Thee Mighty Caesars were a
Medway scene
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garage
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punk
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Genres, subculture, and related aspects
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group, formed by
Billy Childish
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...
(vocals/guitar) in 1985 after the demise of
The Milkshakes,
alongside John Agnew (bass) and Graham Day (drums), who initially was still also in fellow Medway band
The Prisoners.
Bruce Brand (ex-Pop Rivets/Milkshakes) later replaced Day, who formed his own band The Prime Movers with fellow Prisoner Allan Crockford and
Wolf Howard
Wolf Howard (born 7 April 1968)Evans, p.36. is an English artist, poet and filmmaker living in Rochester, Kent and was a founder member of the Stuckists art group.Milner, p.80. He is also a drummer who has played in garage and punk bands, cu ...
(ex-Daggermen). Childish/Brand then formed new band
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 ...
.
Discography
Albums
*''Thee Mighty Caesars'' (1985)
*''Beware the Ides of the March'' (1985)
*''Thee Caesars of Trash'' (1986)
*''Acropolis Now'' (1986)
*''Wiseblood'' (1987)
*''John Lennon’s Corpse Revisited'' (1989)
Compilations
*''Live in Rome'' (1987)
tudio recordings with overdubbed 'live' effects*''Don't Give Any Dinner to Henry Chinaski'' (1987)
emos
Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...
*''Punk Rock Showcase'' (1987)
*''Thusly, thee Mighty Caesars'' (English Punk Rock Explosion) (1989) (U.S.)
*''Surely They Were the Sons of God'' (1989) (U.S.)
*''Caesars Remains'' (1992)
*''Caesars Pleasure'' (1994)
References
English punk rock groups
Garage punk groups
British garage rock groups
Musical groups from Kent
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