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Location: Leicester, UK
Active: 1984 – 1989
Formed in Leicester UK initially under the name Farm Life, members Andy “Jesus” Mosquera, Steve Gerrard and Mark Thompson formed The Bomb Party in 1984, enlisting Sarah Corina on bass. Though they were classified in the press as Grebo, a proto-grunge biker rock popular in the midlands UK in the 80s, the band shunned the label, especially denying any biker activity.
Their debut album ‘Drugs’ was released in 1986, with a wild tempo that reminds one of the Birthday Party and Bone Orchard. ‘Liberace Rising’ followed in 1987, ‘Fish’ in 1988, establing a fairly consistent pace with releases. In 1990 ‘Nativity #3’ approached a more darker sound by expanding the atmosphere in all the right places, refining their sound. They ended the band after the album however, Mark Thompson joined G.R.O.W.T.H. with members of Gaye Bikers On Acid, another Grebo associated band. Corina went to play with The Mekons. In 2022 Bomb Party uploaded their catalog to Bandcamp, making everything available digitally.
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/267762-The-Bomb-Party
BandCamp: https://thebombparty.bandcamp.com
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bomb_Party
Related: Farm Life, Birthday Party, Bone Orchard, G.R.O.W.T.H., Gaye Bikers On Acid, The Mekons, Andy Mosquera, Steve Gerrard, Mark Thompson, Sarah Corina, Grebo, Leicester, UK
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Location: Derbyshire, UK
Active: 1980 – 1983
Originating as an oi-punk band belting out beery anthems of fighting and street punk life, Blitz made a transition to postpunk. Their early material consisted of songs like ‘45 Revolutions’ and ‘Fight To Live’. With the release of ‘Second Empire Justice’ they made a significant departure to a more post punk sound adopting synthesizer and a more cascading guitar swapping distortion for chorus. Despite being a phenomenal achievement, they split up after the album didn’t sell, too far ahead of its time, apparently.
Official: https://voiceofageneration.tripod.com/
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/263624-Blitz-3
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Active: 1982 – 1989
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Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/564894-Blue-In-Heaven
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_in_Heaven
Related: Amuse, U2, The Damned, The Cramps, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Chameleons, The Blue Angels, Dave Clarke, Declan Jones, Dublin, Ireland
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Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Active: 1982 – 1985
Belfegore emerged from Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1982 by Meikel Clauss of German punk/new wave band, Nichts. He was joined by both Charlie Terstappen of both Twelve Drummers Drumming and Wallenstein, together with Walter Jaeger of Die Krupps. They released only two albums and some singles before they ended in 1985. Belfegore performed a reunion show in 2011 in their hometown of Düsseldorf.
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Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/148399-Belfegore
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfegore
Related: Nichts, Twelve Drummers Drumming, Wallenstein, Die Krupps, Meikel Clauss, Charlie Terstappen, Walter Jaeger, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Location: San Francisco
Active: 1980 – 1983
Formed in San Francisco in 1980, Beast were Andrella, Greg Langston, James Christ, and Bryan Gregory (after abruptly leaving The Cramps). They only released three singles ‘Witch/Wolfbane Night’ in 1982, followed by ‘Love In A Dying World’ and ‘New Moon’ in 1983
After they split up Langston started Fade To Black, and would also play in Fang and The Insaints. The Andrella and however moved to London and formed The Veil. They would both reunite with Bryan Gregory in The Dials.
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Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/961990-Beast
Related: The Cramps, The Veil, Fang, Insaints, The Dials, Bryan Gregory, Greg Langston, San Francisco
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Location: Brighton, UK
Active: 1983 – 1986
About as close a crossover of goth and psychobilly as you can get, even considering The Cramps, as Bone Orchard narrowed their aesthetic and atmosphere to the dark and wild, with less homage to their garage and rockabilly predecessors. They disbanded in 1986.
Their EP ‘Stuffed to the Gills’ was released on Jungle Records. Tim Huthert replaced Finch in 1984, but left to join Specimen (later Until December after relocation to San Francisco) after the ‘Swallowing Havoc’ EP. Guitarist Mark ‘Horse’ Benjamin was in minimal electronic coldwave band Schleimer K. Bone Orchard contributed ‘Fats Terminal’ to the infamous psychobilly/goth/punk compilation ’Blood On The Cats’. In 2011 they received a retrospective compilation release making many of their vinyl only releases available to new audiences.
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Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/198401-Bone-Orchard
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Orchard
Related: The Cramps, Specimen, Schleimer K, Batcave, Brighton
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Location: Chicago
Active: 1980 – 1984
Tribal influenced postpunk formed in Chicago in 1980 by Tom Jonusaitis and Mark Panick. They released only one album and two 10” EPs – ‘Driving the Bats Thru Jerusalem’ is one of the best independent records, hands down. Despite their original theatricality, they went as far as they could go on local independent label Fever then dissolved. Mark Panick later formed industrial rock band Razorhouse.
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1337294-Bonemen-Of-Barumba
Related: Tom Jonusaitis, Mark Panick, Chicago
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Location: Bakersfield, California
Active: 1982 – 1987
Moe Adame and Tony Bonanno were in a punk band The Pictures. They recruited Joe Sparks and Paul Burch from local band Public Art before deciding on a new direction with Burning Image. They released the ‘Final Conflict’ single in 1984. They performed with bands like Specimen, Dead Kennedys and Butthole Surfers.
Burning Image is on the ‘Let’s Die’ compilation with Silver Chalice, Flower Leperds, and a solo Patrik Mata (Kommunity FK). Their collected recordings were released on a retrospective album on Alternative Tentacles, titled ‘1983–1987’ in 2004 after reuniting with Jello Biafra. Moe Adame worked on a project called I Viscera until 2002, then reformed Burning Image in 2004 and continues to release new material.
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Official: https://burningimg.wixsite.com/burningimage
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/731898-Burning-Image
BandCamp: https://burningimage.bandcamp.com/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Image
Related: The Pictures, Public Art, I Viscera, Specimen, Dead Kennedys, Moe Adame, Tony Bonanno, Joe Sparks, Paul Burch
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Location: San Diego, California
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Hardcore punk band from the early 1980s in California. They had a grim sense of humor and an aesthetic that matched it, often earning them spots on bills with other dark punk bands and gothic/deathrock shows of the era. They often played with early TSOL, as well as Christian Death.
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