Dick Venom & the Terrortones

Rank #29 Nottingham, UK Rock / Rockabilly / Garage

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Members: Dick Venom, Hurricane Valley, Wrex St.Clair, Buddy Lingus

Sounds Like: The Cramps (Band), Iggy And The Stooges, King Kurt, The StingRays, Dead Kennedys

Manager: Jailhouse Morgue

Bio: Dick & the Terrortones have been howling through cities, venues and festivals for just over a year with their own re-imagining of Rockabilly sleaze, B-Movie looks and Rock N Roll hooks. They’ve gigged the UK over alongside the likes of The Meteors, The Radiacs and Vince Ray & the Boneshakers, get... See Full Bio

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““I would be confident in saying that this band have the true future sound of rockabilly/psychobilly, as they have given it a real modern twist. Having quite a distinct sound the Terrortones somehow manage to throw into the mix a modern-sounding '77 punk vibe, yet while remaining clearly a rockabilly act. Venom spits attitude when he sings and this works perfectly with the music. Along with the thumping punk rhythms, the thematic elements of all the great psychobilly bands are in there for all to see as well.””

— Adrian Higgins, Penny Black Music

““I tried to find fault somewhere but it is impossible. The Rockin Rollin Vampire Man EP is a gem, from the moment the first track flexes its sweat soaked mischievous pecs the release courts and seduces the senses with irresistible, hypnotic and honest graveyard rock ‘n’ roll. It is a glorious tease upon the senses and an instinctive instigator of the body’s rhythms, essential rock ‘n’ roll. UK psychobilly is in safe hands, we can all rest in peace for that.” ”

— Ringmaster, Ringmaster Review

“As the double header of signature tune Rockin' Rollin' Vampire Man and 'StickyPants Trance kicks things off, the stupendously-quiffed frontman launches himself into the crowded audience, into people's arms, then crawls on the floor still clutching the mic before reappearing on the bar. Writhing, sweat-streaked and with sockets straining to contain his eyeballs, he is a man engulfed in these hedonistic, hotrod anthems. Attack Of The 50ft Frankenbride sums up this camp, scarily silly assault, an orgiastic glut of riffs.Cadillac Twist' is the type of tune that might have featured in Grease had John Travolta's character been played by Sid Vicious, and the T-Birds been exchanged for The Misfits. Get Fucked Up Good rams their Eddie Cochran meets Rob Zombie point home.That point is that new music doesn't have to be about identikit hairstyles and stylised, tuneless, trend-pleasing angst - it can be about such old-fashioned concepts as actually entertaining the feckin' audience in front of you.”

— Steve Beebee, Uber Rock

“Another album that can't grace the Uber Rock death deck quickly enough will be the debut long player from Nottingham's gothabilly kings Dick Venom & The Terrortones. So whilst the band's tasty debut double A side single out via Jailhouse Morgue Records in late February isn't actually available on vinyl we're more than willing to turn a bonk eye to that fact as 'RockinRollin' VampireMan' is as fantastic a slice of twisted psychobilly with the faintest odour of decaying Manson you'll find anywhere in the world today. From the single's grisly graphic novel artwork to the band's gothic Heartbreakers meets The Cramps sound everything about this release screams class, and mark my words after just one fiendish spin you'll be hankering for a "Bite!" Bring on the album fuckers as we can't wait for some more of your 'Sticky Pants Trance'.”

— Johnny H , Uber Rock

“RockinRollin' VampireMan/ Sticky Pants EP WELDING together a raucous mix of psychobilly and Cramps style garagerock,this quartet made of Sugarbeats, Wrex St.Clair, Vicky Twist and of course, Dick Venom have already been tearing through venues supporting rock'n'roll dons The Meteors. Opener RockinRollin' VampireMan has enough rockabillysleaze and swagger for punks and rockers to sink their teeth into. Driving forward with 50s-style vocals, courtesy of the fantastic Mr Venom and footstomping rhythms, the quartet's no-holds-barred rock'n'roll approach is hard to rival. Frankly, you don't hear enough bands playing this sort of music anymore. Tracks such as Sticky Pants Trance and the bodyshaking finale, Lilly & The Killers, should do much to cement their reputation as Nottinghamshire's best exponents of psychobilly rock'n'roll. They have a high voltage punk attitude and the sleaze just seeps from every beat, every riff, every howl.This is a band that every rocker should have in their ears.”

— Evening Post, Evening Post

“There are moments during the Dick Venom & The Terrortones set where I find myself shouting with delight, but this may be a sign of my mental state by this time of the evening. Stalking the stage topless with just a pair of leather trousers for company, Dick Venom leads his band through a jittery set of spidery rockabilly that is literally dripping with sweat from every pore. DV spends just as much time entangled with the audience as he does on stage, with yours truly having his pint knocked out of his hands during one of these excursions. But it’s a small price to pay to be up close to and personal to a truly eccentric performance.”

