Gaye Bykers on Acid

Gaye Bykers on Acid
Origin Leicester, England
Genres Rock, Psychedelic rock, Hip Hop, Grebo
Years active 1984–1990
Labels Virgin Records, Naked Brain , Major League Productions (MLP)
Associated acts Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds
Rektüm
Purple Fluid Exchange (PFX)
Steroid
Website http://gayebykersonacid.wix.com/gayebykersonacid
Past members Ian Hoxley
Tony Horsfall
Ian Reynolds
Kevin Hyde
William Morrow

Gaye Bykers on Acid (GBOA) were an English psychedelic rock band from Leicester, and one of the founder members of the Grebo music scene. They later released both thrash punk and dance music albums under various aliases.

Personnel

History

Gaye Bykers on Acid were formed in late 1984 by Ian Reynolds (Robber) and Ian Hoxley (Mary). 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 Everythang's Groovy and the Nosedive Karma EP – were both recorded in Leeds with Jon Langford of The Mekons, and released on the InTape label.[1] They then signed to Virgin Records releasing the albums Drill Your Own Hole and Stewed to the Gills. The vinyl version of Drill Your Own Hole was pressed without a hole in the centre, so it was necessary to literally drill your own hole to play it.[1] The album spent one week at number 95 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1987.[2]

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.

However management problems and poor sales meant that they were dropped by Virgin in 1989. 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 US and UK the band broke up, the final blow being when the label Rough Trade, who distributed their Naked Brain recordings, went bankrupt owing them and many other bands considerable amounts of cash.

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 RecordsEverything's Groovy (2001).

Tony and Kev collaborated in 1993 to form 'Steroid', releasing one just CD album entitled 'Jism Harvester' on Clay Records, a crazy industrial mish mash of samples and guitar riffs.

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

The group often included samples from other artists or films in their music, usually from cult films such as Repo Man, Taxi Driver or Dune.[3]

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 singleInTape
1987 "Git Down (Shake Your Thang)" 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

EPs

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

Albums

YearTitleFormatLabel
1987Drill Your Own Hole LP/CS/CD and Video album Virgin
1989Stewed to the Gills LP/CS/CD album Virgin
1989GrooveDiveSoapDish LP/CD album Bleed
1990Cancer Planet Mission LP/CS/CD album Naked Brain
1990Sakredanus (as Rektüm) LP/CS/CD album PSI
1990Pernicious Nonsense (as PFX) LP/CS/CD album Naked Brain
1992Gaye Bykers on Acid CD album Receiver
1993From The Tomb of the Near Legendary... CD album Receiver
2001Everything's Groovy CD album Cherry Red
2012A Big Bad Beautiful Noize CD album Major League Productions

[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Gaye Bykers on Acid", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 223. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. GBOA Samples – a list of samples in the form of a blog
  4. Robber Byker, AKA Ian Reynolds, Alex Peach, Ian Anderson, Robert Morris

External links