Furyo were an English
gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie a ...
band who formed in
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...
in mid-1983 after
UK Decay
UK Decay are an English rock band, based in Luton, England.
History
UK Decay was born out of the ashes of another Luton band called the Resiztors, who had formed in 1978. The Resiztors' line-up consisted of guitarist Steve "Abbo" Abbott, ...
split. They split early in 1985.
History
UK Decay members Steve "Abbo" Abbot, Steve Harle and Eddie Branch stayed together after that band split. The three recorded under the name Slavedrive on compilation LP ''The Whip'' (though the CD reissue credits the song to UK Decay) and as Meat of Youth on LP ''Young Limbs, Numb Hymns: The Batcave Compilation'',
[ with a guitarist named Patrick Egan (ex Where’s Lisse) who soon left.][
They were joined by guitarist Albie de Luca, formerly of ]Gene Loves Jezebel
Gene Loves Jezebel are a British rock band formed in the early 1980s by identical twin brothers Jay (born John) and Michael Aston. Gene Loves Jezebel's best-known songs include "Heartache", "Desire (Come and Get It)" (1986), "The Motion of L ...
, and renamed themselves Furyo. They played their first show in September 1983.[
''ZigZag'' described the songwriting as "]Brechtian
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
" and Abbo's vocal style as "grandiloquent".[ ''Sounds'' said their style "borrows the instrumental story-telling augmentation found in classical music."][ '']Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...
'' described them as "attempting even weightier and more baroque compositions 'than UK Decay''.[
The band released two mini-albums, ''Furioso'' and ''Furyo'', and recorded an unreleased album (announced but not released by ''Grim Humour'' fanzine][) before splitting again in early 1985.
]
Discography
Albums and singles
* ''Furioso'' 12" (Furyo/Anagram 12-ANA-24, 1984) - Legacy / Chorus // King of Hearts / Cavalcade
* ''Furyo'' LP (Furyo/Anagram MGRAM-12, 1984) - The Gold of Our Lives / Vultures / In the Arena // Monster of a Thousand Heads/ The Opera in the Air
* Unreleased album - Exodus / The Burden of Dreams / The World at War / Wakakoukou // Legacy / Ha Ha Ha / Whisper in the Wind[
* ''Furyo'' CD (Anagram CDM-GOTH-28, 2007) (contains mini-album and 12")
]
Compilation appearances
* ''In Goth Daze'' (Anagram, 1994) - "Legacy"
* ''Gothic Erotica'' (Dressed To Kill, 1999) - "Legacy"
* ''Anagram Punk Singles'' (Anagram, 2000) - "Legacy"
* ''Flesh, Fangs & Filigree'' (Livid Music, 2000) - "Legacy"
References
External links
Furyo
(Cherry Red Records)
UK Decay Pictures :: FURYO
(UK Decay Communities)
UK Decay Pictures :: FURYO at the Klub Foot
(Mick Mercer
Mick Mercer (born Bichael Bercer, 2 June 1957) is a journalist and author best known for his books, photos and reviews of the goth, punk and indie music scenes.
Life and work
Mercer is primarily a writer focused on the gothic scene and its mus ...
)
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English gothic rock groups