Steve Mixup

Steve Mixup is known to many as plain old 'Mixup'. He got his nickname in January 1979 when he joined the 'Weekend Lunatics' in Nottingham. Sometimes he calls himself Steve Mixup. He usually works under different names depending on the style or project he is engaged in. His moniker 'Sharp Thorns' is the closest to Steve Mixup with a bias towards more electronic sounds.

Under the name Steve Mixup he released a solo album "Small Talk" in 2013 and two singles "I Think that's what she said / Skyline" and "Maisie / Dominoes". 

All Vinyl and digital released in partnership with, and also available from Duenier Productions. 

Listen to them on Youtube /  Spotify  /  Apple etc

Vinyl at Big Cartel

The line up was
Steve Mixup: Lead vocals & keyboards
Tony Foster: Guitar, Bass
Chris Paul Green: Drums
Tracey Beeby: Saxophone
Kimberley Roman-Lees: Backing vocals

Steve Mixup, Chris Green, Doggen

A showcase video of "Green Peppers" from the "Small talk" album can be seen here.

Steve Mixup has always been a fan of Syd Barrett and covered two of his songs, Dominoes and Maisie (although radically altering Maisie). Here is his version of Dominoes.


and here is a video for the first Steve Mixup single "I think that's what she said"

That line up included Graham Lees and Kimberly Roman-Lees.

Kimberly Roman-Lees, Graham Lees, Steve MixupMixup is also a world renowned photobooth artist who instigated and promoted The International Photobooth Convention starting in 1999.This film tiitled "Mixup: Friends and Strangers" by Howard Walmsley takes a look at the world of the photobooth fanatic and also has a soundtrack by Steve Mixup. Some of this photobooth work can also be seen at Mixup's old ramshackled antique website.