The Pokers started out as three snot nosed street urchins of the lowest order. Disco kids one and all, dressed in tank tops and Oxford bags, bumping and sliding to the throngs of the latest chart sound…
That was until the fateful day they encountered the alien abduction. Taken to the mothership they were subjected to a constant aural torture of JERRY LEE LEWIS, THE SONICS and THE RAMONES. All the while being conditioned in the evil ways of Rock ‘n’ Roll by the obese blue skinned, bequiffed alien decked only in a sequinned jump-suit...
Transformed and twisted they were finally returned to earth, their mission –
MAXIMUM PUNK ROCK AND ROLL,
CODENAME – ULTRA A.D.
Their first task was to seek out the chosen one with the voice. They found him in a dive bar enduring a ritual daily suicide tempered only by bad booze and fast pool. He was recognised by the clearly visible scar on his temple, evidence of the lobotomy performed on another ship as part as his punk rock conditioning……
Now there were complete! And so, baptised in the plasma of HANK WILLIAMS, they were re-named – The Pokers..
The very fabric of their reality was forever torn and for them the light will always be purple-black, their task seemed simple,…
Destroy Disco in the name of Rock ‘n’ Roll…
