left the group.
Toby Toman, an ex-member of The Durutti Column joined on drums and
Goldstraw switched over to bass. This new line-up recorded a debut album
called The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain), which went on to sell 10,000
copies.
The group toured with Nico, former member
