Member Since: 8/31/2006
Band Website: http://www.johnmerricksremains.co.uk
Band Members: Bob and Jools are the faces beneath the masks
Influences: John Merrick --- The story of:
Joseph Carey Merrick was born in Leicester, into Victorian standards that did not and could not tolerate the astounding abnormalities of his features.
Cast aside by his father after his mother died,and Joseph..s new stepmother
(who could no longer accept him),he reluctantly and eventually ended up becoming the main attraction at the local fairs. He would show all his corrupting flesh for those who paid the entrance fee,listening to the gasps of horror from the audience,witnessing the women fainting from the horrendous sight before them.
In time, Joseph would be saved from this degrading humiliation by an eminent doctor, who later came to realise that beneath the corrupting foul smelling flesh of Joseph Merrick..s body lay a most humane person.For Joseph loved to read,enjoyed the theatre,had a thirst for knowledge,and above all asked for nothing more than to be accepted for a human being with feelings and emotions
Sounds Like: NOTHING HEARD BEFORE -WE DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE ANYONE ELSE!!!
Record Label: DMP RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie