REPOST Request: Per Discogs: The Handsome Beasts is a heavy metal band from Nuneaton, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1972. The band was part of the NWOBHM movement.
Fronted by singer Garry Dalloway (nick-named "the original fat bastard" by the Kerrang! Direktory Of Heavy Metal), they quickly became local heroes.
Paul Birch, who rated the band very highly, tried to get them a record deal asking numerous major labels if they would be interested. They weren't, so he founded his own label, Heavy Metal Records, to release the first Handsome Beasts EP, "All Riot Now" in 1980.
In 1981 "Breaker" EP was released again by Heavy Metal Records. In this EP the 'digital spiral technique' was used, it played "Crazy" or "One In A Crowd" depending on where you put the record needle at the beginning, a gimmick later used by Kiss. A little later, "Sweeties" EP was also released by Heavy Metal Records.
2 comments:
Anonymous said...
Wow! A NWOBHM single. Unfortunately the link is dead.
FEBRUARY 4, 2022 AT 6:19 PM
FEBRUARY 8, 2022 AT 10:15 AM
Anonymous said...
Oi! Can you please re up this gem and other NWOBHM? Thanks!!!!
MAY 18, 2024 AT 12:24 PM
Oi! Thanks for the reup!!!!
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