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about|the bandRefimprove|date=September 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Terrorvision| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| alias = Spoilt Bratz| origin = Keighley , West Yorkshire , England | instrument =| genre = Rock music|Rock | occupation =| years_active = 1987& ndash;2001, 2005& ndash;present| label = EMI , Papillon Records, Total Vegas Recordings| associated_acts = Laika Dog Malibu Stacey Blunderbuss Boston Crabs| website = http://www.terrorvision.com/ www.terrorvision.com| current_members = Tony Wright Cameron Greenwood Mark Yates Leigh Marklew Milton Evans| past_members = Ian "Shutty" Shuttleworth Josephine Ellul Danny Lambert Terrorvision are an England|English rock music|rock musical ensemble|band . They were formed in 1987 (originally as The Spoilt Bratz ) in Keighley , and initially disbanded in 2001. The band used Bradford as a base after the name change to Terrorvision, by which time the band members had left home and all moved there.
Career
The re-release of their second single (music)|single , "My House" (from the album Formaldehyde (album)|Formaldehyde ), in January 1994 proved to be Terrorvision's breakthrough to UK Singles Chart success, and preceded by months the release of their second album How to Make Friends and Influence People in April 1994. The leading single from that album, "Oblivion", was also a record chart|chart success. All subsequent singles achieved Top 40 entries in the United Kingdom|UK , culminating in the release of "Tequila", which reached number 2.
A music video|video compilation, Fired Up and Lairy , was released in April 1995, and included spoof documentary segments interspersed with all the band's videos to date. A third album, Regular Urban Survivors , followed in March 1996, and spawned four singles; "Perseverance" (their first Top 5 single, peaking at number 5), "Celebrity Hit List", "Bad Actress" and "Easy". Lead singer, Tony Wright, presented the BBC TV music show Top of the Pops on one occasion, and made several appearances on the comedy music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks .
The band's fourth album, Shaving Peaches , appeared in October 1998. The album's first single, "Josephine", had been well-received the previous month, but it was a Mint Royale remix of "Tequila" which was to prove to be their biggest-ever hit record|hit , reaching number 2 in the UK chart in January 1999. That year the song was awarded Kerrang& #33; Award for Best Single|Best Single at the Kerrang& #33; Awards .
The choice was a controversial one among fan (person)|fans . The band originally put a selection of their potential single releases to members of their official fan club, who voted in favour of "Day After Day". However, the remix ed version of "Tequila" gained favour with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zoe Ball , who championed its release as a single. Plans to release "Day After Day" were hastily shelved, and a video quickly shot, for the "Tequila" release. A few promo copies of the "Day After Day" single still exist.citation needed|date=January 2010 Thus, despite having their greatest hit in 1999 with the track, they were dropped by their record label , EMI , after the release of the album's third single, "III Wishes". It was the band's first single to fall outside the UK Top 40 since the release of "My House", six years earlier. During this time the band recruited a fifth member, Josephine Ellul, who played keyboard instrument|keyboards and sang backing vocalist|backing vocals at concert s.
The band signed to a smaller label, Papillon Records|Papillon and put out a fifth studio album, Good to Go (Terrorvision)|Good to Go , in 2001. The record, like all their others, was also credited to 'Total Vegas', the band's own independent imprint. A number of singles followed, but the band was unable to replicate their previous success. Their final single, "Fists of Fury", gained some notoriety for its video, which aped the cowboy-themed clip accompanying Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna 's single, " Don't Tell Me (Madonna song)|Don't Tell Me ".
EMI issued Whales and Dolphins , a greatest hits collection in 2001, and the band decided to call it a day, after a farewell tour. The 'final' concert took place at Penningtons nightclub in their hometown of Bradford, on 4 October 2001, and was released with an interview DVD as a live album , Take the Money & Run - The Final Concert .
Side Projects
Since splitting up, singer Tony Wright formed Laika Dog ; guitarist Mark Yates joined firstly the short-lived Boston Crabs and then formed Blunderbuss, releasing one album to date, Relentless , and then formed another new band, Badwolf; whilst Leigh Marklew formed Malibu Stacey who released one album On Heat before splitting up. Ian Shuttleworth sought employment in Leeds, serving the UK's public education sector. Josephine Ellul now manages Uk Rock/Indie band Us Wolves and sings for Midlands based Covers Band 'Hard Drive' and in an acoustic Duo called 'James & Jo Duo'.
