Editing Slik

{{short description|Scottish pop group}}
{{other uses}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Slik
| image               = Slik.jpg
| caption             = 
| image_size          = 
| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = PVC2 (1977)
| origin              = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| instrument          = 
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Pop rock]]|[[glam rock]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[punk rock]] (early)}}
| occupation          = 
| years_active        = 1974–1977
| label               = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[Bell Records|Bell]], [[Arista Records|Arista]], [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Zoom Records (Scotland)|Zoom Records]] (PVC2)
| associated_acts     = [[Midge Ure]], [[The Zones]], [[Rich Kids]], [[The Skids]], [[Visage (band)|Visage]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Ultravox]], [[Simple Minds]], [[The Armoury Show]], [[Public Image Ltd.]], [[Set The Tone (band)|Set The Tone]]
| website             = 
| current_members     = 
| past_members        = {{ubl |[[Jim McGinlay]] |Kevin McGinlay |Mario Tortolano |Nod Kerr |Ian Kenny |Brian Deniston |Matt Cairns |Robin Birrel |[[Kenny Hyslop]] |[[Billy McIsaac]] |[[Midge Ure]] |[[Russell Webb (musician)|Russell Webb]]}}
}}

'''Slik''' were a Scottish [[pop music|pop group]] of the mid-1970s, most notable for their UK number 1 hit "[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]]" in 1976. Initially [[glam rock]], the band later changed their style to [[soft rock]]/[[bubblegum pop|bubblegum]]. It was the first band with whom singer and guitarist [[Midge Ure]] began to experience musical success, before joining [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Ultravox]].

==History==
Slik were formed as the [[Glasgow]] based band 'Salvation' in June 1970, comprising brothers Kevin McGinlay (vocals) and [[Jim McGinlay]] (bass), Nod Kerr (drums), Mario Tortolano (keyboards), and Ian Kenny (guitar). Brian Deniston replaced Ian Kenny in December 1970 and Nod Kerr departed in May 1971, followed by Tortolano and they were replaced by Matt Cairns on [[drum]]s and Robin Birrel on [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]. Deniston left shortly after this change and they were forced to continue as a four-piece outfit for almost a year, with Kevin McGinlay taking up guitar duties. Birrel and Cairns then left in March 1972 and they recruited [[Kenny Hyslop]] on drums, [[Billy McIsaac]] on keyboards and [[Midge Ure|Jim "Midge" Ure]] on guitar. They reverted to a four-piece band when Kevin McGinlay left in April 1974 to pursue a [[solo (music)|solo]] career,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kevinmcginlay.com/kevin_early.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226202501/http://www.kevinmcginlay.com/kevin_early.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2009|title=Kevin McGinlay - Salvation - The Early Years|date=26 February 2009|accessdate=12 May 2019}}</ref> with Midge Ure becoming the band's lead vocalist.

They changed their name to Slik in November 1974, and linked up with the pop songwriters [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]] and [[Phil Coulter]], who were also writing for the [[Bay City Rollers]]. Now signed to [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], the band members all adopted pseudonyms - Midge, Oil Slik (Kenny Hyslop), Jim Slik (Jim McGinlay) and Lord Slik (Billy McIsaac). These were dropped after the failure of "[[Boogiest Band in Town]]", their debut [[single (music)|single]] (which was also on the [[soundtrack]] of the film ''Never Too Young To Rock''), and their suits were exchanged for baseball shirts.  A change of [[record label]] also saw them signing with [[Bell Records (UK)|Bell Records]].

This was followed by their greatest success when their single "[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever And Ever]]" reached [[record chart|number one]] in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in February 1976. As a result of the single, readers of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' newspaper voted Slik the best new band of the year. The song formula was repeated with their next single, "Requiem", which made the UK top 30 but failed to repeat the success of "Forever and Ever". Ure was injured in a [[car accident]] shortly after the release of the single, resulting in the cancellation of television appearances and a planned UK [[concert tour|tour]]. "Requiem" opens with the first chords of [[Joaquín Rodrigo]]'s "[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]", which had been a number 3 hit just two months before in the UK for [[Geoff Love]]'s [[orchestra]], billed as 'Manuel & the Music of the Mountains'. Following the "Requiem" single, the band's self-titled album was released but this was a commercial failure, peaking only at number 58 in the UK. Subsequent Slik singles failed to chart.

In March 1977, Jim McGinlay left the group and was replaced by [[Russell Webb (musician)|Russell Webb]], a university [[Dropping out|drop-out]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armouryshow.com/media/interviews/1985-02-09_Record_mirror%20-%20show%20of%20strenght.jpg|title=Show of Strength : The Armoury Show|website=Armouryshow.com|accessdate=12 May 2019}}</ref> who continued for the final Slik gigs.

==PVC2==
Shortly after Webb joined and a last tour, the band decided to change both genre and name. They chose to call themselves PVC2, and play [[punk music]] which was growing in popularity at that time. In the latter half of 1977, PVC2 released "[[Put You in the Picture]]", on [[Zoom Records (Scotland)|Zoom Records]], a song which joined the repertoire of the [[Rich Kids]], Ure's next band. Slik/PVC2 disbanded in September 1977.

