Swan fake this is no ballet. Imagine the lunacy of Alien Sex Fiend, the sloganism of Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the punk of Shriekback; well you won’t be half way there but that’s the best I can do!
Terrorist Ballet Dancers are all that and more, thrown in the musical mincer, kneaded, liquidised with a touch of self-raising flour, half-baked and churned out the other end!
Terrorist Ballet Dancers from Hell are:
Chas: words and voice; Marega: voice and saxophone; Steve: guitar; Tom: drums; Alison: congas; Giles: guitar& concussion; Bary wom: bass; Becky: saxophone; Ian: dancing
Lights and E.F.X. = Matt Black
Photographs: Ruth & Steve Hall
Music for urban cowboys
Parties/Carnivals/ANLBenefits/TJ’s/ClwbIforBach/Grassroots/Bogies/Bedrooms/Backrooms/Basements
Radio Play
One Track; ‘Burning Rubber’ BBC Radio Cymru ‘Ali ap Rap’
One Track: ‘Noise‘ soon to be played on BBC Radio 5 ‘Rave’
One Track: ‘Trouble’ Red Dragon ‘Top 10 Competition’
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Message?
Open Your Eyes, Anyone Can Do It, Everything we ever loved, chewed up, tuned up and spat out.
Live
We believe in making an effort/ putting on a show/ pushing at the edges/taking chances/taking the piss/sweat, blood and sex/ what you are is what you get/no barriers, no bull/born to boogie/100% Bigtime brain-storming bonanza/you may not like it but you won’t forget it.
Influences
Hunter & Thompson/Archaos/Patti Smith/Iggy/Bukowski/Joni Mitchell/Public enemy/Our Mam’s & dads/ Michael Clark/Keith Richards/Alex Cox/Bob Marley/John Lee Hooker/Edie Sedgewick/Al Pacino/Kim Gordon/Kandinski/Tom Waits/Lou Reed/Nick Cave/MC5/Joey beltram/Curtis Mayfield/Chet Baker/Tank Girl/Seth Morgan/Ari Up/The Clash/Lurch/Gromet/Marquis de Sade/N.Y.D./Muddy Waters/Billy The Kid/Billy Liar/Diane de Prima/Deo/Keith (Brum)/Williams Burroughs/Schiele/Keith Haring/Anyone who ever did any beautiful graffiti/Kalpana/Jean Michel Basquit/Speedy Gonzales/Chuck Berry/Geronimo/Crazy Horse/All the Indians and a few cowboys/Steve Albini/Martin Millar/Johnny Cash/Janis Joplin/Lee Perry/William Defoe/Fellini/ Stones/Kathy Acker/Ragga twins/Last poets/X-Ray Spex/Sandra Berhardt/Johnny Thunders/Belushi/The Ramones/Catherine Texier/ Jarmusch/Jarman/Jack Nicholson/Dennis Hopper//Anyone who asks questions/anyone who fights the power/all the underdogs, freaks, misfits of the world/you/goD/the devil/ everyone we love and have loved before/
Are bands too serious? How serious are we?
The Terrorists must say yes. Probably not as serious as them.
Olympic Games?
We failed the drugs test.
Welsh bands?
Budgie/John Cale/Warp/Manic Street preachers/Alex de silva/us
Motto
Suck it and see.
And that’s that res ipsa loquitor
Things speak for themselves
This was done by me and Steve and little bit of Becky. The rest of them are scattered around the world at the moment and they might or might not agree with all this but we are connected by an invisible force.
With love,
Chas.
The Terrorist Ballet Dancers from Hell interviewed themselves