Turning Black Like Lizards

Inca Babies / Turning Black Like Lizards A real double header with both bands playing a full set. December 7, 2019 at 8pm £5 in advance £ 7 on the door. Biography Inca Babies Inca Babies were formed in Manchester's infamous Hulme district in 1982 by Bill Marten (bass) and Harry Stafford (guitar, later vocals). Their music was a raunchy Death Ray twang from a punk-trash, Americana perspective. Radio 1 DJ John Peel and his producer John Walters heard the Inca's first single The Interior and offered them a session. It was to be the first of four they did for Radio 1 between 1984-87. With two number one slots in the Indie single chart and a top 5 album, Rumble, the Incas soon began to find an audience abroad. Tours of mainland Europe included Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Scandinavia. Three further albums (This Train, Opium Den and Evil Hour) and six more singles were released. During this time popularity was not a problem but keeping personnel was, and while singers and drummers came and went, Bill and Harry, the backbone of the band who played every gig and appeared on every record, struggled to keep the integrity of the band alive. The end came when there were no more singers and no more drummers. By the late 80s acid clubbers raved through the night and there was no place for the Incas. But by this time they'd joined them anyway. But then in 2006 came the 'Best of' compilation Plutonium, and the band reformed in 2007 with Gold Blade drummer Rob Haynes the new occupant of the drum kit. Gigs at home and abroad followed and a new album was midway through being written when the band were hit with the shocking news of the death of bassist Bill Marten. The band was put on hold while they came to terms with this loss, but it was eventually decided to keep Bill's legacy alive by continuing and finishing off the album they had started writing. Their old friend and former A Witness bass player Vince Hunt joined and made his live debut in Warsaw, Poland in late 2008. The album Death Message Blues was released in October 2010, and their first single for 25 years, My Sick Suburb, was released on 7" blue vinyl in April 2012, followed by the album Deep Dark Blue later that year. For Record Store Day 2014, the band released the 4 track 12" EP Scatter on clear vinyl. The most recent album The Stereo Plan was released in September 2014. Biography -Turning Black Like Lizards Genre Dark Psyche/Garage/Alternative Members .......Sharp - Drums and Programming..........Black - Voice and some kinda guitar......Stuart - Bass ......Darren - Guitars ....Mark- Production ....Engineer....Arrangement....Luke - The Sixth Lizard... Biography Formed in 2015 in the Black Country. ...Sharp had previously drummed with Head of David and The Wild Flowers....Black had played bass with a number of acts but gave TBLL a voice....Raymond James weaved guitar magic ....and JJ a superb bass pulse.....A first release "Turn The Screw" was critically acclaimed...the Ace ..Manc Review afforded it "Single of The Week" .....with the equally critically acclaimed "Always Staring At The Sun" released electronically in 2016...a couple of line up changes later.....Stuart on Bass....and Darren on Guitar has seen the band open for the likes of ...The Monochrome Set...The Cravats....The Primevals...Big Country,,,,,Brix and The Extricated...Anti Pasti....Urban Voodoo Machine ...and..UK Subs...Late 2018 saw the "Spiral Eyes" ep become the bands first physical release .....a further single will follow early 2019 and an album later in the year with some cool "live" dates to boot....The Folk Devils...The Godfathers...Inca Babies....and The Membranes.....plus much more.