Severed heads
Severed heads | |
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![]() Severed Heads perform at the BIMFest in Antwerp (2011) |
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General information | |
origin | Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |
Genre (s) | Industrial , synthpop , post-punk , electronica , dance |
founding | 1979, 2010–2013, 2015 |
resolution | 2007 |
Website | www.sevcom.com |
Founding members | |
Richard Fielding (until 1981) | |
synthesizer |
Andrew Wright (until 1979) |
Current occupation | |
Tom Ellard (1979-2008, 2010-2011, 2013, since 2015) | |
synthesizer |
Stewart Lawler (2010-2011, 2013, since 2015) |
former members | |
synthesizer |
Garry Bradbury (1982–1983, guest musician from 1984 to 1985) |
Simon Knuckey (1982-1984) | |
Synthesizer, video synthesizer |
Stephen Jones (1982-1992) |
synthesizer |
Paul Deering (1984–1985) |
Severed Heads are an Australian band. Her musical style includes industrial , synthpop , post-punk , electronica and dance .
Band history
The band was founded in Sydney in 1979 . Previously it was known as Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign (also Mr And Mrs No Smokin 'Sign ) and was active from 1977. The original line-up of the Severed Heads consisted of Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, shortly afterwards Tom Ellard was added. In the following decades the line-up changed several times. The band disbanded in 2007, re-founded in 2010 and lasted until 2013. It was re-launched in September 2015 with the cast of Tom Ellard and Stewart Lawler.
Discography
Albums
- 1980: Ear Bitten (Terse Tapes, Wrong)
- 1980: Side 2 (Terse Tapes)
- 1981: Clean (Terse Tapes)
- 1981: Side 3 (Terse Tapes)
- 1981: Live 1980/81 (Terse Tapes)
- 1982: Blubberknife (Terse Tapes)
- 1982: 80's Cheesecake (Terse Tapes)
- 1983: Since the Accident (Terse Tapes, Red Flame, Ink, Virgin )
- 1985: City Slab Horror (Ink)
- 1985: Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past (Ink)
- 1986: Come Visit the Big Bigot (Nettwerk)
- 1986: The Big Bigot (Ink, Volition)
- 1987: Bad Mood Guy (Nettwerk, Nettwerk, Volition)
- 1988: The Singles (Ink)
- 1989: Rotund For Success (Nettwerk, Volition)
- 1991: Cuisine (With Piscatorial) (Nettwerk, Volition)
- 1994: Gigapus (Volition)
- 1998: Haul Ass (Sevcom)
- 1998: Contoured Stimulation (Music Server Lite) (Sevcom)
- 1999: Airconditioning Your Productivity (Music Server Lite) (Sevcom)
- 2001: Gashing and Kato (Sevcom)
- 2002: Cubicle Broadcasts (Music Server Lite V.1) (Sevcom)
- 2002: Op (Sevcom)
- 2003: Controlling Time (Sevcom)
- 2004: Op 1.2 (Sevcom)
- 2004: Over Barbara Island (Sevcom)
- 2005: Op 2.0 (Sevcom)
- 2005: Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake) (Sevcom)
- 2006: Under Gail Succubus (Sevcom)
- 2007: Op 3 (Sevcom)
- 2011: Op (chOPped) (Sevcom)
- 2014: Rhine - Tom Ellard (Sevcom)
- 2017: Donut (Sevcom)
- 2018: Aversion 2 (Sevcom)
- 2018: Publicist (Sevcom)
- 2019: Living Museum (Sevcom)
Video albums
Released on VHS, DVD and BluRay.
- 1987: If I've Told You Once, I've Told You a Thousand Times (Volition)
- 1987: Kato Gets the Girl (Ikon & Volition)
- 1987: Severed Heads (Ikon)
- 1990: Overhead (Nettwerk)
- 2003: The Robot Peepshow (Sevcom)
- 2004: Paleolithic (1982-1994) (Sevcom)
- 2005: The Robot Peepshow 2 (Sevcom)
- 2008: Showbag (Sevcom)
- 2010: Showbag HD (Sevcom)
Soundtracks
- 2005: The Illustrated Family Doctor Soundtrack (Mana Soundtracks)
EPs
- 1984: Stretcher EP (Ink)
- 1986: Gashing The Old Mae West (Ink)
- 1991: Twister + Retread (Nettwerk)
- 2011: Haul Ass Professional (Sevcom)
- 2015: Big Saints Reward EP (Optimo Trax)
Compilations
- 1981: Media Jingles (Conventional Tapes)
- 1985: Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past (Ink)
- 1985: Stretcher (Volition)
- 1988: Bulkhead (Volition / Nettwerk)
- 1991: Retread (Volition / Nettwerk)
- 1994: Trance Techno (Cultdep)
- 1996: Severything V.1 (Sevcom)
- 1998: Severything V.2.0.2 (Sevcom)
- 1999: Ear Bitten 79-99 (Sevcom)
- 2001: Twister + Retread (Sevcom)
- 2006: Viva Heads! (LTM)
- 2007: ComMerz (LTM)
- 2008: Adenoids 1977-1985 ( Vinyl on Demand )
- 2015: Better Dead Than Head (Sevcom)
Singles
- 1984: Dead Eyes Opened (Virgin)
- 1985: Goodbye Tonsils (Ink)
- 1985: Petrol (normal)
- 1986: Twenty Deadly Diseases (Nettwerk)
- 1986: Propeller (Ink)
- 1987: Hot With Fleas (Nettwerk)
- 1988: Greater Reward (Nettwerk)
- 1989: All Saint's Day (Volition)
- 1990: Big Car (Volition)
- 1992: Twister (Volition)
- 1995: Heart of the Party (Volition)
- 2015: Lamborghini / Petrol (Dark Entries)
- 2016: Beautiful Arabic Surface (Bughlt Records, Sevcom)
Web links
- Official website
- Severed Heads at Discogs (English)
- Severed Heads at Bandcamp
- Band bio on LTM Recordings (English)