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The Hunters Club were a
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History

The band were named after a short-lived
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, camping out between gigs. The band were known for burning their hats as part of their live show. First done as a joke at a gig in
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to form a band, "because they’d thought that if that bunch of drunken idiots could make a record that was that good, then maybe they could too". The album met with a lukewarm review from Carole Linfield in ''Underground'' magazine, calling their cover of " You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" "uninspired", but going on to say "the remainder at least begins to kick the dust a bit with steady, early 70s type rockin'".Linfield, Carole (1988) "The Hunters Club ''Too Far Gone to Turn Around''", ''Underground'', April 1988, Issue 13, p. 16 The last song on the ''Give Me Your Soul'' EP was originally recorded for Radio One at the
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Studios. The Hunters Club folded in 1991 signing off with ''Burnt Alive'', a live album on death-metal label Pigs Ear. Otis Oblivion (Ian Redhead)'s verdict - "It was awful," he said. Redhead now runs 'Stayfree Music - band rehearsal rooms and a live music venue called Lock 42 - both based at 2-4 Frog Island
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, Ian also managed local bands during the early 1990s; notably The Scum Pups, and ran the Stayfree Records label."From rebel to pioneer", ''
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'', 13 August 1999 The band reunited for a concert at The Charlotte in Leicester in November 2008. Founder member Simon Crane worked as a journalist for the ''
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Discography


Albums

* ''Too Far Gone to Turn Around''
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(1988, Trashcan Records) * ''Burnt Alive'' (live album) (1991, Pigs Ear Records)


Singles/EPs

* ''Good Running'' EP (Trashcan Records) * ''Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet'' EP (Trashcan Records) * ''Animal Lover'' EP (1987, Trashcan Records) * ''Give Me Your Soul'' EP (Trashcan Records)


Compilation appearances

* ''Just Say Yeah'' (Tanz Records)


References


External links


Official website

Record release information
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