Electro hippies
| Electro hippies | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | St. Helens , Wigan (United Kingdom) |
| Genre (s) | Crustcore |
| founding | 1985 |
| resolution | 1989 |
| Founding members | |
singing |
Jeff Walker (1985-1987) |
guitar |
Andy Barnard |
bass |
Dom Murphy |
Drums |
Simon |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Andy Barnard |
bass |
Dom Murphy |
Vocals, drums |
Simon |
Electro Hippies was a crust punk / thrashcore band from northern England .
history
The band was founded in 1985. Its members came from the two northern cities of St. Helens and Wigan . Although it didn't last very long, its music influenced a number of later crust, hardcore and grindcore bands. She was best known through the singer Jeff Walker , who switched to the band Carcass in early 1987 . In 1989, together with Napalm Death, the world's shortest single with around three seconds of playing time was recorded for the Grindcrusher sampler, which was included in the Guinness Book of Records ; the A-side contained the napalm death title You Suffer , which is also listed in the Guinness Book with a playing time of 1.316 seconds as the shortest piece of music ever recorded.
style
AllMusic described the music on the album The Only Good Punk Is a Dead One as an "eccentric, difficult to classify, political crossover of punk and metal with strange, yapping vocals". The music sometimes climbs into a kind of proto-grindcore, sometimes it reminds of classic heavy metal.
Discography
- 1986: Play Fast Or Die ( split album with Generic , Flat Earth)
- 1987: The Only Good Punk ... Is A Dead One ( Peaceville Records )
- 1987: The Peel Sessions ( EP , Strange Fruit Records )
- 1989: Live (Live album, Peaceville Records)
- 1989: Play Fast Or Die (EP, Necrosis Records)
- 1989: The Peaceville Recordings ( compilation , Peaceville Records)
Web links
- Electro Hippies at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Earache.com: Various Artists "Grindcrusher" ( Memento from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ OCWeekly: Extreme Extreme Ness. Retrieved January 7, 2020 .
- ↑ AllMusic.com: Electro Hippies: The Only Good Punk Is a Dead One. Retrieved January 7, 2020 .