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I'm trying remember the name of a band frpm Scotland. Three piece band. Bass player sang lead vocs. The only song I remember has the lyrics: "Why did it have to rain today. Why? I'd really like to know. This country's cursed with stormy weather and it's always cold."
Does this ring a bell with anyone???
Please email me if it does and you know their name @
joesee@optonline.net.
Thanks much.

(guessing)Any chance it's "Scottish Rain" by The Siilencers?

Should Be A.P.B

I checked my APB CD "Something to Believe In" and it's definitely "Rainy Day" by APB.

FYI: Some other great APB tracks (formerly heard on 92.7 WLIR NY):

Danceability
Funk Invective
One Day
Palace Filled With Love
Rainy Day
Shoot You Down
Something To Believe In
Summer Love
What Kind Of Girl
When I Feel This Way
[:D][:D][:D]

Oh man, I was hoping this would be about Orange Juice or Josef K!

I'm happy to say we booked APB for there first USA show...off their first single "shoot you down"... we caught them a few days before a major NYC weekend show and offered a weekday preview venue... the trio did a few more 7 inch singles before releasing a

Back in the '80's, I was driving thru Manhattan, & I noticed a stack of LP's in a clear sleeve w/no jacket on the curb for the trash.
Jumped out of the car & grabbed a handful to find they were all
APB's 12" "What kind of girl are you?".
They were

yeah i think it's APB and yeah it does rain all the time in Scotland. This web site has some APB stuff for sale- www.fanaticrecords.co.uk

What ever happened to them? Reminds me, in an old phone book I have one of their addresses.