Voorhees (band)
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Voorhees were a hardcore punk band formed in Durham City (north-east England) during 1991 from the ashes of various other local bands (Steadfast, Know Your Enemies, False Face, The MacDonalds). Ian Leck and Sean Readman were the driving force and principal songwriters, and the first lineup was completed by Daryl Hindley, Gaz and Brownie. A demo was recorded with this line-up which later became the "Everyone's Good At Something...Except Us..." flexi. One day Brownie went missing, and was never seen again, making way for new bass player Paul.
Voorhees gigged regularly at this time, including a tour with Slapshot, and signed to Armed With Anger Records. The "Violent" EP was released, and some tracks were recorded for a Negative Approach tribute on Dysgusher records. Shortly after, the line up transformed into a more stable and long term one. Michael Gillham became the established drummer, and Graeme Nicholls the lead guitar player, joining Paul, Lecky and Sean.
Late '93 and early 94, songs were written for and beacame the infamous "Spilling Blood Without Reason" LP, released on AWA, arguably one of the most important UK hardcore albums ever. Shows were regular, including a European tour and a John Peel Session was recorded for BBC Radio 1 in early '95.
Other releases recorded by the "classic" Voorhees line-up of this period were the "What You See Is What You Get" Ep and the split with Stalingrad, which featured Newcastle United's Kevin Keegan on the cover...
Voorhees made it to the US in early '96, playing shows with Hatebreed, 25 Ta Life, Charles Bronson, Drop Dead, Los Crudos and Enkindel among others, and playing in infamous hardcore dives like ABC No Rio, CBGB's and the Bomb Shelter in Minneapolis. This tour is also notable for the much exaggerated "riot" which commenced at the very first show in Connecticut. More of a bar brawl between Lecky and a guy (supposedly Earth Crisis's tour manager...) which escalated just a little...
Tensions grew on this tour however, and key members Sean and Gillham left the band. Over the next year or so, the band metamorphised into the final line-up; Lecky, Arms, Steve, Atko and Dave. Voorhees continued to tour regularly,both home and abroad, including further US tours and released the much maligned "13" LP, splits with Devoid of Faith, Out Cold, F-minus, Insult, Kill Your Idols, and the final full length and return to the more classic Voorhees sound on "Crystal Lake's Legacy" . More recently a compilation of the last few years recordings was released entitled "The Final Chapter".
In October 2004, the Spilling Blood line-up of Voorhees (apart from Paul who was working in California and was replaced by Steve) got together for a one-off show, "Night of the Living Dead At Sea", which was played on a ferry boat on the Mersey River in Liverpool.
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[edit] Discography
- Everybody's Good at Something... Tape - Self Released 1992
- Demo Tape - 1993
- Violent 7" - Armed With Anger - 1993
- Everybody's Good at Something... Except Us! 7" flexi - Armed With Anger - 1994
- Spilling Blood Without Reason LP - Armed With Anger - 1994
- split 7" w/ Stalingrad - Thinking Smart / Caught Offside - 1995
- Smiling at Death CD - Grand Theft Audio - 1996
- What You See Is What You Get 7" - Crust - 1997
- split 12" w/ Devoid of Faith - Coalition / Gloom 1999
- Fireproof 7" - Chainsaw Safety - 1999
- split CD w/ Devoid of Faith - Coalition / Gloom - 1999
- 13 LP - Six Weeks / Armed With Anger - 1999
- 13 CD - Six Weeks / Armed With Anger - 1999
- split 7" w/ Kill Your Idols - Indecision - 2000
- split CD w/ Out Cold - Blackfish - 2000
- Bookburner 7" - THD - 2000
- split 7" w/ Insult - Balowski Records - 2000
- split 12" w/ Out Cold - Deranged - 2001
- Crystal Lake's Legacy LP - Six Weeks - 2001
- Crystal Lake's Legacy CD - Six Weeks - 2001
- split CD w/ Out Cold - Thorp Records - 2002
- split 7" w/ Radio Alice - Hermit - 2004
- The Final Chapter CD - Out of Step - not out let...
[edit] Compilations
- Consolidation 7" - Armed With Anger - 1992
- Illiterate 12" - Ebullition - 1993
- All For One... One For All CD - Grand Theft Audio - 1995
- Endless Struggle: The Worst of the 1 in 12 Club vol. 12/13 2x12" - 1 in 12 Records - 1995
- The Boredom & the Bullshit 7" - Refusenik - 1995
- Strictly Ballroom 7" - Caught Offside - 1996
- A Means to an End 12" - Armed With Anger - 1997
- Reproach 7" - Ugly Pop - 1998
- Decade of Dissidence - Worst of the 1in12 Club Vol 14/15 CD - 1 in 12 Records - 1999
- Hurt Your Feelings CD - Six Weeks - 2001
- Indecision Records Split Series CD - Indecision - 2001
- Off Target CD - Coalition - 2004
- The Bitter Days Ahead CD - Ghost City - 2005
[edit] Line Up
[edit] Demo Line-up
- Lecky - Vocals
- Sean Readman - Guitar
- Darrell Hindley - Guitar
- Dave Brown - Bass
- Gaz - Drums
[edit] Classic "Spilling Blood" Line-up
- Lecky - Vocals
- Sean Readman - Guitar
- Graeme Nicholls - Lead Guitar
- Paul Rugman-Jones - Bass
- Michael Gillham - Drums
[edit] Later "Crystal Lake's Legacy" Line-up
- Lecky - Vocals
- Arms - Guitar
- Atko - Guitar
- Steve Stewart - Bass
- Dave Allen - Drums
Other short term members inc. Pugh - drums & Wrighty - bass
[edit] Related Bands
- Blood Simple - Lecky/Wrighty/Gillham
- Break It Up - Sean/Paul/Graeme
- Embittered - Gillham
- False Face - Darrell/Gaz
- Genghis Khan - Steve/Dave
- Gentlemans Pistols - Atko
- Hara Kiri - Gillham
- Hard To Swallow - Gillham
- Haters - Gillham/Sean/Paul
- The Horror - Arms/Atko/Dave/Steve
- Ironside - Arms/Wrighty
- Klonopin - Gillham
- Know Your Enemy - Darrell/Gaz/Lecky
- The MacDonalds - Sean/Paul/Lecky
- Manfat - Gillham
- Meatlocker - Lecky
- Pellethead - Gillham
- The Mercy Suite" - Dave
- The Prestidigitators - Gillham
- Revolt - Gillham
- Sex Maniacs - Atko/Dave/Steve
- Snotnosed - Gillham
- Sour Face - Gillham
- Steadfast - Lecky/Sean/Paul
- Unborn - Wrighty
- Vengeance of Gaia- Steve/Dave
- Walk the Plank - Lecky
- We Be the Echo - Graeme
- Withdrawn - Lecky
