Broken Bones (band)

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Broken Bones
General information
origin Stoke-on-Trent , England
Genre (s) Rhythm and blues , (initially) crossover , hardcore punk , thrash metal
founding 1983, 1988, 2000
resolution 1987, 1996
Website http://www.brokenbonesukhc.co.uk/
Current occupation
Craig "Quiv" Allen
E-bass , meanwhile also vocals
 Paul "Oddy" Hoddy
Anthony "Bones" Roberts
Dave Bridgwood
former members
Electric bass
 Darren "Daz" Harris
Drums
 Cliff Moran
E-bass, now electric guitar
 Terence "Tezz" Roberts
Drums
 Darren "Baz" Burges
singing
 Nick "Nobby" Nobson
Electric guitar
 Karl Morris
Stuart Duthie

Broken Bones is an English crossover band from Stoke-on-Trent that was formed in 1983, disbanded in 1987, reunited in 1988, disbanded again in 1996 and has been active again since 2000.

history

The band was formed in 1983 after guitarist Anthony "Bones" Roberts left the band Discharge . With him were the bassist Terence "Tezz" Roberts, who was Anthony's brother and also active with Discharge, the singer Nick "Nobby" Nobson and the drummer Darren "Baz" Burges in the band. The band held the first concerts, including an appearance at the 100 Club in London . Shortly after this performance, the band reached a contract with Fallout Records , about which the single Decapitated was released in February 1984 . The sound carrier was recorded at Alaska Studios under the direction of UK subs guitarist Captain Scarlet. The cover was designed by Stuart Duthie, who played the harmonica in the rhythm and blues phase in the early days of the band . In the spring of the same year, the next single, Crucifix , was released, using songs that were created during the recordings for Decapitated . Before the single was released, bassist Roberts left the band to join UK Subs and was replaced by Paul "Oddy" Hoddy. In April 1984 the band went to Rochdale with producer Mike Stone at Cargo Studios to record their debut album Dem Bones . In addition, the German label Aggressive Rockproduktionen became aware of the band and released the EP I..O..U .... Nothing , which included the first two singles and one song from the album. After the album was released, the band held various appearances in the UK . In January 1985, she also went on a tour of the USA , which tour included 15 appearances. The tour kicked off on New Year's Eve in New York City with Circle Jerks and Murphy's Law . Then the band went to Washington , Phoenix , San Diego , Long Beach , San Francisco and Berkeley . In addition, the band played in the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles in front of about 5,000 people together with the band Kraut . Then the musicians went back to New York to play a concert at the CBGB . Here they met James Hetfield from Metallica and Scott Ian from Anthrax , who, according to Hoddy, were fans of the band, although the members of Broken Bones had not even recognized them. Since Hoddy's bass failed during the concert, Billy Milano ( SOD ) loaned him his instrument.

After returning to England, singer Nobson left the band because he did not return with the band, but stayed in the USA and married an American woman there. A planned appearance in the 100 Club had to be canceled. Bassist Hoddy then also took on the vocals before the EP Seeing Through My Eyes was released in 1985 . The sound carrier was produced by Colin Jerwood , singer of the band Conflict . Hoddy would later join this band as a bassist. Jerwood provided the backing vocals on the phonogram together with Anthony Roberts . Hoddy left the band shortly afterwards. Singer Nobson and bassist Terence Roberts then returned to the band. The group then went to Birmingham in the FSR Studios to record the album Bonecrusher , which was released in the US on Combat Core Records . Then bassist Hoddy left the band again because Terence Roberts played the electric guitar after his return, but actually wanted to play the bass, so Hoddy had to give way to him. The band was back in their original line-up. In 1985 the Bootleg Live at the 100 Club was released . After the single Never Say Die was released on Fallout Records in early 1986 , the band went to Strawberry Studios in Stockport in June to record the album FOAD , which was released in 1987 on Fallout Records. On the album Karl Morris ( The Exploited ) could be heard as guitarist. The album consisted of seven studio songs that had been recorded in Stockport, as well as live songs that were created in August 1986 at the Fulham Greyhound Studio under the direction of Richard Scott . In July 1987 the EP Trade in Death followed, which was produced by Rab Fae Beith and was released via RFB Recordings . The band broke up shortly afterwards.

In the following year Anthony Bones re-founded the band: In addition to him on the electric guitar, the band consisted of the singer Craig "Quiv" Allen, the bassist Darren "Daz" Harris and the drummer Cliff Moran. 1988 followed a tour through the USA together with UK Subs, where the band played in front of about 20,000 people in Los Angeles, before the next album Losing Control was released in 1989 on Heavy Metal Records . The album was recorded at Madhat Studios in Wolverhampton under the direction of Rab Fae Beith. In 1990 the EP Religion Is Responsible also followed on Heavy Metal Records, before the band switched to Rough Justice Records , a sub-label of Music for Nations , and released the album Stitched Up in 1991 and the compilation Brain Dead in 1992, before the band released dissolved again in 1996.

