Location: Brighton, UK
Active: 1983 – 1986
About as close a crossover of goth and psychobilly as you can get, even considering The Cramps, as Bone Orchard narrowed their aesthetic and atmosphere to the dark and wild, with less homage to their garage and rockabilly predecessors. They disbanded in 1986.
Their EP ‘Stuffed to the Gills’ was released on Jungle Records. Tim Huthert replaced Finch in 1984, but left to join Specimen (later Until December after relocation to San Francisco) after the ‘Swallowing Havoc’ EP. Guitarist Mark ‘Horse’ Benjamin was in minimal electronic coldwave band Schleimer K. Bone Orchard contributed ‘Fats Terminal’ to the infamous psychobilly/goth/punk compilation ’Blood On The Cats’. In 2011 they received a retrospective compilation release making many of their vinyl only releases available to new audiences.
Links:
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/198401-Bone-Orchard
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Orchard
Related: The Cramps, Specimen, Schleimer K, Batcave, Brighton
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