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Gaye Bykers On Acid
Origin UK flag Leicester, England
Genre(s) Rock, Psychedelic rock, Hip hop, Grebo
Years active 1984 — 1990
Label(s) Virgin Records, Naked Brain
Associated acts Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds
Rektum
Purple Fluid Exchange (PFX)
Website www.gayebykersonacid.com
Former members
Ian Hoxley
Tony Horsfall
Ian Reynolds
Kevin Hyde
William Morrow

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Personnel

History

Gaye Bykers On Acid were formed in late 1984 by Ian Reynolds (Robber) and Ian Hoxley (Mary). The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Robbery is the Crime of seizing Property through Violence or Intimidation. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. They were later joined by guitarist and art student Tony Horsfall and drummer Kevin Hyde. Their first gig was at the Princess Charlotte in Leicester in mid-1985.

Their first releases - the single Everything's Groovy Baby and the Nosedive Karma EP - were both recorded in Leeds with Jon Langford of The Mekons, and released on the InTape label. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Jon Langford is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is based in Chicago. The Mekons are a British rock band Formed in the late 1970s they are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British Punk rock They then signed to Virgin Records releasing the albums Drill Your Own Hole and Stewed To The Gills. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell

They also played gigs (dressed in women's clothing) under the name "Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds", supporting themselves, and thus getting paid twice! They also performed as a fictitious East German thrash punk band "Rektüm" (they claimed to have jumped over the Berlin Wall), recording an LP Sakredanus and an EP Real Horror Show under the name. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Thrashcore (also known as fastcore) is a fast tempo subgenre of Hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including

However management problems and poor sales meant that they were dropped by Virgin in 1988. They subsequently released the album Cancer Planet Mission on their own record label, Naked Brain. They also recycled and used the band name "The Purple Fluid Exchange" (PFX) to release their dance cross-over material. It was at this time that Rocket Ronnie joined the band as DJ, sample player and dance advisor.

In 1990 they released Pernicious Nonsense, their last studio album, recorded with Jon Langford at the Stone Room Studios and at Alaska St. Studios with house engineer Chelo Zambelli. After difficult tours in the USA and UK the band broke up, the final blow being when the label Rough Trade, who distributed their Naked Brain recordings, went bust owing them and many other bands considerable amounts of cash. Rough Trade Records began as an Independent record label, based in London, England.

Two compilation albums were subsequently released on the Receiver record label, From the Tomb of the Near Legendary… (1992) and Gaye Bykers On Acid (1993). A further bootleg compilation of Virgin records studio demo's was sold by their ex manager (Tracy lamott)to Cherry Red Records -Everything's Groovy2001

The groups Total Anthology On DVD is available from Robber Byker at their official site and via their MySpace page (see external links below).

Afterwards

Discography

Singles

Year Title Format Label
1986 Everythang's Groovy 7-inch and 12-inch single InTape
1987 Nosedive Karma 7-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch single InTape
1987 Git Down 7-inch, box set and 12-inch single Virgin
1987 All Hung Up 7-inch, 12-inch, and 2x12-inch with Picture Disc Virgin
1989 Hot Thing 7-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch single Virgin
1991 S. P. A. C. E. (as PFX) 12-inch single Naked Brain
1991 Killer Teens in New Orleans (as PFX) 12-inch single Naked Brain

EP's

Year Title Format Label
1998 The BBC Sessions EP Strange Fruit
1989 Real Horror Show (as Rektüm) 12-inch EP Manic Ears

Albums

Year Title Format Label
1987 Drill Your Own Hole LP/CS/CD and Video album Virgin
1989 Stewed to the Gills LP/CS/CD album Virgin
1989 GrooveDiveSoapDish LP/CD album Bleed
1990 Cancer Planet Mission LP/CS/CD album Naked Brain
1990 Sakredanus (as Rektüm) LP/CS/CD album PSI
1990 Pernicious Nonsense (as PFX) LP/CS/CD album Naked Brain
1992 Gaye Bykers On Acid CD album Receiver
1993 From The Tomb of the Near Legendary. . . CD album Receiver
2001 Everything's Groovy CD album Cherry Red

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