— Left Lion, Left LLion

“DICK VENOM & THE TERRORTONES were about as different a product to the first act as you could possibly ask for. A raucous blast of real rock, they had the crowd, which had swelled considerably by the time they came onto stage, buzzing. Lead singer Dick Venom - complete with huge blonde mohican and lacking in upper body wear – has the art of showman down to a tea. Never still for a second he rolled, gyrated, groped and bounced his way both around the stage and into the crowd through an entertaining set. Ending with an excellent cover of Electric Six’s Gay Bar, the band exited to a huge applause. This is a band you can expect to hear a lot more of in the coming months.”

— Darren Patterson, Nottingham Live

“Rocking his wispy mohawked megaquiff like a Centurian’s Ghost Messer’s (& Madame) Dick Venom & His Terrortones were determined to convert us to their sinfully sordid filth dungeon of ruckus razor-edged rockabilly despite him losing a tooth on his vintage crooner’s mic after the opening number. A minute later he’s dangling from the rafters by his leather pants and writhing sweat-soaked and topless to earn that dentist’s filling. Two young corset-clad kinkmaidens flagellating him and each other but mostly themselves is only the beginning of the perversely sinful acts that unfold down front. Set highlight? The song about why you shouldn’t knob a big hairy spider. I present DV&TT with the ‘Showmanship in Spite of Self-Harm’ Award”

— Herman, hermanthetosser - Just another WordPress.com site

“It’s difficult to know what to expect;either the worst music you’ve ever heard or a kind of psychotic brilliance. It’s the latter and the song titles of this three-track demo meet at the axis point of hilarity and horror, much like the music finds a midway between 70s punk and 50s rock and roll. RockinRollin VampireMan is completely metaphor-free; it really is about a theoretical Nosferatu with a penchant for power chords. “I have to bite, it’s who I am” growls Venom over a curious punk rock riff that seems to be just too slow. The subject matter of the stomachchurningly titled StenchTrench is self-explanatory, but easily the best song here is the closer Attack Of The 50ft Frankenbride, their heaviest tune on the demo with the most swagger. But Venom and company are as much about the visual as they are about the music and their unpredictable stage presence is part of what makes them special, certainly an impressive demo, but also a peerless live act.”

— Gareth Hughes , Left Lion

“Last on and certifiably insane were Dick Venom and the Terrortones. Difficult to pin down, Venom and company mix in 1950s rock 'n' roll, 1970s punk and the faint impression that anyone getting too close to the stage might get stabbed. It's a bizarre cocktail, one made only weirder by the near six-inch quiff atom Venom's scrawny frame and the band's choice to wear sunglasses onstage despite being indoors at night. They're an undeniably compelling proposition, though. Venom brought his own microphone (and theremin, no less) to give him the run of the venue, even singing while flat on his back between the legs of one 'lucky' woman. You'd struggle to pick out a single song as a highlight - other than one which sounded like the theme song to a James Bond film made by mental patients - but Venom and his crew provided pure entertainment throughout their setlist.”

— Gareth , Left Lion

“Dick Venom and the Terrortones are from Nottingham, UK, and caught the attention of yours truly and Stuart from IRUK at Nottingham’s seminal music festival The Hockley Hustle the last weekend, with a live show that was raucous and brilliantly arrogant – everything that punk rock psychobilly should be! They’re releasing their debut single, ‘Rockinrollin Vampireman’ in February/March next year, so keep it locked on their Myspace page to keep up to date!”

— Sarah Morrison, Insomnia Radio

“Dick Venom and the Terrortones - Sleazy and Sexy, rifftastic and fuckspastic, so wrong but so right. Dick Venom is everything you want to be but dare not. ”

— Tommy Rosley , Farmyard Records

“Dick Venom and the Terrortones were next to take the stage and took us into psychobilly territory. Charging straight in with guitars blazing and drums pounding, these guys don’t mess about. Dick Venom was every inch the front man with his quiff, wolverine-esque sideburns, leather trousers, Shure retro-style microphone and snarling vocals and attitude. Oversexed, loud and retro-proud, the Nottingham four piece are a force to be reckoned with and their sounds fitted perfectly with what you might imagine would be playing in Roller Derby’s fifties and sixties heyday whilst ten girls charged ‘round in skates . Theirs is not music for squares.”

— Alison Emm, Left Lion

“Dick Venom and the Terrortones, a band so entertaining that why I haven’t seen them before is a mystery to me. An utterly rapturous punk rock orgy of psychobilly madness and a display of the kind of over-the-top machismo that usually grinds my gears, they were brilliantly arrogant and totally raucous.”

— Sarah Morrison, Left Lion

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