Devilish Presley es una banda inglesa de gothabilly de Londres , Inglaterra.
Una banda de gothabilly que se formó en el este de Londres en 2002, lanzaron seis álbumes en su propio sello November Tenth Records y realizaron giras constantes durante once años, construyendo un pequeño pero leal público de las escenas gótica , punk y psychobilly en el Reino Unido y Europa. [1] En 2004-2005, Devilish Presley fue la banda del club londinense Dead and Buried, dirigido por DJ Cavey Nik. Pity For Monsters Promotions de la banda fue responsable de traer muchas bandas de deathrock estadounidenses y europeas al Reino Unido por primera vez. [2]
2005 vio el lanzamiento del álbum Memphisto . [3] [4] lo que ayudó a la banda a ampliar un poco su atractivo, tocando en muchos conciertos de punk y psychobilly . Entre las bandas que apoyaron se encuentran The Damned , The Misfits , The Meteors , The Horrorpops , The 5.6.7.8's , Marky Ramone , Jayne County , The Vibrators . En 2006 firmaron con la editorial Wipe Out Music, [5] (que ahora publica el dúo sin baterista Sleaford Mods ). La banda realizó una gira por Europa y tocó en Alemania, Francia, Países Bajos, Polonia, Eslovaquia (donde aparecieron en National Television News), [6] Belfast y el 31 de octubre de 2005 en Dublín, donde actuaron en Tower Records y Whelan's (música). evento) . [7] El sencillo Hammer Horror Glamour (2005 del álbum Memphisto) apareció en varios CD de portada, incluidas las revistas Big Cheese (Reino Unido) y Zillo (Alemania). El álbum Memphisto estuvo disponible en iTunes en septiembre de 2006. Halloween Queen [8], el sencillo que siguió a Hammer Horror Glamour, estuvo disponible en iTunes en marzo de 2007 y la banda realizó una gira de 25 fechas de Halloween Queen por el Reino Unido, la única que utilizó un baterista en vivo - Ragborn Rosy. Después de separarse de su baterista, la banda continuó como un dúo con una caja de ritmos. En agosto de 2007, comenzó otra gira por el Reino Unido con 22 fechas. Los espacios de apoyo en esta gira incluyeron The Meteors , The Peacocks, Demented Are Go , King Kurt y varias fechas con la banda canadiense The Creepshow .
More European dates in Germany and Poland were followed by another UK tour to promote Voodoo Goddess the first track taken from Flesh Ride (their fourth album). A promotional video for track was made in a Kings Cross pub (The Cross Kings).[9]In May 2008 Johnny Navarro played guitar for P.Paul Fenech (The Meteors) when he undertook a European solo tour in Germany, Italy, and London. In August the band announced their new album "Flesh Ride" would be released on 31 October and would contain 15 tracks - as with "Memphisto" the cover photo was taken by Finnish born photographer Tina Korhonen. In November 2008 the band played in Europe again including a gigs in Warsaw and Bucharest. In December 2008 the band were the UK tour support for The Damned[10] on 19 dates around the country including the O2 Academy Islington.[11]
The band toured the UK in March and April 2009 to promote their Flesh Ride album. At one of these dates in Birmingham on 3 April - a live DVD was filmed. Entitled Live Voodoo it became the band's debut DVD. To promote the DVD (released on 15 June) a short UK tour took place throughout June. The DVD has since sold out. The band confirmed in early 2010 that Jacqui Vixen had been forced to quit playing the bass due to an RSI Repetitive strain injury she had been suffering from for some time. The problem began after a fall whilst on tour in Germany in 2008 and her style of playing (all down strokes) had aggravated the condition. Prior to the recording of the fifth album The Dark Triad Jacqui began taking vocal coaching under the tutelage of Stevie Vann and took over the role of lead vocalist. The band took a break from touring in 2010 and only played a few shows with temporary bass player Pete Vincent including The Rock & Blues Custom Show in Derbyshire and dates in Poland and Switzerland.
In January 2011, the band finished mixing their fifth album at Berry Street Studio with Kevin Poree (Memphisto) producing. A UK Tour also began in January and the album titled The Dark Triad[12] was released on CD & all major digital outlets on 9 May 2011, it was the third album to feature a cover picture by photographer Tina Korhonen. On Monday 7 February the band released a direct to download single "The Beast Must Die" c/w "Cocaine Joe" both taken from their forthcoming album. A promotional Video Single for the song was released the same day on YouTube [13] and received 1045 hits in under a week - the video was made by Luke Billing for Berry Street Studio video productions and was filmed at Murder Mile Studio in London. On Monday 31 October 2011 the band released I Created A Monster [14]On Monday 26 March the band released "The Devil Rock & Roll"[15] and they did a short UK tour to promote it and played their final gig in Corby on Sat Apr 21 2012 supporting Vice Squad. On Monday 11 June 2012 the band released a fourth Video Single entitled Blood From The Mummy's Tomb the final video made by Luke Billing for Berry Street Studio video productions. In July 2012 Vixen and Navarro left London and took a 2 year break, during which time Johnny Navarro wrote a novel Kill Devil Delta a fictionalised account of his time in the band[16]
In a phenomenal show of support Devilish Presley's friends and fans raised over £3500 in under 48 hours to enable the recording of a sixth studio album 'The Electric Ballroom'. The album was recorded at Goldmaster Allstars with producer Kevin Poree and co-producer Zac Dorne. It was released in May 2015.[17]
After a lay off of over three years the band returned to the live stage for a farewell tour and to promote The Electric Ballroom and Johnny's novel Kill Devil Delta. The London show on 10 October at London's Pipeline Club was a sell out.[18][19] The final release on their November Tenth Records label was a Limited Edition 4GB Memory Stick containing all six of their albums, plus photos, lyrics and memorabilia.
Una vez existió Devilish Presley, ahora existe Devilish Presley AI. El primer lanzamiento del nuevo proyecto, un EP y dos videos, se lanzará el 29 de febrero de 2024 en Bandcamp, Instagram y Youtube. El catálogo anterior de la banda, incluidos CD y libros clásicos, está disponible en Bandcamp = devilishpresley.bandcamp.com
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