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Fear
Of Darkness
was formed in Bristol, England in 1984. The original
line-up featured....
Dave Mac....vocals
Darby....guitar
Trav....bass
Paul Gibbs....drums
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were signed to Heartbeat Records a subsidiary of
Riot City Records and
released their debut single in September of 1984 - a three track 12 inch
featuring....
1
FEAR OF DARKNESS
2 SAME OLD STORY
3 FEAR OF DARKNESS
(mega mix)
HEARTBEAT RECORDS
FEAR 001
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The
band toured extensively in the UK picking up a large loyal following,
having been likened to the Cult, New Model Army and
the Alarm. In 1986
the band switched to Embryo Records, a label founded by Ken Pustanik,
the Groundhogs drummer and released their album The Virgin
Land to critical acclaim...
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Reviews of the Virgin
Land...
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Is reminiscent of The Clash and
the Alarm, but has enough
innovation in it and pointer to the future to make me think there's
something rather promising here.
(Venue)
.... The greatest moment of all comes when guitarist Darby piles
up a cascade of very-metal kamikaze riffs on top of each other as an
excuse for a middle eight before tossing off James Bond Theme while the
drummer Paul Gibbs exchanges his sticks for mallets.
(Martin Ashton,
Melody Maker, 3/5/1986)
Live Review...
.... The four multi-coloured mops assembled themselves behind
their particular noisemakers and then proceeded to assault the relevant
senses with some modern anthemic rock and roll and an unhealthy amount
of volume. FOD have got more than a decent collection of tunes, are able
to summon up bags of verve and enthusiasm and the entire constituent
parts gel as easily as their hair-dos. What more can you ask?
(Richard Putler, Sounds, 1/2/1986) |
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