The Hunters Club

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Name = The Hunters Club


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Origin = Leicester, England
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Genre = Rock, Punk, Grebo
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Years_active = 198?-1991
Label = Trashcan, Tanz, Pig's Ear
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Past_members = Otis Oblivion (Ian Redhead) (vocals)
Rikki Torrent (guitars)
Django Slydog (guitars)
Christian Merciless (guitars) (1987 - 1989)
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The Hunters Club were a British grebo goth rock band that formed in Leicester, England. They were the darlings of the press and the media in the UK, during the mid 1980s, and were one of the most prominent bands of the 'grebo' scene. [ [http://www.musicaroma.it/nerds/articolone.asp?ID=5803 Nerds Attack! L' Underground di Musicaroma.it ] ]

The band were named after a short-lived Judge Dredd sub-plot in the sci-fi comic 2000AD, and were nicknamed "The Black Hole of Rock 'n' Roll". [http://beehive.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=8354&PageID=44911 "The Black Hole of Rock 'n' Roll" - Leicester Bands biography] ] They toured Europe with fellow Leicester band Gaye Bykers on Acid, camping out between gigs. The band were known for burning their hats as part of their live show. First done as a joke at a gig in Brighton, it caused such a stir that they carried on doing it, one one occasion also igniting members of the audience.

"Too Far Gone To Turn Around" was the first album that Mark Spivey produced, [http://www.komakinomag.de/index.php?text:lang:mark_spivey K O M A K I N O - mark spivey ] ] and was the album which inspired members of Cornershop to form a band, "because they’d thought that if that bunch of drunken idiots could make a record that was that good, then maybe they could too".

The last song on the "Give Me Your Soul" E.P. was originally recorded for Radio One at the BBC Maida Vale Studios.The Hunters Club folded in 1991 signing off with "Burnt Alive", a live album on death-metal label Pigs Ear. Otis Oblivion (Ian Redhead)'s verdict - "It was awful," he said.Redhead now runs "Stayfree", an Internet Service Provider and labyrinth of rehearsal rooms, in Conduit Street, Leicester, Ian also managed local bands during the early 1990s; notably The Scum Pups, and ran the Stayfree Records label.

Founder member Simon Crane now works in new media after working for several years as deputy editor of the Leicester Mercury.

Discography

ingles/EPs

* "Good Running" E.P. (Trashcan Records)
* "Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" E.P. (Trashcan Records)
* "Animal Lover" E.P. (1987, Trashcan Records)
* "Give Me Your Soul" E.P. (Trashcan Records)

Albums

* "Too Far Gone To Turn Around" mini-LP (1988, Trashcan Records)
* "Burnt Alive" (Live) (1991, Pigs Ear Records)

Compilation appearances

* "Just Say Yeah" (Tanz Records)

References

External links

* [http://www.thehuntersclub.co.uk Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thefabuloushuntersclub Official MySpace Website]
* [http://www.stayfreemusic.co.uk Official Stayfree Music Website]
* [http://www.godknowswhere.co.uk/hunters Record release information]
* [http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Hunters+Club Facebook iLike Page]