Artist · chart history
Prolapse
Band Leicester United Kingdom Formed 1992 band from Leicester, UK
Prolapse formed in 1992 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Prolapse has 2 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1997. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Autocade”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #24. The station that charted Prolapse most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Prolapse came out of Leicester around 1992 with one of the most gloriously awkward sounds in British indie, a scrap-heap mix of punk, Krautrock drone and shoegaze haze, topped by the two voices at its center going at each other. Linda Steelyard sings, cool and melodic; Mick Derrick rants and mutters, and the tension between them is the whole point. The lineup also takes in Mick Harrison, David Jeffreys, Pat Marsden, Tim Pattison and Donald Ross Skinner.
The Italian Flag, in 1997, is where it all clicks. "Autocade" rides a relentless, motorik groove until it feels like it could run forever, and "Slash/Oblique" is a jittery, clanging shout-down of a song. The band called it quits in 2000, reunited briefly in 2015 and 2022, and officially reformed in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Prolapse on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autocade | 1 | #24 | – | 1997 | |
| 2 | Slash/Oblique | 1 | #30 | – | 1997 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24 | Autocade | John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997 |
| 1997 | 30 | Slash/Oblique | John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997 |
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