clamps
Getting Into It Member
Posts:63
 | | 01 Dec 2004 1:58 PM |
| | anybody outhere got any info on the polecats.....the 80's rockabilly revivalists!
i've searched a bit on the tinternet but no real joy! | | | |
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Karlito
Busy Member
Posts:210
| | 01 Dec 2004 2:29 PM |
| | Clamps check out:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5bkzu325anxk | | | |
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Dromed
Insanely Busy Member
Posts:902
| | 01 Dec 2004 3:05 PM |
| | I think they played in London recently too...apparantly a large contingent of Irish rockabilly's headed over | | | |
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clamps
Getting Into It Member
Posts:63
| | 01 Dec 2004 5:26 PM |
| | cheers for that karlito, but alas you seem to be having the same results as i've had! no descent biog, thats all i'm really lookin for.
i'll search on regardless
droomed: you know too much! | | | |
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Dromed
Insanely Busy Member
Posts:902
| | 02 Dec 2004 9:26 AM |
| | From: http://www.rockabilly.nl
The Polecats were part of the early-'80s British rockabilly revival scene, sporting the clothing, hairstyles, and even makeup to play the part to the hilt. The band was originally called "The Cult Heroes" but couldn't get any gigs at rockabilly clubs with a name that sounded "punk", so the original drummer Chris Hawkes came up with the name Polecats. Tim Polecat and Boz Boorer started playing together in 1976, they hooked up with Phil Bloomberg at the end of 1977.
The Polecats, heavily influenced by punk and 70s glamour rock (amongst other things), scored three British Top 40 singles with "John, I'm Only Dancing" (the David Bowie song), "Rockabilly Guy" (the former B-side of their independent single "Chicken Shack"), and a cover of the T-Rex (Marc Bolan) song "Jeepster". Their 1981 debut LP "Polecats Are Go!" (produced by dave Edmunds) is surely the best they ever did. If you ever see "Polecats Are Go!" on sale buy it. It's awesome! "John, I'm Only Dancing" was in the charts in England the same time as the Stray Cats second single "Rock This Town".
"Make A Circuit" was a final stab at making a hit. It was a real pop song, a dissapointing direction for a great band. They lost their record deal after that, although they released a few albums for independent labels which where nothing compared to "Polecats Are Go!". There is a album available called "Cult Heroes" which is a collection of demos from there early years.
Boz Boorer broke up the group to work with Morrissey, but led a Polecats reunion in 1989, which produced a live album and a new studio set. Tim Polecat moved to LA and is playing with Slim Jim (Stray Cats) in a band named "Lucky 13". Raucous Records released a compilation of Boz Boorer's work titled Between The Polecats, early 2001.
Line-up:
Martin 'Boz' Boorer - Vocals, Lead Guitar, Sax, Piano
Tim 'Polecat' Worman - Vocals, Guitar
Chris Hawkes/Neil Rooney - Drums
Phil Bloomberg - Slap Bass
Discography:
Singles:
Rockabilly Guy - Nervous Records
John I'm Only Dancing - Mercury
Rockabilly Guy - Mercury
Jeepster - Mercury
Make A Circuit With Me - Mercury
12" Vinyl LPs:
Polecats Are Go! - Mercury
Cult Heroes - Nervous Records
Live In Hamburg - Maybee Crayzee
Live And Rocking - Link
Polecats Won't Die - Vinyl Japan
Nine - Vinyl Japan
CDs:
Cult Heroes - Nervous Records
Polecats Are Go! - Japanese Bootleg
Live In Hamburg - Maybee Crayzee
Live And Rocking - Castle
Polecats Won't Die - Vinyl Japan
Nine - Vinyl Japan
Not Nervous - NV Records
Pink Noise - Rock-It
Best Of The Polecats - Cleopatra
Between The Polecats - Raucous Records
Polecats Are Go! - Anagram Records
EPs:
John I'm Only Dancing - Mercury
Jeepster - Mercury
Make A Circuit With Me - Mercury USA
Live In Hamburg - NV Records
Boz Boorer Website:
http://www.bozboorer.co.uk
Tim Polecat Homepage:
http://home.earthlink.net/~polecat13
13 Cats Homepage:
http://www.dannybharvey.com
Check out the Yahoo! Polecats Club:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/polecatsrockabillyguysndolls
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clamps
Getting Into It Member
Posts:63
| | 04 Dec 2004 12:28 PM |
| | droomed.....you're a big bright shining star!!!
thank you very very much!
if this was ebay, you'd get a big fat A++++ | | | |
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