Hoddy, drummer Dave Bridgwood, Allen and another guitarist then founded the band Choke Hold. After the latter left the band and Anthony Roberts was added as a replacement, the band received an offer from Rhythm Vicar Records , a sub-label of Plastic Head Distribution . The label would only sign the band if they renamed themselves Broken Bones. Since most of the Broken Bones members were already active in the band, the band agreed to the renaming, so that the band had been active again since 2000. This was followed by appearances all over Europe , as well as the album Without Conscience in 2001 . The following year, the split release Fuck the World followed on the Berlin label Superhero Records . Past Glories, One Million Thoughts and Cutdown could be heard as other bands on the recording. The band then signed a contract with the Californian label Dr. Strange Records . In 2005, Dr. Justice Records released the album Time for Anger, Not Justice , the 2010 Fuck You and All You Stand For! via Rodent Popsicle Records followed.

style

In the first few months the band played rhythm and blues , but this idea should soon be discarded. Markus Hanneken from Metal Hammer wrote in the September 1993 issue that the band was trend-setting, but lacked originality on FOAD and described the music as " Skate'n'Hardcore ". In the July 1987 issue, Oliver Klemm wrote that Dem Bones was a classic of the crossover genre, while FOAD had "little variety, but good and rough-produced hardcore". Holger Stratmann wrote in the same year in the July issue of the crash over FOAD : "With the guitar solo can also connect to the Heavy Metal not deny. For the most part, however, pure punk is trendy on this disc , but in a very high quality ”, and went on to write,“ Thrashers who abuse their ear canals with the various cross bands should perhaps try their hand at this record too ”.

Discography

  • Decapitated (single, 1984, Fallout Records )
  • Crucifix (single, 1984, Fallout Records)
  • Dem Bones (album, 1984, Fallout Records)
  • I..O..U .... Nothing (EP, 1984, aggressive rock productions )
  • Live at Leeds - 21st April 84 (VHS, 1984, Jettisoundz Video)
  • Seeing Through My Eyes (EP, 1985, Fallout Records)
  • Bonecrusher (album, 1985, Combat Core Records )
  • Never Say Die (single, 1986, Fallout Records)
  • FOAD (album, 1987, Fallout Records)
  • Trade in Death (EP, 1987, RFB Recordings )
  • Decapitated (compilation, 1987, Fallout Records)
  • Losing Control (album, 1989, Heavy Metal Records )
  • Religion Is Responsible (EP, 1990, Heavy Metal Records)
  • Dem Bones / Decapitated (Compilation, 1990, Fallout Records)
  • Stitched Up (album, 1991, Rough Justice Records )
  • Brain Dead (Compilation, 1992, Rough Justice Records)
  • Death Is Imminent (Compilation, 1993, Cleopatra Records )
  • Complete Singles (Compilation, 1996, Cleopatra Records)
  • Without Conscience (album, 2001, Rhythm Vicar Records )
  • Fuck the World (Split with Past Glories, One Million Thoughts and Cutdown , 2002, Superhero Records )
  • Bonecrusher (Compilation, 2002, Relapse Records )
  • No-One Survives (single, 2004, Dr. Strange Records )
  • Time for Anger, Not Justice (Album, 2005, Dr. Strange Records)
  • Bones Club: The Very Best Of (Compilation, 2005, Anarchy Music )
  • A Single Decade (Compilation, 2009, Black Conflict Records )
  • Death Walks the Streets EP (EP, 2009, Dr. Strange Records)
  • Fuck You and All You Stand For! (Album, 2010, Rodent Popsicle Records )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Broken Bones. Allmusic , accessed October 19, 2013 .
  2. ^ A b Ian Glasper: Burning Britain - The History of UK Punk 1980 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-901447-24-8 , pp. 176 .
  3. ↑ Bio. (No longer available online.) Brokenbonesukhc.co.uk, archived from the original on October 19, 2013 ; Retrieved October 19, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brokenbonesukhc.co.uk
  4. ^ Ian Glasper: Burning Britain - The History of UK Punk 1980 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-901447-24-8 , pp. 177 .
  5. ^ Ian Glasper: Burning Britain - The History of UK Punk 1980 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-901447-24-8 , pp. 178 .
  6. ^ Ian Glasper: Burning Britain - The History of UK Punk 1980 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-901447-24-8 , pp. 179 .
  7. ↑ BROKEN BONES. Biography. (No longer available online.) Musicmight.com, archived from the original on December 25, 2013 ; Retrieved October 18, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicmight.com
  8. ^ Ian Glasper: Burning Britain - The History of UK Punk 1980 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-901447-24-8 , pp. 180 .
  9. ↑ a b BROKEN BONES. The ultimate thrash punk band. Ox fanzine , accessed October 16, 2013 .
  10. ^ Ian Glasper: Burning Britain - The History of UK Punk 1980 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-901447-24-8 , pp. 181 .
  11. ↑ Broken Bones - Time For Anger, Not Justice. Discogs , accessed October 18, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Broken Bones - Fuck You And All You Stand For! Discogs, accessed October 18, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Markus Hanneken: Broken Bones . FOAD In: Metal Hammer . September 1993, p. 59 .
  14. ↑ Oliver Klemm: Broken Bones . FOAD In: Metal Hammer . July 1987, p. 48 .
  15. ^ Holger Stratmann: Broken Bones . FOAD In: Crash . July 1987, p. 67 .