The Sting-Rays

Données clés
Autre nom	The Bananamen, The Paralyzed Purple Rays
Pays d'origine	Royaume-Uni
Genre musical	Psychobilly, garage rock, rock psychédélique
Années actives	1981–1987
Labels	Big Beat, Kaleidoscope, Cherry Red

Composition du groupe
Anciens membres	A. Croce M. Hosking A. Palao J. Bridgwood

The Sting-Rays, ou Stingrays, est un groupe de psychobilly et garage rock britannique, originaire de Londres^[1]^,^[2]^,^[3]^,^[4]^,^[5]^,^[6]^,^[7]^,^[8]. À ses débuts, le groupe fait partie de la scène psychobilly et joue notamment avec les Cramps et The Cannibals. Son style évolue vers un son plus psychédélique présent sur leur second album Cryptic and Coffee Time.

Membres modifier

Alex Croce - chant
Mark Hosking - guitare
Alec Palao - batterie, chant, orgue, guitare
Jon Bridgwood - basse, guitare

Discographie modifier

Albums studio modifier

1984 : Dinosaurs (Ace/Big Beat WIKM)
1987 : Cryptic and Coffee Time (Kaleidoscope)

Album live modifier

1985 : Live Retaliation (Media Burn Records)
2010 : Live at the Klub Foot (Cherry Red)

Compilation modifier

2002 : From the Kitchen Sink (Big Beat)

Singles et EP modifier

1983 : On Self Destruct (Big Beat)
1983 : The Crusher (Big Beat) (en tant que Bananamen)
1984 : Escalator (Big Beat)
1985 : Don't Break Down (Big Beat)
1986 : June Rhyme (ABC)
1987 : Behind the Beyond (Kaleidoscope)

Notes et références modifier

↑ (en) Ralph Traitor, « Searching for a lost cult sensation », The Sound,‎ 17 janvier 1987, p. 11
↑ Shell Scott, « The Sing-Rays », Nineteen, n^o 4,‎ 1983, p. 10 (lire en ligne).
↑ (en) David Stubbs, Rob Young Ace Records: Labels Unlimited 2008 p.87 Another example of the type of group Big Beat worked with was The Stingrays. As Alec Palao, the American-based English expat, one time member of the band and subsequent Ace consultant, recalls: "The band was an amalgam of everything we were into, be it rockabilly, garage punk, 1970s punk, surf, northern soul, folk-rock; we were omnivores. The Stingrays were the classic example of a band who had supersized on Ace's ever-increasing and eclectic output of lost music.
↑ (en) Martin Jones Lover, Buggers, and Thieves 1900486415 2005 page 153 ; This, and the fact that Big Beat were releasing ... ...played a track by then-current psychobilly band The Stingrays.
↑ (en) Marc Masters No Wave 2007 Volumes 287-292 p.267 "as punk rock mutated into psychobilly there was a demand for an outlet for the primordial rock music of such acts as Johnny & The Jammers, The Meteors, The Stingrays and The Cramps - and in 1980 the Big Beat label was born.
↑ (en) George Gimarc Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 1997 031216968X p.275 "The Stingrays are proponents of the "back to Billy Haley ; sound that has been lurking in English basements for the last two years.
↑ (en) The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul 1998 page 369, ...in the UK where his influence on 'trash' guitar groups, notably the Stingrays and Milkshakes, has been considerable.
↑ (en) Maximumrocknroll No.15 ; 1984 The STINGRAYS look rockabilly, act punk, and sound more 60s than anything else (note their covers ...)

[1] (en) Ralph Traitor, « Searching for a lost cult sensation », The Sound,‎ 17 janvier 1987, p. 11

[2] Shell Scott, « The Sing-Rays », Nineteen, n^o 4,‎ 1983, p. 10 (lire en ligne).

[3] (en) David Stubbs, Rob Young Ace Records: Labels Unlimited 2008 p.87 Another example of the type of group Big Beat worked with was The Stingrays. As Alec Palao, the American-based English expat, one time member of the band and subsequent Ace consultant, recalls: "The band was an amalgam of everything we were into, be it rockabilly, garage punk, 1970s punk, surf, northern soul, folk-rock; we were omnivores. The Stingrays were the classic example of a band who had supersized on Ace's ever-increasing and eclectic output of lost music.

[4] (en) Martin Jones Lover, Buggers, and Thieves 1900486415 2005 page 153 ; This, and the fact that Big Beat were releasing ... ...played a track by then-current psychobilly band The Stingrays.

[5] (en) Marc Masters No Wave 2007 Volumes 287-292 p.267 "as punk rock mutated into psychobilly there was a demand for an outlet for the primordial rock music of such acts as Johnny & The Jammers, The Meteors, The Stingrays and The Cramps - and in 1980 the Big Beat label was born.

[6] (en) George Gimarc Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 1997 031216968X p.275 "The Stingrays are proponents of the "back to Billy Haley ; sound that has been lurking in English basements for the last two years.

[7] (en) The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul 1998 page 369, ...in the UK where his influence on 'trash' guitar groups, notably the Stingrays and Milkshakes, has been considerable.

[8] (en) Maximumrocknroll No.15 ; 1984 The STINGRAYS look rockabilly, act punk, and sound more 60s than anything else (note their covers ...)

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