Blue Orchids & The Fall special with Martin Bramah

<p>Blue Orchids & The Fall with Martin Bramah </p> <p> </p> <p>Blue Orchids are an English <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk'>post-punk</a> band formed in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester'>Manchester</a> in 1979, when <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bramah'>Martin Bramah</a> decided to quit <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(band)'>The Fall</a> after playing on the band's debut album <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Witch_Trials'>Live at the Witch Trials</a>. Christened by Salford-based punk poet <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Clarke'>John Cooper Clarke</a> the band recorded for <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Trade_Records'>Rough Trade</a> and acted as backing band for the Velvet Underground's <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico'>Nico</a> before a 25-year period of intermittent activity and alternative identities.</p>