Pigbag were a Jazz Revival band who came to prominence in the early 1980s on the back of the post-punk movement. The band Pigbag was founded in Cheltenham in late 1980 by Chris Hamlyn. Chris, who at that time was studying fashion at Cheltenham Art College recruited multi-instrumentalist Roger Freeman, (an old friend from his hometown Birmingham) along with Chris Lee on trumpet and James Johnstone, a guitarist, record shop assistant and newcomer to the alto sax, for some wild and crazy jam sessions. Taking place anywhere from the local park (playing up trees was a favourite pastime in those days) to a spare room of his student rented house (painted completely black except for the 'tribal graffiti' which he later adapted for the Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag 7" sleeve), these early improvisations formed the basis of what was soon to become Pigbag. The house, Beech House, is still standing on the Nor

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