Nautical William were formed in 1987, based around the song writing partnership of Damian Dingley and Jim Cemlyn-Jones. With Dave Oliver, drums, Pete Bray, bass and Bob Conga, percussion, the band established roots in Bristol, UK, playing at hallowed venues such as The Tropic, Stokes Croft, Thekla on the Bristol docks and Moles club, Bath. Their first single was release in 1990 "Love" followed by "Love House" in 1991. Teaming up with George Shilling of Soup Dragon's/I'm Free fame the band were posed to release a 4 track EP but a lineup change prevented the recordings from ever being released. 1993 saw the launch of the Tubular Bellbottoms EP featuring a new percusive lineup including Ian Maclaren on bass, John Miller, drums. After a number of successful UK and European tours the band decided to call it a day. Sadly an album was never released, but there are rumours there's something in the pipeline... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.