The Art Attacks were an English
punk band from April 1977 to March 1978.
Their songs released as singles were "I am a Dalek"/"Neutron Bomb" and "Punk Rock Stars"/"Rat City". The group was formed by
Edwin Pouncey
Edwin Pouncey (born June 1951), also known by the ''nom de plume'' Savage Pencil, is an English comics artist, musician, and music journalist.
Biography
As Savage Pencil and otherwise, Pouncey has contributed to magazines such as ''Sounds'' ...
and Steve Spear, two students from the
Royal College of Art
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, London for a one-off gig at the college. They were asked to do a gig at
Wimbledon College of Art
Wimbledon College of Arts, formerly Wimbledon School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London specialising in theatre, screen and performance art. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London.
H ...
and this led to the band's short career. They had two tracks on the ''Live at the Vortex'' (NEMS) compilation album, ("Frankensteins Heartbeat" and "Animal Bondage") and one on the ''
Streets'' (
Beggars Banquet Records) compilation album, ("Arabs in Arrads"). They played at most of the London punk club and pub venues including The Marquee, Nashville and Vortex supporting bands like
Generation X
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,
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,
The Motors and
The Lurkers. They also played out of town at venues in the south and north east of England. Their tracks have turned up on various punk compilations over the years and were collected and released with a bootleg live recording on the ''Outrage and Horror'' album (Overground Records).
In the initial rehearsals and demo Rick Slaughter was on drums (later in
The Motors) and Rob Smith on bass. For a time Robert Gotobed (later
Wire
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) was on drums and played on the track "Rat City". The band eventually became:
*Edwin Pouncey (aka
Savage Pencil
Edwin Pouncey (born June 1951), also known by the '' nom de plume'' Savage Pencil, is an English comics artist, musician, and music journalist.
Biography
As Savage Pencil and otherwise, Pouncey has contributed to magazines such as '' Sounds' ...
) - Vocals
*M.S (Marion Fudger ex of
The Derelicts
The Derelicts were a London-based " ctivistR&B band" active from 1974–1976, well known on the London pub rock/squat rock circuit, consisting of Susan Gogan, lead vox/artwork; Richard Williams, drums; Barbara Gogan, guitar/backing vox; Marion ...
) - Bass
*Steve Spear- Guitar
*JD Haney - Drums (later with
The Monochrome Set)
Tagmemics
After the Art Attacks ended the members of the group worked using the name Tagmemics. They played one gig supporting
The Monochrome Set in 1979 and recorded the single "Take Your Brain Out For a Walk", on LAX records in 1980. The single was played on the
Dr. Demento
Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograp ...
Show by special guest DJ
Mark Mothersbaugh of
Devo
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(in character as
Booji Boy) on 19 October 1980. Mothersbaugh said before playing the single "this one's from a band from London, they don't ever play anywhere, they just kind of play in their bedroom or livingroom or something. It's a funny band because nobody in the band weighs less than 250 pounds."
[Dr. Demento Show #80-42]
References
External links
www.punk77.co.uk
English punk rock groups
Music based on Doctor Who
Musical groups established in 1977
Musical groups disestablished in 1978
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