Say Hello to Saturday with a piece of Deathrock. Posted by Curious Guy eleven years ago on his phoenixhairpins blog and his comment on the record coincides with mine so I quote his words for this: "Release The Bats were a goth band from Bolton, members were D. Stephens, K. Taylor, M. Naylor and Rod Barker. Don't know much more but they released a 7" in 1985 with two tracks: 'Unacceptable Behaviour' & 'Harsh'. Both tracks can be found on the album. I won't say that this album is classic stuff but it's damn rare and worth a listen. For those who don't know, First Floor was a sublabel of the infamous Rock-O-Rama. This label started as a punklabel, releasing German punk and also licensed records off of Propaganda Records from Finland so that people had easier access to those classic Finnish hardcore punk records. But later the label also released records by Skrewdriver and other RAC/WP bands. Rock-O-Rama ceased all activity in the 90's after the police raided their office. I don't think that bands like Release The Bats, Saigon and They Must Be Russians were aware of the connection; or maybe they didn't care?" I was lucky to acquire this slab for little money, and musically not bad at all.
Release the Bats is the name of a BIRTHDAY PARTY song, right?!
ReplyDeleteYou are right the band took the name from the nick Cave song release the bats after dropping the controversial first Choice name clubbing baby seals thinking it too controversial for the band name, they were fantastic live, much better than the recording
DeleteYes you are right the bound released the bats treat the name from the Nick Cave song there were originally going to be called clubbing baby seals but thought it to controversial they were fantastic live
Deleteright, but if that was the reason for the bandname I can't confirm!
ReplyDeleteThe band did take the name from the Nick Cave song released the bats there were going to call themselves clubbing baby seals but later changed the Minds thinking it a bit too far
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