| Westworld | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Pop, post punk |
| Years active | 1986–1992 |
| Labels | RCA Records |
| Members | |
| Bob "Derwood" Andrews Elizabeth Westwood Nick Burton |
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Westworld were a British three-piece rock band active in the late 1980s. They are best known for their 1987 UK Top 20 hit single, "Sonic Boom Boy".
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Named after the sci-fi film, Westworld, they were formed in 1986 by the former Generation X guitarist Bob "Derwood" Andrews, and American vocalist Elizabeth Westwood.[1] The line up was completed by drummer Nick Burton.[1]
Visually the band were styled in a way reminiscent of comic book art and musically they were a blend of classic 1950s rock and roll, glam and punk, updated with beatboxes and sequencer. They had an early success with their debut single, "Sonic Boom Boy", which reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1987,[2] and was used in Sony's advertisements.[1] They had one more Top 40 hit, "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo" which reached #37 in May the same year.[1] They released three albums before moving to the Arizona desert in the US in 1992 to form the band, Moondogg.
Although not successful in the US, their song "Painkiller" reached #17 on the San Francisco "Modern Rock" station Live-105's (KITS) "Top 105.3 Songs of 1988."
The JAMs "Whitney Joins The JAMs", house mash-up single was built around samples of Whitney Houston, Isaac Hayes, Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme tune, and (according to later sleevenotes), Westworld.[3]
Westworld's track, "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo", appeared on the soundtrack to the 1987 film, Planes, Trains & Automobiles; whilst another of their songs, "So Long Cowboy", was on the soundtrack to the 1991 movie, Point Break.