Len Bright Combo

Among the many fascinating detours in the profession of Eric Goulden — the vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter most widely known seeing that Wreckless Eric — was the Len Bright Combo, a purposefully eccentric garage area rock-band he formed using the tempo section from Thee Milkshakes. In past due 1984, Goulden’s short-lived music group Captains of Sector fell apart soon after launching their sole record, and he relocated to Chatham, Kent in Southeast Britain. The town acquired a exciting music picture, dominated by Billy Childish’s garage-style defeat combo Thee Milkshakes, and after viewing the music group on-stage, the recently sober Goulden was influenced to launch a fresh project. After nearing Milkshakes bassist Russ Wilkins, both agreed for type a fresh group. Wilkins brought along Milkshakes drummer Bruce Brand to full the lineup, and Brand coined the name the Len Bright Combo; the actual fact nobody in the music group was called Len Bright was designed to participate the fun. The Combo got a purposefully low-key method of their function, touring inside a battered vehicle with their personal small PA program and intentionally playing little and unfashionable locations, creating a cult pursuing on the way. Turning straight down offers from main brands, Goulden and business opted to record their debut recording (The Len Bright Combo Present the Len Bright Combo from the Len Bright Combo) independently dime and released it through their personal Empire Information label. The recording, recorded in only two days in the Upchurch Town Hall utilizing a portable documenting rig, cost only 86 pounds to create, but while its uncooked sound would become trendy a couple of years down the road, too little airplay no record firm force prevented it from producing a dent available on the market. (Regarding to Goulden, the debut transferred significantly less than 2,000 copies.) Another record, It’s Combo Period, appeared afterwards the same calendar year, but didn’t fare far better, and in Sept 1986, the group’s heart was damaged when, while traveling house from a present in Bristol, their truck was within an incident that claimed the life span of the pedestrian. Brand shortly still left the group, even though Goulden and Wilkins performed a few displays with an alternative drummer, in 1987 the Len Shiny Combo announced their break up. In 1991, Goulden, Wilkins and Brand performed a small number of gigs support Phil Might and Dick Taylor from the Pretty Stuff, but Goulden shortly resumed his single profession as Wreckless Eric, and after relocating to america, began a continuing collaboration along with his wife, Amy Rigby. Wilkins used the rings the Prisoners as well as the Wildebeests, and Brand would online backup Holly Golightly and collaborate with Billy Childish. In 2013, Fireplace Records reissued both Len Shiny Combo albums, and the initial lineup reunited for an individual present in London.