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Send More Paramedics is an English
zombie film
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-influenced
crossover thrash
Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and hardcore punk. Other genres on the same continuum, such as metalcore and grindcore, ma ...
band from
Leeds
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,
West Yorkshire
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, England. They are named after a line in the film ''
Return of the Living Dead
''The Return of the Living Dead'' is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon in his directorial debut, and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Matthews and Don Calfa. The film tells the story of how a wa ...
''.
Biography
The name is a reference to a line in the 1985
horror/
comedy
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''Return of the Living Dead''. The band originally formed as a
side project
In popular music, a side project is a project undertaken by one or more people already known for their involvement in another band. It can also be an artist or a band temporarily switching to a different style.
Usually these projects emphasize a ...
of Leeds
emo
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band
And None of Them Knew They were Robots, but have gained a higher profile than And None of Them Knew They Were Robots, who have since split up.
The band played in the 1980s crossover style, described as "Zombiecore...a fusion of 80s thrash and modern hardcore punk",
with lyrics about zombies and cannibalism, and were heavily influenced by
zombie movies
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. On stage, they dressed as
zombie
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s and the drummer donned a
Mexican wrestling mask (a homage to the character in Brian Clement's Meat Market films with whom he also shares the name El Diablo). As part of this on-stage persona, band members claimed to be members of the living dead.
The band performed at the 2005
Download Festival
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, the 2006
Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Festiv ...
,
were one of the first acts confirmed for 2006's
Damnation Festival
Damnation Festival is a one-day heavy metal music festival currently held annually at Bowlers Exhibition Centre. Manchester. It was held at held at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester from 2005 to 2006 and then University of Leeds, Leeds, England ...
and were the opening act for
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance, ...
at the
Camden Underworld
Camden Underworld is a music venue in Camden Town, London, England. The venue is a part of the World's End pub, situated in the basement of the building. It has a capacity of 500 people.
History
Over the years The Underworld has become th ...
. They also toured as support to
The Offspring
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. Their live show was described by
Drowned in Sound
''Drowned in Sound'', sometimes abbreviated to ''DiS'', is a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site features reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums.
History
''D ...
as "brilliantly ghoulish" and "mouth-agape entertainment of the highest quality".
[Hocking, Matt (2004)]
Gigs/Review/Avenged Sevenfold, AKO and Send More Paramedics
", Drowned in Sound
''Drowned in Sound'', sometimes abbreviated to ''DiS'', is a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site features reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums.
History
''D ...
, 27 February 2004, retrieved 15 September 2009[Diver, Mike (2005)]
Gigs/Review/Send More Paramedics
", Drowned in Sound
''Drowned in Sound'', sometimes abbreviated to ''DiS'', is a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site features reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums.
History
''D ...
, 15 August 2005, retrieved 15 September 2009
Disc 2 of their 2006 album, ''The Awakening'', is a concept disc, a zombie movie soundtrack, similar to the soundtrack in
George A. Romero
George Andrew Romero (; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor and actor. His ''Night of the Living Dead'' series of films about an imagined zombie apocalypse began with the 1968 film of the ...
's ''
Dawn of the Dead''.
They won the 'fresh meat' competition on
Zane Lowe
Alexander Zane Reid Lowe (born 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter.
After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...
's
BBC Radio 1
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show, leading to a "Guerilla Gig Live" performance on
BBC Three
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.
[B'Hellmouth speaks...to Guerilla Gig live]
, BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
, 2005, retrieved 15 September 2009 The video for which has recently been re-uploaded to YouTube.
The band's third album, ''The Awakening'', featured guest appearances from Jeff Walker and Ken Owen from
Carcass
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*Carrion, the decaying dead body of an animal or human being
*The str ...
.
