THE HANDSOME BEASTS

NWoBHM / Heavy Metal • United Kingdom
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Playing in and around their home town Birmingham, the beasts, fronted by singer Garry Dalloway (nick-named "the original fat bastard" by the Kerrang! direktory of heavy metal), quickly became local heroes. consequently Paul Birch, who rated the band very highly, tried to get them a record deal asking numerous major labels if they would be interested. They weren't, so he founded his own label to put out the first handsome beasts single "all riot now" / "the mark of the beast" in early 1980. Later in the same year heavy metal issued the "breaker" ep which used the digital spiral technique - it played "crazy" or "one in a crowd" depending on where you put the record needle at the beginning - a gimmick later used by Kiss. Dalloway, bassist Steve Hough, guitarist Phil Aston and drummer Pete Malbasa played further gigs in the midlands area before read more...
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THE HANDSOME BEASTS Beastiality album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beastiality
NWoBHM 1981
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The Beast Within
Heavy Metal 1990
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04
Heavy Metal 2004
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Rock and a Hard Place
Heavy Metal 2007

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Breaker
NWoBHM 1981

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All Riot Now
NWoBHM 1980

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Sweeties
NWoBHM 1981

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