The Durutti Column is the ongoing band project of gifted Manchester guitarist Vini Reilly (born August ?, 1953), usually accompanied by the talents of drummer Bruce Mitchell.

Forever to be associated with Factory Records and its mercurial boss, Tony Wilson (also their manager for many years), their style encompasses elements of jazz, folk, classical music and rock, always underpinned by the distinctive sound of Vini's guitar playing.

Vini Reilly also contributed his distinctive guitar style on the first Morrissey solo album, Viva Hate.

The name The Durutti Column column is both a reference to an anarchist militia, led by Buenaventura Durruti, involved in the Spanish Civil War, as well as the French organization Situationist International, who were known for including the phrase "The Return of the Durutti [notice the change in spelling] Column" on their manifestoes.

Album Discography

• The Return of the Durutti Column (1980, Fac 14)
• LC (1981, Fac 44)
• Another Setting (1983, Fac 74)
• Amigos Em Portugal (Fundacão Atlantica)
• Without Mercy (1983, Fac 84)
• Domo Arigato (live) (1985, Fac 144)
• Circuses and Bread (1986, FBN 36)
• The Guitar and Other Machines (1987, Fac 204)
• Vini Reilly (1988, Fac 244)
• The Sporadic Recordings (1990)
• Obey the Time (1991, Fac 274)
• Lips that Would Kiss (1991, FBN 2)
• Red Shoes (1992)
• Dry (1991)
• Sex and Death (1993)
• Time was Gigantic ... When we Were Kids (1998)
• Rebellion (2000)
• Return of the Sporadic Recordings (2002)
• Somebody Else's Party (2003)
• Tempus Fugit (2004)

External links

• Official Site