Gaye Bykers on Acid

An explosion of sounds and designs, Britain’s Gaye Bykers about Acid were among the leaders from the short-lived “grebo” picture, which demonstrated instrumental in bridging the space between rock and hip-hop. Created in Leicester, Britain, in 1986, the Bykers — whose picture did certainly fuse Hell’s Angels grunge using the psychedelic excesses from the hippie counterculture — had been fronted from the flamboyant vocalist Mary Mary (created Ian Garfield Hoxley), supposedly a previous runner-up in an area Alternative Miss World competition who regularly required the stage in dresses and system shoes. Furthermore to co-founders Robber (a bassist created Ian Reynolds), guitarist Tony (Anthony Horsfall), and drummer Kevin Hyde, the group was later on became a member of by DJ William Samuel Ronald Morrow, better referred to as Rocket Ronnie. Gaye Bykers on Acidity debuted in 1986 using the EP Everythang’s Groovy, made by the Mekons’ Jon Langford; the follow-up, 1987’s Nosedive Karma, was the group’s breakthrough, garnering substantial press attention because of its usage of hip-hop and dance is better than — a significant advancement in mid-’80s alternate rock. The producing publicity received the Bykers a agreement with Virgin, where they started focus on their eagerly expected major-label debut; staying mass media darlings, the music group also toyed with open public perceptions by creating a set of alter egos — one, supposedly from New Zealand, was dubbed the Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds, as the various other, an Eastern Western european thrash metal music group, was christened Rektum. Finally, Drill Your Very own Gap — which needed vinyl purchasers to accomplish that, as no gap was machine-cut in the heart of the record — made an appearance in past due 1987; reviews had been mixed, as well as the Bykers quickly still left Virgin to come back to their very own label, PFX. (Afterwards, the name PFX also became another from the group’s many aliases, this time around being a guise because of its even more dub-oriented dance information.) Regardless of the lack of momentum, the Bykers continuing, although subsequent initiatives like 1989’s Stewed towards the Gills and 1990’s Cancers Planet Objective (released on another self-owned imprint, Nude Brain) didn’t attract much curiosity. Ultimately, Gaye Bikers on Acidity disintegrated; Hyde produced G.R.O.W.T.H., Tony became a member of Camp Collision, and Mary Mary resurfaced in Pigface.