Jellyfish Kiss were an alternative rock band from Leeds, England.
The band was formed in late 85/early 86 by guitarist Mark Stein and
drummer Mark Drew, who recruited other members, Geoff Bell (lead gtr),
Barry (bass) and Cosmo Nasty (vox).
After some progress on the regional gigging circuit, dissatisfaction
within the band forced some personnel changes, Geoff and Barry being
replaced by Dave and Nik.
They released a début album, Gasoline Junkie in 1989 on the Long Pig
label, before adding bassist John Galvin. They then signed to Demon
Records who issued second album Plank in 1990.
They then moved to Kramer's Shimmy Disc label for two further
albums, Animal Rites (1990) and Strange Weather (1991), with several
line-up changes taking place (the Animal Rites line-up included Greg
Seiver on drums and Mick Flanagan on keyboards).
Animal Rites was described as "mind-numbing" by Factsheet Five, who
described it: "Imagine what would have happened if someone had handed
Ravi Shankar an electric guitar instead of a sitar."
The band recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in February 1990.
In November 1991 they received a setback when they were attacked on
tour and had £5,000 worth of equipment stolen. After an EP in 1992 the
band split up.
Singer David Tomlinson went on to form CNN/XC-NN, and later Tin
Star, with former All About Eve and Sisters of Mercy guitarist Tim
Bricheno.
