Hit The 'Trancefloor' With The Lethal Poor
Lethal Poor On The Goth Trancefloor?
Lethal Poor, tending to get lumped in with the whole Goth tag thing, they had a very dark sound, almost Bowie/Peter Murphy like quality to the vocals and a nice thudding bass line as well as a whole bunch of nice synth work and guitar weaving in and out. Some might say it sounds a bit funk as well as dark goth? Make your own mind up and have a listen...
This was Lethal Poor's only vinyl release from 1985 called 'Trancefloor' released on their own 'Lethal Productions' label, distributed by Rough Trade. The band were formed in London around 1982/83.
They Were
- Phil Winter (bass)
- Steve North (guitar and vocals)
- Dave Musker (keyboards, organ, old synths and weird noises).
Track List
- Side A - Trancefloor
- Side B - Honour
The track was played by John Peel on BBC Radio 1 and was also popular in Germany and Holland. Although the band played in London they never toured. Catch the B Side called Honour at the link above on the great music site In Depth [email protected]
Where's Bill Grundy Now?
Dave Musker from the band had links to several well known bands prior to The Lethal Poor he was in punk band The Television Personalities best known for their 1978 E.P. release on the Independent 'King's Road' Record label run by member of the band Dan Treacy called 'Where's Bill Grundy Now?' Catch it below:
The song a somewhat tongue in cheek response to The Sex Pistols appearing on The 'Today' show a London regional T.V. program hosted by Bill Grundy in 1976. Obviously with the Pistols, Siouxsie Sioux and some alcohol thrown in for good measure, it all went a bit 'Pete Tong' and lots of swearing and general obscenities were thrown about causing at the time great controversy. After the headlines hit the newspapers The Pistols became front page news and 'hot property' whilst the 'Today' show limped on for a few months more before being axed and eventually Bill Grundy began to disappear from the T.V. screens of the day.
After his death a fellow television presenter was to describe Bill Grundy as being "difficult to keep sober" but "one of the best front men he had ever worked with".
Scottish Indie Pop Links
Dave Musker played keyboards on The Television Personalities 1983 release on Rough Trade Records called 'A Sense Of Belonging'.
He also went on to play keyboards with Scottish Indie Pop Band The Jasmine Minks with whom he toured. Appearing on the track by them called 'Think!' released on the 'Creation Records' label in 1984.