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Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera were a Scottish pop/new wave band formed by Roddy Frame, the group's singer, songwriter, and only consistent member.

The band garnered popular success for the songs "Oblivious", "Somewhere in My Heart" and "Good Morning Britain" which featured a duet with former Clash guitarist Mick Jones.




The band released a total of six albums between 1983 and 1996, they first appeared on a Glasgow cassette-only compilation of local unsigned bands on the Pungent Records label, affiliated with the Fumes Fanzine run by Danny Easson and John Gilhooly. Fumes.

Pungent Records championed several Glasgow bands before they achieved popular success.

The band's first United Kingdom (UK) single release was sold in a 7" format by Postcard Records, a Glasgow-based independent record label cofounded by Edwyn Collins and Alan Horne

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