Following Ure's departure, Webb, Hyslop and McIsaac added [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]]'s cousin [[Willie Gardner]] to their next band, called [[Zones (band)|Zones]]; they released some singles and an album, ''[[Under Influence]]'' (1979) (which credited Midge Ure among the collaborators), but went their separate ways shortly afterwards. Webb and Hyslop joined [[The Skids]], and McIsaac retired from the [[pop music]] scene.  In the 1990s he formed the Billy McIsaac Band.

==Discography==
===Albums===
*''[[Slik (album)|Slik]]'' ([[Bell Records|Bell]], 1976) &mdash; [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] number 58,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|year=2006|isbn=1-904994-10-5|edition=19th|location=London|page=507}}</ref> AUS number 54<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=278}}</ref>
*''The Best of Slik'' ([[Repertoire Records|Repertoire]], 1999)
*''Forever and Ever'' ([[Universal Music Group|Rotation]], 2000) (Netherlands-only release)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Single
! rowspan="2" |Label
! colspan="9" |Peak chart positions
|-
!<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=SLIK {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15585/slik/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
!<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name="aus" />
!<small>[[Ultratop|BE (FLA)]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=slik&cat=s|access-date=2021-04-21|website=ultratop.be}}</ref>
!<small>[[Ultratop|BE (WA)]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=slik&cat=s|access-date=2021-04-21|website=ultratop.be}}</ref>
!<small>[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref>
!<small>[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement|access-date=2021-04-21|website=irishcharts.ie}}</ref>
!<small>[[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=slik&cat=s|access-date=2021-04-21|website=dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>
!<small>[[Springbok Radio|SA]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.rock.co.za}}</ref>
!<small>[[Zimbabwe Music Awards|ZIM]]</small>
|-
|1974
| align="left" |"[[Boogiest Band In Town|The Boogiest Band in Town]]"<br /><small>b/w "Hatchet"</small>
|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="2" |1975
| align="left" |"The Getaway" <small>(Germany-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "Again My Love"</small>
|[[Bellaphon Records|Bellaphon]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]]"<br /><small>b/w "Again My Love"</small>
| rowspan="4" |[[Bell Records|Bell]]
|1
|54
|3
|35
|6
|2
|3
|7
|2
|-
| rowspan="4" |1976
| align="left" |"Requiem"<br /><small>b/w "Everyday Anyway"</small>
|24
|—
|20
|—
|22
|—
|13
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"The Kid's a Punk"<br /><small>b/w "Silk Shuffle"</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|33
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Bom-Bom" <small>(Spain-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "Dancerama"</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Don't Take Your Love Away"<br /><small>b/w "This Side Up"</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Arista Records|Arista]]
|—
|—
|29
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="4" |1977
| align="left" |"Bom-Bom" <small>(Canada-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "This Side Up"</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Dancerama" <small>(Germany-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "I Wanna Be Loved"</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Electrola|EMI Electrola]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|30
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"It's Only a Matter of Time" <small>(Germany-only release)</small><br /><small>b/w "I Wanna Be Loved"</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[Put You in the Picture]]" <small>(EP; as PVC2)</small><br /><small>c/w "Pain"/"Deranged Demented & Free"</small>
|[[Zoom Records (Scotland)|Zoom]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released
|}

=== List of songs ===
The following is a '''sortable table of all songs by Slik''':

