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Severed Heads was formed in late 1979 by Richard Fielding & Tom Ellard. It was euthanised early in 2008 by Tom Ellard. There was a growing gap between the aims of the group and the audience.
Andrew Wright (Keyboards) (Now:?)I'll have a Little Creatures thanks.
The cassette label Terse Tapes ran from 1978 to about 1983 releasing all kinds of things. Relevant to Severed Heads:-
If you loved the first single but only on vinyl, if you thought "they" went downhill after the first album, if your record collection is centered around the year you turned 16, congratulations - you're a Clifford. Time will change but your listening choice won't. It comes from the album Clifford Darling Please Don't Live In The Past - and basically that's what we're saying. This "insult" has spread to mean anybody who was on the Severed Heads Mailing List (now defunct). Cliffordism in its most virulant form was a factor in closing down the band.
"Clifford Harper is reminded of his mom's waffles in a foxhole, or is it vice versa? You see, knowing which movie a sample comes from is very important if you are listening to Front Line Assembly. Severed Heads, we don't give a shit. So we say all our samples come from Lassie Come Home. If you don't catch it the first time around, watch it again."
The vast majority of Severed Heads releases are available as CD-R at http://sevcom.com. They are distributed worldwide by Rocket, copies have been spotted at Amazon.com, Amoeba and HMV stores. They are cheapest direct from the site. A growing number of Severed Heads releases are manufactured in the UK by LTM.
We warrant that the CD-Rs will play in any normal speed audio CD player and will replace those discs which consistently do not play in more than one player. We do not warrant that they will work in high speed computer CD drives, although they mostly do. When properly stored and cared for, CD-Rs will last longer than you will. The vast majority of our customers have little problems with CD-Rs, if you are one of the unlucky ones we will be there to help.
Edgar Lustgarten had a TV show in England, called Scales of Justice, in which crimes would be re-enacted. This story was from an episode recorded for a cassette (n.b. might not have been on the TV series).
http://www.eastbourne-homepage.cwc.net/Murder%20on%20the%20%20crumbles.htm
We have recently added a new version of the track to our set which is based upon the original 1983 version. We performed it in Antwerp, and can be found on Viva Heads!
You bet your sweet bippy. On an Industrail(TM) compilation :-) This is a crowning glory. Oh the humanity.
Latest release of the 1983 version - on the ComMerz compilation through LTM & myriad other 'retro dance' compilations . Latest release of the 1994 version on the Triple J Hot 100 boxed set, or individual volume.
Yes you can license Dead Eyes Opened for your record label, however due to our poor experiences with European labels you may be required to pay an advance. If you cannot afford an advance, our sympathy, but please don't ask.
Tom Ellard has now switched completely to software synthesis. He's most happy running FL Studio & Ableton Live. Live hardware is based around an Edirol PCR-A30 keyboard with signal mixed from a Toshiba Satellite Pentium 4 laptop (which also supplies video) overlayed by sound generated on a Fujitsu Core 2 duo laptop. This system provides a very effective, compact system with mulitrack sound and control surfaces.
When live, Alison Cole uses an Apple powerbook running Propellerheads Reason triggered by an Edirol keyboard.
Garry Bradbury has inherited the Kawai Synthi 100F, Korg MS20, 50 and SQ-10 and various Moogs, Mellotron, home-kit machines and so on.
That's right. Tom Ellard doesn't usually sign CDs etc. but leaves it to Ethel to do. Ethel is 102 years old and likes knitting.
If you went to school in America and you do not recognise this poem then be ashamed. It is Walt Whitman's Song of Myself. The recording is a secret.
Although we've provided all kinds of different merchandise over the years it seems people like to make their own and we encourage that.
If you want to make a Severed Heads T Shirt, please make it a good one.
Yes, the soundtrack of The Illustrated Family Doctor. This is based upon the series Sevcom Music Server - Office Ambience. This is the tale of Gary Kelp, office worker at the Info Digest. The Digest produces condensed books, Garry is in non-fiction - he rips off other people's books and gives them a new title. He's working on The Illustrated Family Doctor, and the book is making him fell a bit unwell. But when his dad dies and the hospital harvests the bone marrow, Gary starts to lose it. From the book by David Snell.
The soundtrack received an Australian Recording Industry Association award for best soundtrack album 2005.
Many thumbnail versions of our videos are appearing on the Sevcom site and YouTube. DVD versions are now available.
See www.vinyl-on-demand.com for the Adenoids 5-disc set.