Devilish Presley
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Devilish Presley are a British gothGoth subculture
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...
, punk
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
band that formed in East London
East End of London
The East End of London, also known simply as the East End, is the area of London, England, United Kingdom, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. Although not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries, the River Lea can be considered another boundary...
in 2002. They have released five albums on their own label November Tenth Records and have toured constantly for nine years building a loyal following from the goth
Goth subculture
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...
, punk
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
and psychobilly
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...
scenes in the UK and Europe. Devilish Presley were briefly the house band
House band
For the British band that existed from 1984-2001, see The House BandA house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to...
at the London
London
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club Dead and Buried, run by DJ Cavey Nik. The band's own Pity For Monsters promotions were putting on gigs in London in 2004 and after teaming up with Nik - forming Buried By Monsters - they were responsible for bringing many US and Europe
Europe
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an deathrock bands to the UK for the first time
. The band stopped promoting shows for several years but in January 2011 announced that they had resurrected Pity For Monsters.
European tours and a publishing deal
During 2005/6 the band began to widen their appeal and played at many punkPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and psychobilly
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...
gigs. They have supported The Damned, The Misfits, The Meteors
The Meteors
The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre—which fuses punk rock with rockabilly—its distinctive sound and style...
, The Horropops, The 5678's, Markey Ramone, Jayne County
Jayne County
Jayne County , formerly known as Wayne County, is an American male-to-female transsexual performer, musician and actress whose career has spanned several decades. County would go on to be known as rock's first transsexual singer...
, The Vibrators
The Vibrators
- Early career:The Vibrators were founded by Ian 'Knox' Carnochan, bassist Pat Collier, guitarist John Ellis, and drummer John 'Eddie' Edwards. They first came to public notice at the 100 Club when they backed Chris Spedding in 1976. On Spedding's recommendation, Mickie Most signed them to his...
, and many other acts. In 2006 they signed to the Wipe Out Music publishing company (Deadline, Goldblade
Goldblade
Goldblade are an English punk rock band from Manchester, England. The band formed in early 1995 when ex Membranes frontman, John Robb, put the band together with Wayne Simmons and former A Witness vocalist Keith Curtis on bass, Rob Haynes on drums and Jay Taylor on guitar.The band signed to...
999, etc.) and toured in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Holland, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
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and both Northern and Southern Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. The single Hammer Horror Glamour (2005 from the Memphisto album) has been featured on several cover-mount CDs including Big Cheese magazine (UK) and Zillo (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
). Such was the authentic 70's glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
swagger of this single it even won praise from "Cut Above The Rest" a fanzine dedicated to The Sweet. Issue 43. The Memphisto album became available worldwide on CD & iTunes
ITunes
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in September 2006.
Halloween Queen the follow-up single to Hammer Horror Glamour was made available on iTunes
ITunes
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in March 2007 and the band played a 25 date UK tour - their only one with a live drummer - Ragborn Rosy. After parting company with their drummer the band decided to stick to their guns and continue as a two-piece with a drum machine. In August 2007 yet another UK tour began taking in 22 dates. Support slots on this tour included The Meteors
The Meteors
The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre—which fuses punk rock with rockabilly—its distinctive sound and style...
, The Peacocks
The Peacocks
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, Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 in Cardiff. They were one of the earliest in the initial wave of bands to mix punk rock with rockabilly, and as a result, are considered to be highly influential to the psychobilly scene....
, King Kurt
King Kurt
King Kurt was a 1980s psychobilly rock band from the UK. They formed in 1981 and split up in 1988, although they have reformed sporadically and played a reunion concert in 2010...
, and several dates with Canadian band The Creepshow
The Creepshow
The Creepshow is a band from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The band formed in 2005 when the four original members got together with the purpose of starting a psychobilly band. The Creepshow writes the majority of their songs about horror films....
. Johnny did some DJ work and also wrote the occasional article for Big Cheese Magazine.
2008. Flesh Ride, European tours. 17 Shows supporting The Damned
More European dates in Germany and Poland were followed by another UK tour to promote "Voodoo Goddess" the first track taken from "Flesh Ride" (their fourth album). A promotional video for this track was filmed by Martin Baker at the Cross Kings pub in Kings CrossKings Cross, London
King's Cross is an area of London partly in the London Borough of Camden and partly in the London Borough of Islington. It is an inner-city district located 2.5 miles north of Charing Cross. The area formerly had a reputation for being a red light district and run-down. However, rapid regeneration...
London
London
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. The video has been watched by over 9,000 people on various sites linked to Youtube
YouTube
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etc.
In May 2008 Johnny did some dates playing guitar for P.Paul Fenech (The Meteors
The Meteors
The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre—which fuses punk rock with rockabilly—its distinctive sound and style...
) when he undertook a European solo tour in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Italy
Italy
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, and London
London
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. In August the band announced their new album "Flesh Ride" would be released on October 31 (Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
) 2008 and would contain 15 tracks - as with "Memphisto" the cover photo was taken by noted Finnish born photographer Tina Korhonen
Tina Korhonen
Tina Korhonen is a Finnish born music photographer based in the United Kingdom . She is well known for her portraits of musicians, usually in the rock, punk and heavy rock genres including Europe Ronnie James Dio Steve Hacket...
.This was once again released on their own November Tenth Records label. In November 2008 the band toured Europe again including a debut gig in (Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) in the capital (Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
). In December 2008 the band were the UK tour support for The Damned on 17 dates around the country.
2009: UK Tour in June to promote live DVD "Live Voodoo"
The band toured the UK in March and April 2009 to promote their "Flesh Ride" album. At one of these dates in Birmingham on April 3 - a live DVD was filmed. Entitled "Live Voodoo" it became the band's debut DVD. To promote the DVD (released on June 15) a short UK tour took place throughout June. The DVD has since sold out.2010: Jacqui Vixen Suffers RSI Injury. "The Dark Triad" Recorded
The band confirmed in early 2010 that Jacqui Vixen had been forced to quit playing the bass due to an RSI Repetitive strain injuryRepetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by...
she had been suffering from for some time. The problem began after a fall whilst on tour in Germany in 2008 and her style of playing (all down strokes) had aggravated the condition. Prior to the recording of the fifth album "The Dark Triad" Jacqui began taking vocal coaching under the tutelage of Stevie Vann and took over the role of lead vocalist. The band took a break from touring in 2010 and only played a few shows with temporary bass player Pete Vincent including The Rock & Blues Custom Show in Derbyshire and dates in Poland & Switzerland.
2011: UK Tour Announced. "The Dark Triad" Released On May 9th
In January 2011 the band finished mixing their 5th album @ Berry Street StudioBerry Street Studio
Berry Street Studio is a recording studio in Clerkenwell, Central London. Established in 1970, Berry Street is built along traditional lines, having a large live area, incorporating acoustically live and dead zones, together with isolation booths, and a control room.During its history, Berry Street...
with Kevin Poree (Memphisto) producing. A UK Tour also began in January. The album titled "The Dark Triad" was released on CD & all major digital outlets on May 9, 2011 and is the third album to feature a cover picture by photographer Tina Korhonen
Tina Korhonen
Tina Korhonen is a Finnish born music photographer based in the United Kingdom . She is well known for her portraits of musicians, usually in the rock, punk and heavy rock genres including Europe Ronnie James Dio Steve Hacket...
. On Monday February 7 the band released a direct to download single "The Beast Must Die" c/w "Cocaine Joe" both taken from their forthcoming album. A promotional video for the song was released the same day on Youtube
YouTube
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and received 1045 hits in under a week - the video was made by Luke Billing for Berry Street Studio
Berry Street Studio
Berry Street Studio is a recording studio in Clerkenwell, Central London. Established in 1970, Berry Street is built along traditional lines, having a large live area, incorporating acoustically live and dead zones, together with isolation booths, and a control room.During its history, Berry Street...
video productions and was filmed at Murder Mile Studio in London.
2011: On Monday October 31st the band released a new "Video Single" on Youtube "I Created A Monster"
Once again it was made by Luke Billing for Berry Street StudioBerry Street Studio
Berry Street Studio is a recording studio in Clerkenwell, Central London. Established in 1970, Berry Street is built along traditional lines, having a large live area, incorporating acoustically live and dead zones, together with isolation booths, and a control room.During its history, Berry Street...
video productions and was filmed at Murder Mile Studio in London.
The track is a completley remixed version of the song.Youtube
YouTube
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Releases
Albums- Rust Garden (2003)
- Disgraceland (2004)
- Memphisto (2006)
- Flesh Ride (2008)
- The Dark Triad (2011)
Singles
- Black Leather Jesus c/w Levis Dog (2003)
- Memento Mori c/w Saturday Night Satellite (2004)
- She's Not America (2005)
- Hammer Horror Glamour (2006)
- Halloween Queen (2007)
- Voodoo Goddess c/w Losing Ground (2008)
- The Beast Must Die c/w Cocaine Joe (2011)
- I Created A Monster (2011)
Compilations
- Pagan Love Songs (Germany) (2004)
- Dark Awakenings Vol 3 (Germany) (2006)
- Screaming Tarts Vol 3 (UK) (2006)
Cover-mount CDs
- Kaleidoscope Magazine (UK) (2005)
- Zillo Magazine (Germany) (2005)
- Sonic Seducer Magazine (Germany) (2006)
- Big Cheese Magazine (UK) (2006)
- Devolution Magazine (UK) (2010)
- Big Cheese Magazine (UK) (2010)
- Devolution Magazine (UK) (2011)
DVDs
- Live Voodoo (2009)
- The Beast Must Die - Ltd Edition (2011)