King Kurt
King Kurt | |
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King Kurt, Free & Easy Festival 2014 |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | skirt |
founding | 1981 |
Current occupation | |
singing |
Gary "Smeg" Cayton |
guitar |
Paul "Thwak" Laventhol |
guitar |
John Reddington |
Drums |
Rory Lions |
bass |
Bert Boustead |
saxophone |
"Maggot" |
King Kurt are a psychobilly - rock band of the 1980s from the United Kingdom .
history
Formed in 1981 with Jef Harvey ( vocals ), replaced by "Smeg" (Gary Cayton) after the "Zulu Beat" 7-inch single and before the Stiff Records deal; Paul ("Thwack") Laventhol and John Reddington ( guitars ); Rory Lyons on drums ; Bert Boustead on bass and "Maggot" on saxophone . Originally known as "Rockin 'Kurt and his Saur Krauts", later shortened to King Kurt . The band had a few minor hits in the UK single and UK indie charts, such as "Zulu Beat", "Mack The Knife" and "Banana Banana", alongside the top 40 hit "Destination Zululand". The band broke up in 1988, but three of the members performed live between 1992 and 1996.
In the early 1980s, King Kurts were known for their stage performances, throwing eggs and bags of flour and dumping buckets of wallpaper paste into the audience.
In 2010 the King Kurts gave their Reunion II concert, at which five of the six original members performed. Since then they have played a few live gigs a year.
Discography
Singles
month | year | title | Charts | Record company |
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1982 | "Zulu Beat" / "Rockin 'Kurt" | dnc | Thin sliced records | |
October | 1983 | "Destination Zululand" / "She's as Hairy" | # 36 | Stiff Records |
April | 1984 | "Mack the Knife" / "Wreck a Party Rock" | # 55 | Stiff Records |
August | 1984 | "Banana Banana" / " Bo Diddley Goes East" | # 54 | Stiff Records |
June | 1985 | "Billy" / "Back on the Dole" | # 81 | Stiff Records |
September | 1985 | "Road to Rack n Ruin" / "Poppa Wobbler" | # 94 | Stiff Records |
November | 1985 | "Slammers" / "Ape Hour" | dnc | Stiff Records |
November | 1986 | "America" / "High and Mighty" | # 73 | Polydor |
May | 1987 | "Land of Ring Dang Do" / "Zulu Beat" / "Horatio" / "Gather Your Limbs" | # 67 | Polydor |
1988 | "Bye Bye Baby" / "Prussian Stomp" - (as The Kurts ) |
dnc | GWR |
Albums
month | year | title | Charts | Record company |
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1983 | " Ooh Wallah Wallah " | dnc | Stiff Records | |
March | 1986 | " Big Cock " | # 50 | Stiff Records |
1986 | " The Last Will & Testicle " | dnc | GWR |
Compilations
- Live & Rockin ' (1989)
- Destination Demoland (1990)
- Poor Man's Dream (compilation) (1994)
- Alcoholic Council (2001)
- Live and Unreleased
literature
- Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X .