At a party in 1983, Craig Jepson (Cloudburst sound man / back-up drummer) and I decided to form a covers band as an excuse to perform a few gigs in Darwen over the summer. We formed Albino Dinnerjacket, recruiting former Cloudburst bandmates Steve Farrell and Gordon Farquhar and local keyboardist Pat Fielding.
We adopted an anthropomorphic rabbit as the band logo, and gave ourselves ridiculous stage names, as cult-followers of the eponymous rabbit. We performed several gigs at various function halls in Darwen.
Gordon and I continued to compose and record original material during this period, and we produced a demo compilation, It’s My Ambition to Pull the Plug Out at a Heavy Metal Show.
A year later, Craig, Gordon and I would form Back to the Grind with Psychopython bassist Michael Brandon.
Personnel
- Krakow Wartbanger (Craig Jepson) – drums
- Hovis Malone (Keith Nuttall) – guitar
- Yahoosavelt Rannersberg (Gordon Farquhar) – voice
- Tealeaf Baconheap (Steve Farrell) – bass
- Tricon Zimbly (Pat Fielding) – keyboard
- John Parker – visual effects