Biography
In the Midlands town of Redditch, Worcestershire, England, the Cravats’ weird make of rock was initially heard over the classic ‘Gordon’, a co-release with Small Wonder Records and their very own label in October 1978. After signing up for Small Question, the music group, comprisingf Shend (b. Chris Harz; vocals, bass), Robin Dallaway (electric guitar, vocals), Dave Bennett (drums) and Richard London (saxophone), released some entertaining singles, you start with the EP Burning up Bridges in 1979. It had been over a calendar year before ‘Precinct’ made an appearance in 1980, alongside what became their only recording, The Cravats In Toytown. After liberating ‘You’re Traveling Me’ and ‘Off The Seaside’ in 1981, the music group moved to Cup Information for ‘Terminus’ in 1982, nonetheless it was to demonstrate a one-off solitary. Only the outstanding ‘Rub Me Out’, within the Crass label, produced any headway in the united kingdom Independent graph. A retrospective EP, The Cravats Sing Terminus ALONG WITH OTHER Hits, surfaced prior to the music group laid low. A solitary EP, WITHIN THE Land FROM THE Giants, within the Reflex label some 3 years later on, was all of the music group can offer before mutating in to the Extremely Things. Going after an acting profession, Shend later on produced various minor tv appearances, specifically within the BBC Television cleaning soap opera EastEnders.