The Handsome Beasts are an English heavy metal band who surfaced during the

new wave of British heavy metal The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term i ...

. Currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity, their album ''Beastiality'' is infamous for being featured on several "Worst album cover of all time" lists. Their vocalist, Garry Dallaway, died of a heart attack on 20 August 2006.

Career

Original line up: *Garry Dallaway (Vocals) *Pete Malbasa (Drums) *Steven Hough (Bass) *James Stephen Barrett (Lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals) Past Members and Contributors: * Ray Richman (Drums) * Maz Mitrenko (Guitar) * Marco Foley (Guitar) * Mark Knight (Bass) * Nick Foley (Hammond Organ, Keyboards)

Discography

Albums

*''Beastiality'' (Heavy Metal Records, 1981) (Note) this album was rated one of the worst cover arts ever because the cover art is a picture of Gary Dallaway squatting down naked in a pigpen caressing a pig *''The Beast Within'' (Heavy Metal Records, 1990) *''04'' (Heavy Rock Records, 2004) *''Rock and a Hard Place'' (Q Records, 2007) *Filthy Lucre (Heavy Metal Records, 2010)

Singles

*"All Riot Now" EP (Heavy Metal Records, 1980) *"Breaker" EP (Heavy Metal Records, 1981) *"Sweeties" EP (Heavy Metal Records, 1981)

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