Member Since: 13/04/2006
Band Website: www.angelhead.co.uk
Band Members: Jude Rawlins - vocals & guitars;
Neil Gardner - guitars;
Richard Cole - bass;
Mat Hook - keyboards/drums/loops
Influences: The 80s: The Smiths. The Bunnymen. 70s punk rock music. Growing up poor in Thatcher's Britain. The Cold War. Aids. Fear. Heroin. Wishing it was the 60s. Urban decay. Poverty. Electric guitars. Sinclair ZX Spectrum. State schools. Joyriding. Escape. Death. Sex. War. Poll Tax. Football hooligans. Bigots. Morons. Lager louts. Hating the streets on which you were raised. IRA bombings. Religious zealots. Enemies within. Chernobyl. Bhopal. Sun readers. Baggy trousered Northern loser bands. Affluent Southern psuedo-intellectual loser bands. Hoping that someone somewhere will have the guts to stand up and say something real but knowing that they never will. Realising that if you want something done you have to do it yourself.
Sounds Like: Angelhead sounded like no one before them, but a lot of people since have sounded like Angelhead...
Record Label: Rough Trade/Hansa/CBS (Sony)
Type of Label: Major