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{{Infobox musical artist
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| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = [[England]]United Kingdom
| genre = [[Post-rock]]
| years_active = 1999–2004
| label = [[Truck Records]], Jitter
| associated_acts =
| website = {{myspace|meanwhilebackincommunistrussia|Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia…}}
| Last_Line-Up =
|past_members = Tim Croston <small>- Keyboardskeyboards</small><br>Pete Williams <small>- Guitarguitar</small><br>James Shames <small>- Guitarguitar</small><br>Emily Gray <small>- Vocalsvocals</small><br>Ed Carder <small>- Vocalsvocals</small><br>Mark Halloran <small>- Guitarguitar, Drumdrum Machinemachine</small><br>Ollie Cluit <small>- Bassbass guitar</small>}}
'''Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia…''' ('''MBICR''') was a [[post-rock]] band from [[Oxford]], [[England]].
 
==History==
===Formation===
Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia… was founded in 1999. The band's original line up featuredwas the [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]]ist player Tim Croston, [[guitarist]]guitarists Pete Williams, guitaristand James Shames, [[singer]]singers Emily Gray, singerand Ed Carder and guitarist and [[drum machine]] operator Mark Halloran, all students at the [[University of Oxford]]. Bass guitar player [[Ollie Clueit]] joined late in 1999 priorbefore toCarder theleft. departureThe of singer Ed Carder. Theirband's music sawhad Gray deliver self-pennedwritten [[monologue]]s over guitar noise and samples guided by a beat, drawing comparisons to [[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]].<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/smog-old-vic-london-6198649156327.html |titlearchive-url=Smog,https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/smog-old-vic-london-9156327.html Old|archive-date=12 Vic,May London2022 |url-access=subscription Reviews|url-status=live|title=Smog, MusicOld -Vic, London|work=The Independent|publisherauthor=TheNick IndependentHasted|date=12 December 2001|accessdate=116 JuneMarch 2010 | first=Nick | last=Hasted2022}}</ref>
 
Meanwhile,The Back in Communist Russia…band's first release was a split CD single with Moonkat on the Jitter record label. FeaturingOne track, "Morning-After Pill", this release saw the band gainwas playplayed on [[BBC Radio 1]] and London's [[XFM]]. Followingin this,London. Jitter then released a limited 7" featuringdisc with the tracks "Morning-After Pill" and "No Cigar", which prompted [[John Peel]] to offer the band theirits first of threetwo ''[[Peel Sessions]]'', as well as a live performance in Birmingham on [[John Peel]]'s programme in October 2001 .<ref name="radio1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/m/meanwhilebackinc/|title=Keeping It Peel – Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia|publisher=BBC Radio 1|date=November 2006|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref>
 
The band recorded theirits debutfirst album, ''Indian Ink'', that summer which was again released viaby Jitter on [[CD]] and 10" vinyl. Later that year, the band werewas chosen by Peel to support [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] at a [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] event in [[Birmingham]] and "Morning-After Pill" was voted number 11 in John Peel's 2001 [[Festive 50]].<ref name="radio1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/m/meanwhilebackinc/|title=Keeping It Peel - Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia|publisher=BBC Radio 1|date=November 2006|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref> Williams left the band shortly after this.
 
The band signed to [[Truck Records]] in 2002, and they released their second album, ''My Elixir; My Poison'', the following year. Halloran had left the band during recording of the album leaving the band to debut as a four piece at that year's [[Truck Festival]]. In 2004 the band recorded their third Peel sessions and also recorded sessions for [[XFM]]'s [[John Kennedy (DJ)|John Kennedy]] and [[BBC 6 Music]]. MBICR featured on 'The Oxford Channel', a terrestrial broadcast within [[Oxfordshire]], to promote the release of ''My Elixir; My Poison''. Due to severe technical problems the band stormed off set in the middle of the live recording, leaving the station furious and refusing to feature live bands ever again.
 
===Disbandment and aftermath===
In 2013, Gray started to work with the group Distant Correspondent and she appears on several tracks of their first, self-titled album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotcongressrecords.com/albums/distant-correspondent-distant-correspondent/|title=Distant Correspondent|publisher=Hot Congress Records|accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref>
After Clueit, Croston and Gray relocated to [[Brighton]], the band's final gig was in late 2004 at London's Bar Academy after which Clueit left the band. Gray soon followed leading to the band's ultimate demise.
 
Later in 2004, Shames and Croston formed the core of a new group, Mesaplex, who debuted at the [[Truck Festival]] in 2005. Croston and Gray have also begun a new musical project named Ape Has Killed Ape! (not to be confused with the original Ape Has Killed Ape from [[Los Angeles]]) and played at 2006's [[Truck Festival]].
 
In 2006, Williams began playing with a new band, Titus, based in Oxford. Clueit now DJs under the name [[Ollie russian]] and works in the music industry.
 
Halloran is a qualified [[physician|doctor]].
 
==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''Indian Ink'' (2001) CD and 10" vinyl LP
* ''My Elixir;, My Poison'' (2003) CD
 
===Singles===
* ''No Cigar'' (2000)
* ''Morning-After Pill'' (2001)
* ''I Only Wanted Something Else Toto Do Butbut Hang Around'' (2001)
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/mesaplex Mesaplex Myspace profile]
*[http://www.myspace.com/impuretheatre Ape Has Killed Ape! Myspace profile]
*[http://www.myspace.com/titustherockband Titus Myspace profile]
 
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