*The column '''Song''' list the song title.
*The column '''Writer(s)''' lists who wrote the song.
*The column '''Time''' shows the length of the title.
*The column '''Album''' lists the album the song is featured on.
*The column '''Producer''' lists the producer of the song.
*The column '''Year''' lists the year in which the song was released.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em auto; clear: both; text-align: left; width:100%"
! |Song
! |Writer(s)
! |Time
! |Producer
! |Album
! |Year
! |Other
|-
| "Again My Love" (1975) || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 3:13
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1975 || B-side of "The Getaway"
|-
| "Again My Love" (1975) || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 3:13
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1975 || B-side of "Forever and Ever"
|-
| "Better Than I Do" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:50
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1976 || 
|-
| "Bom-Bom" || [[Exuma (musician)|Exuma]], Reno || 3:20
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || A-side of "Dancerama", published in Spain and Canada<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|title=Slik - Bom-Bom|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/Slik-Bom-Bom/release/1865929|website=Discogs.com|date=1976 |accessdate=12 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| "[[Boogiest Band in Town]]" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 3:08
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1975 || A-side of "Hatchet"
|-
| "Dancerama" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 5:44
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1977 || A-side of "I Wanna Be Loved"
|-
| "Dancerama" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 5:44
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || B-side of "Bom-Bom"
|-
| "Darlin" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 4:06
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || 
|-
| "Day By Day" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 2:52
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || 
|-
| "Deranged Demented & Free" as [[PVC2]] || [[Kenny Hyslop]] || 2:39
|  || 
| 1977 || 
|-
| "Do It Again" || [[Midge Ure]] || 2:54
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || 
|-
| "Don't Take Your Love Away" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:01
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1976 || A-side of "This Side Up"
|-
| "Everyday Anyway" || [[Kenny Hyslop]] || 2:24
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1976 || B-side of "Requiem"
|-
| "[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]]" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 3:37
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1975 || A-side of "Again My Love"
|-
| "Hatchet" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 2:21
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1975 || B-side of "Boogiest Band in Town"
|-
| "I Wanna Be Loved" || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 2:35
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1977 || B-side of "Dancerama"
|-
| "It's Only a Matter of Time" || [[Herbie Flowers]]-Tony Kelly || 2:53
| Slik || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1977 || A-side of "No Star"
|-
| "No Star" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 3:35
| Slik || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1977 || B-side of "It's Only a Matter of Time"
|-
| "No We Won't Forget You" || [[Jim McGinlay]] || 5:17
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || 
|-
| "Pain" as [[PVC2]] || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 2:26
|  || 
| 1977 || 
|-
| "[[Put You in the Picture]]" as [[PVC2]] || [[Midge Ure]] || 3:04
|  ||
| 1977 || A-side of "Pain" and "Deranged Demented & Free"
|-
| "Requiem" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:54
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || A-side of "Everyday Anyway"
|-
| "Slik Shuffle" || [[James Ure]]  || 2:24
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1976 || B-side of "The Kid's a Punk"
|-
| "The Getaway" || Robert Scott || 3:11
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1975 || A-side of "Again My Love"
|-
| "The Kid's a Punk" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || 4:05
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1976 || A-side of "Slik Shuffle"
|-
| "This Side Up" || [[Billy McIsaac]] || 2:57
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (CD) 
| 1976 || B-side of "Don't Take Your Love Away"
|-
| "[[When Will I Be Loved (song)|When Will I Be Loved]]" || [[Phil Everly]] || 4:01
| [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]] || [[Slik (album)|Slik]] (LP) 
| 1976 || 
|-
|}

====[[Cover version]]s====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em auto; clear: both; text-align: left; width:100%"
! Song
! Writer(s)
! Original artist
! Album
! Year
! Other
|-
| Bom-Bom || [[Exuma (musician)|Exuma]], Reno
| [[Exuma (musician)|Exuma]] || 
| 1974 || 
|-  
| [[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]] || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]]  
| [[Kenny (band)|Kenny]] || The Sound Of Super K 
| 1975 || 
|-  
| [[When Will I Be Loved (song)|When Will I Be Loved]] || [[Phil Everly]]  
| [[The Everly Brothers]] || The Fabulous Style of The Everly Brothers 
| 1960 || 
|-  
|}

====Slik songs covered by others====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em auto; clear: both; text-align: left; width:100%"
! Song
! Writer(s)
! First artist
! Name
! Album
! Year
! Other
|-
| [[Boogiest Band in Town]]" || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]]
| [[Arrows (British band)|Arrows]] || Boogiest Band In Town || First Hit (LP)
| 1976 || 
|-
| Dancerama || [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]-[[Phil Coulter]]
| Swinger Club || Dancerama || Welthits Als Jazz 
| 2001 || 
|-
| [[Put You in the Picture]] as [[PVC2]] || [[Midge Ure]] 
| [[Rich Kids]] || Put You in the Picture || [[Ghosts of Princes in Towers]]
| 1978 || 
|-
|}

==Band Members (Salvation/ Slik/ PVC2/ Zones)==
* Kevin McGinlay — lead vocals <small>(June 1970-April 1974)</small>, guitars <small>(mid 1971-March 1972)</small>
* Ian Kenny — guitars <small>(June–December 1970)</small>
* Mario Tortolano — keyboards <small>(June 1970-May 1971)</small>
* [[Jim McGinlay]] — bass, backing vocals <small>(June 1970-March 1977)</small>
* Nod Kerr — drums <small>(June 1970-May 1971)</small>
* Brian Deniston — guitars <small>(December 1970-mid 1971)</small>
* Robin Birrel — keyboards <small>(May 1971-March 1972)</small>
* Matt Cairns — drums <small>(May 1971-March 1972)</small>
* [[Midge Ure]] — guitars, backing vocals <small>(March 1972-September 1977)</small>, lead vocals <small>(April 1974-September 1977)</small>
* [[Billy McIsaac]] — keyboards, backing vocals <small>(March 1972-late 1979)</small>
* [[Kenny Hyslop]] — drums <small>(March 1972-late 1979)</small>
* [[Russell Webb (musician)|Russell Webb]] — bass, backing vocals <small>(March-late 1979)</small>
* [[Willie Gardner]] — guitars, lead vocals <small>(late 1977-late 1979)</small>

===Timeline===
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 bar:Matt&nbsp;Cairns from:15/05/1971 till:15/03/1972 color:d
 bar:Kenny&nbsp;Hyslop from:15/03/1972 till:end color:d
</timeline>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p20585/biography|pure_url=yes}} Slik biography] at [[AllMusic]]

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