The Cannibals are a British
rock
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band formed in 1976 by Mike Spenser, formerly of
The Count Bishops, after his new band, the Flying Tigers, had split up. They have released seven full-length albums, numerous singles, EP's, split LP's, and appeared on several compilations. The band perform Trash rock and
garage punk
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.
Line-up
Current members
*Mike Spenser - Vocals, Harmonica
*Patrice Picard - Vox Phantom VI
*Clive Leach - Bass
*Richard Jones - Furry Drums
Former members
*Ben Donnely (of
The Inmates
The Inmates are a British pub rock band, which formed after the split of The Flying Tigers in 1977. In 1982, they had a medium-sized international hit with a cover of The Standells' "Dirty Water", and a UK Top 40 hit with their cover of Jimmy ...
)
*Peter Gunn (of
The Inmates
The Inmates are a British pub rock band, which formed after the split of The Flying Tigers in 1977. In 1982, they had a medium-sized international hit with a cover of The Standells' "Dirty Water", and a UK Top 40 hit with their cover of Jimmy ...
)
*Tony Oliver (of
The Inmates
The Inmates are a British pub rock band, which formed after the split of The Flying Tigers in 1977. In 1982, they had a medium-sized international hit with a cover of The Standells' "Dirty Water", and a UK Top 40 hit with their cover of Jimmy ...
*Dino Coccia (Drummer) on "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" & "Crystal Blue"
*Adam Blake (of Treatment)
*Virgil Tracy
*Johnny Walker
*
Johnny "Mother" Johnson (of
Thee Headcoats
Thee Headcoats was a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989, that was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this style on almost all of their albums. The band's signature sound as well as their prolific writing has ...
)
*Marco Valentino (Drums)
*Mike McCann
*Geff Mead (Bass - Guitar)
*Laury Picard (of Drunk Sincerity)
*Mark Wiffen (of Anti State Control)
*Sebastien Marks
*Dave Heard
*Barry Frost
*John Roland (Thee Headcoats)
*Patrice Llaberia
*Dave Good
*Doug "Kes" Forrester
*Clive Leach (Treatment)
*Richard Jones (drums) (Intestines, TV Slaves, BIRTHMARK)
*Chris Dalley (of Sundial)
*Jeremy Rice
*Mike Berry (The Intellektuals)
*Johnny Buck (The Polecats)
*Chris Dust
*Tim Arrowsmith
*Andy Cooper (The Leeches)
*John Moore (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
*Gary (Drummer, Friend of Dave Heard)
*Ben York-Barber (drummer)
*Tim Powell (RIP) Guitarist on Pills
*Eric Baconstrip (drummer, of King Salami & the Cumberland 3)
*Kamikaze U.T. Vincent (bass, of King Salami & the Cumberland 3)
*Gordon Russell (Dr. Feelgood)
*Steve Lewins (Count Bishops, Solid Senders)
*Kenny Harris (Motor Boys Motor, Screaming Blue Messiahs)
*Tim Brocket (The Commuters)
*Pierre (Bass)
*Fritz (German - Drums)
*Clive (Guitar)
*Oliver Katz-Debarge (Guitar)
*John (Tex Avery)
Eric Baconstrip (King Salami and the Cumberland 3)
*UT Kamakazi (King Samlami and the Cumberland 3)
*Patrice Picard (Guitar)
*Jay Wiffen (R.I.P.)
- Guitars
*Peter Revez - Bass
*Max Demata (Bass)
*Gene Crazed (Guitar)
*Paul Hutchinson (Bass)
*Jerry Nolan (New York Dolls, Heartbreakers - one gig Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's with the Cannibals)
*Tony Rathskeller (Drums. Thee Rathskellers - The Psychomotor Pluck - The Fainas - Zero - The Rumble Fish - The Fish Revenge - Trash Experience)
*Mike Spenser (Vocals and mouth organ and some really not terrible guitar)
Discography
Albums
*''... Bone to Pick'' (1982)
*''Trash for Cash'' (1985) USA only
*''Hot Stuff'' (1985)
*''The Rest of ... The Cannibals'' (1985)
*''Please Do Not Feed ... The Cannibals'' (1986)
*''And the Lord Said ... Let There Be Trash'' (1991)
*''Brunch with ... The Cannibals'' (2008)
Compilation albums
*''The Brest of ... The Cannibals'' (1995)
*''Brunch With...The Cannibals'' (2008) CD for Japan Tour
*''Trash From Europe'' (2015)
Split albums
*''Run, Chicken, Run (Volume 1)'' (with The Surfadelics) (1987)
EPs and singles
*"Good Guys" (under the name 'Mike Spenser and The Cannibals', No. 64 in
John Peel's Record Box
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), Big Cock (1977)
*"Nadine b/w "You Can't", "Sweet Little 16", Hit, (1978 )
*"Pick 'N' Choose" b/w "I Could See Right through You", Hit (1981)
*''Trash Flash!'' (1982)
*"Led Astray", Hit (1982)
*"The Submarine Song" b/w "Paralytic Confusion", Hit (1984)
*"Christmas Rock 'N' Roll" (1985), Hit
*"Kings of Trash" (under the name 'Five Young Cannibals') (1987)
*"You Drive Me Mental" b/w "Paralytic Confusion", Hit (under the name 'Five Young Cannibals') (1989)
Split singles
*"Are You Going to Stonehenge" (with Stoned Aid) (1989)
*"Axe the Tax" (with The Voice Of The People) (1990)
Various artists compilation albums
*''The London R & B Sessions'' (1980)
*''These Cats Ain't Nothin' But Trash'' (with
The Milkshakes and
The Sting-rays
The Sting-rays (often credited The Stingrays) were a British rock band from Greater London which recorded on Ace Records' garage and psychedelic subsidiary Big Beat and Joe Foster's ''Kaleidoscope Sound'' in the 1980s.''Maximum Rocknroll'' N ...
) (1983)
*''Twenty Great Hits of The 60's'' (1984)
*''Garage Goodies, Volume 1'' (1986)
*''Meltdown On Media Burn'' (1986)
*''Garage Kings (& Junkyard Angels)'' (1988)
*''All Night Garage Service'' (1991)
*''The Songs the Cramps Taught Us'' (1992)
*''
The Trash Box'' (2004)
References
External links
Official MySpace
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English garage punk groups
English garage rock groups
English punk rock groups
Musical groups established in 1976
Homestead Records artists