Reunion
The group reformed to play two tours in 2005, and played what was described as their 'last ever show' at Rock In The Castle in Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough , Yorkshire , on 17 September 2005. A collection of A-side and B-side|b-sides and rarities was also issued by EMI in September 2005.
Terrorvision then played three dates in November 2007 in Manchester, Holmfirth and Sheffield. Bassist Marklew was replaced by Danny Lambert, the singer in Yates' band Blunderbuss, which was by then inactive. This was followed by a homecoming show at the Victoria Hall in Saltaire in December 2007 and a new tour in 2008 entitled the '4 Days in May Tour' in Nottingham, Bristol, London Shepherd's Bush and Norwich UEA, this time with Marklew. They also played three dates over Easter 2009 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the release of How to Make Friends and Influence People , at the Manchester Academy, Wolverhampton's Wulfrun Hall, and the Shepherd's BushEmpire , London. The gigs at Manchester Academy and Shepherd's BushEmpire offered limited edition live recordings of the shows through Concert Live . A similar tour took place in December 2009. On 4 December 2009, Terrorvision played at Hard Rock Hell 3.
Shutty, the original drummer, left in 2010 after 20 years playing together and was replaced by Cameron Greenwood.
Terrorvision headlined on the Bohemia Stage at the 2010 Sonisphere festival at Knebworth House .
Terrorvision also performed in Holmfirth , Bristol , Cardiff and Bolton in July 2010.
On 13 January 2011, singer Tony Wright announced on Facebook that they would be releasing a new album in 2011, and would be going on a UK tour to support it. The tour starts in Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle on February 24. http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php? eid=121607114576739& index=1
Covers
Terrorvision have cover version|covered many songs, often as B-sides to their singles. Covers included " Heartbreaker (Free album)|Wishing Well " by Free (band)|Free and "Surrender" by Cheap Trick . Other covers include " Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter " by Iron Maiden with a jazz flavour, performed in a BBC Radio 1|Radio One live session, and more recently covered " Oh My God (Kaiser Chiefs song)|Oh My God " live during their 'Lost Weekend' 2007 tour, with stand-in bassist Danny Lambert performing lead vocals.
Band members
Current
Tony Wright & ndash; Singing|Vocals - born 6 May 1968, Bradford.
Mark Yates & ndash; Guitar s - born 4 April 1968, Bradford.
Leigh Marklew & ndash; Bass guitar|Bass - born 10 August 1968, Bradford.
Cameron Greenwood & ndash; Drum s (2010)
Milton Evans & ndash; Keyboards/ trumpet /backing vocal (2005–present) - born 31 August 1975.
Ex-members
"Shutty" & ndash; Drums - born David Ian Shuttleworth, 20 March 1967.
Josephine Ellul & ndash; Keyboard instrument|Keyboards (1998–2001) - born 31 July 1978.
Danny Lambert & ndash; Bass/backing vocal (2007) - born 24 March 1983.
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Title
Record label
UK Albums Chart cite book
1993
Formaldehyde (album)
Total Vegas / EMI
75
1994
How to Make Friends and Influence People
Total Vegas / EMI
18
1996
Regular Urban Survivors
Total Vegas / EMI
8
1998
Shaving Peaches
Total Vegas / EMI
34
2001
Good to Go (Terrorvision)
Total Vegas / Papillon Records
48
2001
The First & The Last
Total Vegas (Sold only at gigs on the band's Farewell Tour)
| first= Martin C. | last= Strong | year= 2000 | title= The Great Rock Discography | edition= 5th | publisher= Mojo Books | location= Edinburgh | pages= 978–979 | isbn= 1-84195-017-3
EPs
Thrive (1992)
Problem Solved (1993)
The First and the Last (2001)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.terrorvision.info/ Official Terrorvision website
http://www.myspace.com/officialterrorvision Official Terrorvision MySpace
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Terrorvision Terrorvision at Discogs.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A571547 BBC history of the band
http://www.last.fm/music/Terrorvision Last FM - tracks and videos
http://www.markyates.co.uk/ Mark Yates paintings and prints
http://www.uswolves.com/ Official Us Wolves website
Kerrang& #33; Award for Best Single Category:English rock music groups Category:Music in Yorkshire Category:People from Keighley Category:Kerrang& #33; Awards winners
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