[Ross, Sarah (2006)]
This Is Zombiecore: Send More Paramedics
, Gigwise, 10 August 2006, retrieved 15 September 2009
The band announced their impending split in a Myspace blog in June 2007, which read:
The band briefly reformed in early 2014 to play TDON 10, a one-day indoor festival celebrating 10 years of 'Thirty Days of Night Records', also on the bill were; Azriel, Everette, Crossbreaker, Broken Teeth, Martyr Defiled, Grader, Public Domain, Iron Witch, Opium Lord, and Set Astray. They also performed two other shows in a short run. Complete dates as follows:
"Live For Never - 2014"
11th April - Leeds, Wharf Chambers (Secret warm-up gig) - Support from: ATTACK! VIPERS and Iron Witch
12th April - Leeds, Vox (TDON 10)
10th May - Camden Barfly - Support from: Pure Graft and The Dead Anyways
Announced 13 June 2020 was a 'legacy' Instagram page for the band, which is currently accepting photo and video submissions, it read:
Dear puny humans,
You should check out and follow this unofficial fan-run legacy Instagram page: @sendmoreparamedicsuk
Created and curated by the maniacal mortal Dan P, it seems to be a catacomb for loads of undead images and info.
Oh and do please contribute to the depository - get in touch with Dan on the Instagram page if you’re able to share any live photos or flyers etc!
Medico
x
The band plans to reunite to perform 4 ‘one-off’ shows to celebrate their 20th anniversary in October 2021.
Dates as follows:
Thursday 28th October: Boom - Leeds
Friday 29th October: Boom - Leeds
Saturday 30th October: Boom - Leeds
Sunday 31st October: The Dome - London
On 25 June 2021 the band announced via their social media pages they had begun work on a 4th album, their first in 15 years.
The album, entitled ''The Final Feast'' was released digitally on 17/09/21.
Members
* B'Hellmouth (Sam) - Vocals
* Medico (Duncan) - Guitar
* X. Undead (Martyn) - Bass
* El Diablo (Stuart) - Drums
Discography
Albums
*2002 - ''
A Feast for the Fallen'' (
In at the Deep End Records
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History
The label was founded in 2000 by peo ...
/Violent Change Records)
*2004 - ''
The Hallowed and the Heathen
''The Hallowed and the Heathen'' is the second album by England, English band Send More Paramedics.
Track listing
# "The Hallowed" - 0:53
# "Bokor" - 2:03
# "Driven to Destruction" - 2:35
# "Desert of Skulls" - 3:50
# "Zombie Crew" - 3:46
# "No ...
'' (IATDE Records/
Hellbent Records
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* Hellbent (novel), by Anthony McGowan
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* ''Hellbent'' (film), a 2004 slasher film
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)
*2006 - ''
The Awakening'' (IATDE Records)
*2021 - The Final Feast (Self-Released, digital only)
Split albums
*2005 - ''
Tales Told by Dead Men
''Tales Told by Dead Men'' is a split album by English crossover thrash band Send More Paramedics and American crossover thrash/metalcore band Zombie Apocalypse
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'' with
Zombie Apocalypse
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(IATDE Records/Hellbent Records)
*2005 - ''
North of England, South of Heaven'' EP with The Nothing (Thirty Days of Night Records)
Compilation albums
*2007 - ''Send More Paramedics (Self-Released) -'' A cassette collection of unreleased tracks/covers and a re-release of the band's first demo produced by Jason Sanderson
Video albums
* 2002 - Live at the Feeding Grounds (IATDE Records) - A video CD given away free with the first 50 mail orders of the 'A Feast for the Fallen' album on IATDE Records
Demos
* 2001 - Demo (Self-Released) - A cassette initially given away prior to the bands first (and at the time only) show, which led to their signing to IATDE records
Live albums
*2020 - Undead at the BBC (Self-Released, digital only)
Music videos
Send More Paramedics have made three music videos, "Zombie Crew," "Nothing Tastes Like This," and "Blood Fever," which is the third and most recent. The promo for "Blood Fever" was released 16 February 2007 on the director's site:.
The video is inspired loosely by the '80s horror film ''
Night of the Demons'' and was directed by Adam Powell.
Contributed tracks to
*''Thrashing Like a Maniac'' (Earache Records compilation, 2007)
Movie references
Many Send More Paramedics songs reference
zombie movies
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. Below is a table outlining these references. (incomplete)
References
External links
Official Send More Paramedics websiteSend More Paramedics at Leeds Music Scene
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Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2007
Crossover thrash groups
Horror punk groups
Hardcore punk groups from Leeds