| Trespass | |
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| Origin | Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
| Genres | Heavy metal |
| Years active | 1978–1982, 1992–1993 |
| Labels | Trial Records |
| Associated acts | Blue Blud, Blue Blood, Requiem, Cathedral |
| Past members | |
| Mark Sutcliffe Steve "Sleeve" Mills Robert Eckland Adrian Lyndon Paul Sutcliffe Dave Crawte Richard Penny Cris Linscott Bob Irving Leo Smee |
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Trespass were a heavy metal band from Suffolk, England. They were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal at the beginning of the 1980s.
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Initially the band consisted of brothers Mark Sutcliffe (voice and guitar) and Paul Sutcliffe (drums), Dave Crawte (guitar), and Richard Penny (bass). Later they replaced Richard Penny with Cris Linscott and added vocalist Steve "Sleeve" Mills, all under 21 at the time. They all had day jobs, as the band never became financially viable: "Sleeve" was employed by the Social Security Dapartment, Mark and Paul worked at a factory, Dave worked at a record shop, and Cris was an income tax collector. The band's manager was Steve Kendall.[1]
Mark Sutcliffe cites as a musical influence Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple fame, Cris Linscott admired Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rush, while "Sleeve" liked David Coverdale and Paul Rodgers.
The band came to sign with Trial Records when the owner of the new label, Steve Guy-Clarke, approached them with the proposition to do an album. Their first single, "One Of These Days", had a pressing of only 2000 copies, which were sold out in a short time. After that they enlisted vocalist Rob Eckland to record their "Jealousy/Live it up" single which was a double a-side.[2] The final release for the label was the "Bright lights" EP which also had a pressing of 2000 copies. Interestingly, the a-side ran at 45 RPM but the b-side ran at 33⅓ RPM.
The band recorded a session for Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show, which secured them an inclusion in Metal Explosion, a BBC compilation record.
They also managed to have two of their songs included in the second volume of the Metal For Muthas compilation series.
In 1990 Lars Ulrich, the drummer and co-founder of the band Metallica, released a compilation entitled NWOBHM '79 Revisited commemorating the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal's first decade after the event. The double-CD includes some of the top acts of the time with Trespass being represented with their biggest hit "One of these days" from the BBC session.
After Trespass' break-up the long time members of the band (Mark, Paul, and Dave) formed a glam metal band by the name of Blue Blud (later Blue Blood). After Blue Blood's break-up in 1992 the brothers revived the Trespass name and released an album in 1993 by the name of Head.
Various compilations of released and unreleased material have been issued during the years, both officially by the band and in unofficial bootlegs. Some of these include: Through The Ages, The Works, The Works 2, and One Of These Days: The Trespass Anthology.
1979, October - Hillside Studios
1980, February - Spaceward Studios
1980, April - EMI Studios
1980, May 2 - BBC Studios
(the Friday Rock Show session)
1980, August - Spaceward Studios
1981, March - Hillside Studios
1981, July - RG Jones Studios
1982, May - The Lodge Studios
1982, November - The Lodge Studios