King Kurt

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King Kurt
King Kurt, Free & Easy Festival 2014
King Kurt, Free & Easy Festival 2014
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
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
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

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.kingkurt.com/events/firstgigsince1984

Web links