margaret urlich’s original claim to fame, now know purely for their singature track room that echoes, but actually a real touring band back in the day. joined by brother pat, along with tim calder, perry marshall, jan foulkes, neville hall, john fearon and jay f-bula, peking man were pop, spiked with new wave and successfully leveraged a distinctive, ahead of its time music video into an image.
Discography
picks in bold
- animal instincts [1983 last laugh]
- venetian blinds ep [1983 unsung unsong021]
- peking man [1986 cbs SBP8184] rn
awards etc
rianz awards 1985
- top female vocalist of the year: margaret urlichrn
rianz awards 1986
- single of the year: room that echoesrn
- album of the year: peking manrn
- top group of the year: peking manrn
- top male vocalist of the year: pat urlichrn
- top female vocalist of the year: margaret urlichrn
- producer of the year: bruce lynchrn
- cover design of the year: phil o’reillyrn
- sound engineer of the year: graham myhrern