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The Prellies

Preserving the corpse of rocknroll since 2002

About Me




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If you haven't heard, where have you been?
The Prellies have been taking audiences across the world by storm for some time now! If you like your Rock n Roll Backbeat style, with a large slice of the legendary Beatles Star Club recordings, the Prellies shows have to be seen to be believed.
A reminder of a time when live music was about energy and passion.. prepare to

Mach Schau!!

By 1962 the Beatles had smashed their way through to become a sensation in Liverpool and on the Hamburg Reeperbhan. A multitude of performances in the Casbah, The Cavern, The Iron Door, The Indra The Kaiserkeller, Top Ten and The Star Club had created a wild rock n roll act it was just impossible to follow...

What did they sound like back then? before Beatlemania took hold, before Brian Epstein put them in suits? Before George Martin groomed their sound for chart success?

they sounded like...

The Prellies


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Member Since: 4/7/2005
Band Website: theprellies.co.uk
Band Members: Trev Prellie
Chris 'Toffee Apple' Prellie
Gaz Prellie
Jules Prellie
Adam Prellie

Past & Occasional Prellies:
Merv Prellie
Ed Prellie
Jimmy 'The Saint' Prellie
Clubby Prellie
Mister Fusty Prellie
Jase Prellie
Tony Shaker Prellie

Influences: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Eddy Cochrane, Gene Vincent, Arthur Alexander, The Coasters, Emile Ford And The Checkmates, The Isley Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Elvis, Carl Perkins, The Kaisers, Thee Milkshakes, The Backbeat Band, The Big 3, Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, The Ramones, Slade, The Rutles, Star Club, Hamburg, early Beatles, Kaisers
Sounds Like: The Backbeat Band, The Kaisers, The Milkshakes, The Big Three, The Prellies
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out this event: Prellies at the Parliament Club

Hosted By: The Fallen LeavesWhen: 17 May 2008, 20:00Where: Inn On The Green3-5 Thorpe Close, Portabello GreenLondon, London and South East|66 W105XLUnited KingdomDescription:The Fallen Leaves Click He...
Posted by The Prellies on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:57:00 PST

Prellies Press Release

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, 04/09/2008 - The famed Cavern in Liverpool, birthplace of The Beatles, have honoured Birmingham group The Prellies with their own brick on the Mathew Street wall...
Posted by The Prellies on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:30:00 PST

Check out this event: Prellies at the Cavern

Hosted By: The Prellies When: 12 Apr 2008, 13:00Where: The Cavern10 Mathew StreetLiverpool, Northwest|70 L26REUnited KingdomDescription:The Prellies Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Prellies on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:05:00 PST

Check out this event: Prellies play the Midlands!!!

Hosted By: The Prellies When: 21 Feb 2008, 19:00Where: Bar Vertu25 Frederick StreetBirmingham, Midlands|67 B13HHUnited KingdomDescription:The Prellies Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Prellies on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:00:00 PST

The Complete and Utter History (2007)

Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th February - Cavern Front *Prellies Line Up: Trev - lead guitar & vocals, Gaz - bass & vocals, Tony Shaker - drums, Merv - guitar & vocals * Mi...
Posted by The Prellies on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:13:00 PST

The Complete and Utter History (2006)

Saturday 28th January - Trev's 90th Birthday, Water Orton*Prellies Line Up: Trev - lead guitar & vocals, Gaz - bass & vocals, Chris - drums, Jules - guitar & vocals * Saturday 11...
Posted by The Prellies on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:40:00 PST

Know your Prellies

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Posted by The Prellies on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:57:00 PST

Introducing the Prellies

When his old band, Elvis Crapillo And The Unattractives, broke up acrimoniously under the weight of their own cleft pallettes, teenage guitar sensation, Trev Townsend, decided to form a new band that ...
Posted by The Prellies on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:00:00 PST

The Complete and Utter History (2002)

It's early 2002 and teenage guitar sensation, Trev Townsend, decides it's time to hang up his fender jazzwanker guitar and quit Elvis Crapillo and the Unattractives after nearly 30 years playing the c...
Posted by The Prellies on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Complete and Utter History (2005)

Friday 14th January - Cavern Front*Prellies Line Up: Trev - lead guitar & vocals, Gaz - bass & vocals, Chris - drums, Jules - guitar & vocals *Friday 28th January - Cavern Front*Prellies L...
Posted by The Prellies on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST