Gaye Bykers On Acid - Zen Express

From the movie Drill Your Own Hole
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GBOA , the psychedelic electro punk pop 'grebo' combo unleashed their unique style of music onto the scene between '86 and '91. Here is ALL our music and some videos.
Biography
Gaye Bykers On Acid (the name originally inspired by a Ray Lowry cartoon) were formed in late 1984 by Ian Reynolds (Robber Byker) and Ian Hoxley (Mary Byker). They were later joined by guitarist and art student Tony Horsfall (Tony Byker) and drummer Kevin Hyde (Kev Byker). Their first gig was at the Princess Charlotte in Leicester in mid-1985.
Their first releases - the single Everything's Groovy and the Nosedive Karma EP - were both recorded in Leeds with Jon Langford of The Mekons, and released on the InTape label, both reached the indie charts with Nosedive Karma staying at No.1 for 2 weeks.
They then signed to Virgin Records releasing the albums Drill Your Own Hole and Stewed To The Gills. Ray Lowry also helped write the script, and provided artwork for the 1 hour movie of the same name that accompanied DYOH. The vinyl version of Drill Your Own Hole was pressed without a hole in the centre, so it was necessary to literally drill your own hole in order to play it. The album spent one week at number 95 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1987.They did several tours of the UK and Europe and 2 tours of USA.
They also played gigs (dressed in women's clothing) under the name 'Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds', supporting themselves, and thus getting paid twice. They also performed as a fictitious East German thrash punk band "Rektüm" (they claimed to have jumped over the Berlin Wall), recording an LP Sakredanus and an EP Real Horror Show under the name.
However management problems and poor sales meant that they were dropped by Virgin in 1989. They subsequently released the album Cancer Planet Mission on their own record label, Naked Brain. They also recycled and used the band name 'The Purple Fluid Exchange' (PFX) to release their dance cross-over material. It was at this time that Rocket Ronnie joined the band as DJ, sample player and dance advisor.
In 1990 they released Pernicious Nonsense, their last studio album, recorded with Jon Langford at the Stone Room Studios and at Alaska St. Studios with house engineer Chelo Zambelli.
After difficult tours in the U.S. and UK the band broke up, the final blow being when the label Rough Trade, who distributed their Naked Brain recordings, went bankrupt owing them and many other bands considerable amounts of cash.
The group often included samples from other artists or films in their music, usually from cult films such as Repo Man, Taxi Driver, Dune, Barbarella, Clockwork Orange, Star Trek, Videodrome, Apocolypse Now, Bladerunner & Monty Python.

[@squirrelvert]

HOLY CRAP I FOUND THEM AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

[@JulianHBurchill]

Love this so much. Please play Newcastle again soon.

[@CAT-1966]

Saw this band play in 1987, I think 🤔 One of the best gigs I've ever seen

[@CAT-1966]

It was stage 2 at Glastonbury

[@Baronrhubarbpostoffice]

Brings back many merry shroom trips

[@gayebykersonacid4132]

Indeed

[@carbonlifeform666]

damn this brings back memories, see them several times, never dull, even played in my town Southend (the arse end of nowhere)

[@LouisPBurnsakaLugh]

Falling about laughing here in Derry. Just shared this track 'n' vid over on the MORNING SONG group I run on Facebook. LOVE IT :D

[@crafter170]

The Shettleston to Easterhouse bus .....1974.

[@justme6591]

Hahaha, toss in a few knives n shitting yes kegs every time some fruitloop steps on n it sounds like the Glasgow tae Paisley night bus!

[@justme6591]

91_3

[@crafter170]

@@justme6591 Watch a bit o Govan shuffle pavement dancing when the pubs empty.

[@kennyholland4586]

top fkn class

[@sicks6six]

Disturbing vile trash from the gutter of human deprivation that will only corrupt the young people who listen to it. I like it. PS the phone box should have been the A&B button type to be period correct.

[@icandleall]

80s "Rainbow Bus"