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Band members |
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John
O'Malley: vocals, guitar
Mark Swain: bass
Jon Attril: drumsSecond
line-up (pictured)
John O'Malley: vocals, guitar
Gary Day: bass
Rich Taylor: drums
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Discography |
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Albums
Nightshades
- Link MLP 062
Stompin' Beat - Nervous Nerd049
Something's Gotta Give - Rockout
Nit001with Colbert
Hamilton
Cadillac
Baby- Vinyl Japan JRT02
Still Taggin' Along - Vinyl
Japan JRCD05
Wild At Heart- Nervous Nerd076
Compilation
albums
One
track (Destruction Road) on I
Love My Car - Fury
Records
One track (Echoes
Of Love) on Katz Keep Rocking Vol.1-
Link
One track (Taxi
Cab) on Katz Keep Rocking Vol.1- Link
One track (Big
Sandy) on Twenty Blasters From
Blighty- NV Comp1
One track (Running
Out Of Time) on Outrage Vol.1-
Rage 104
Two tracks (Midnight
Special, All I Can Do Is Cry) on
Outrage Vol.2- Rage 105
Three tracks (I'll
Get Mine, Teenager's Mother,
SOmething's Gotta Give) on Five
Inches Of Pleasure-
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This neo-rockabilly band
started in Tottenham sometime around 1984
with Mark Swain on double bass, his
cousin Jon Attril on drums, John O'Malley
on guitar and Gary Pudney on vox who then
left the band and went on to form the
Griswalds.
The remaining trio, with O'Malley taking
over vocals duties, recorded "Destruction
Road" for Fury Records and "Taxi
Cab" and "Echoes Of Love"
for Katz Keep Rocking. In 1988 the band
released their debut mini-lp on Link.
Mixing fast rockabilly tunes with
O'Malley's inventive and jazzy riffs and
a bit of blues, this album is a true
masterpiece. Each of them being able to
compose gives this 8 songs enough
diversity to please the listener.
Musicianship made the rest.
This first incarnation of The Nitros
parted ways in the late 80's. O'Malley
then reformed the band with Gary Day on
bass, who previously played with The
Franctic Flintstones, and Rich Taylor.
They recorded one album in 1990 for
Nervous Records "Stompin' Beat"
which is great but with 12 songs and only
O'Malley as main composer it's a bit
monotonous. It would have been reduced to
8 songs it could have been a killer mini
LP. But once again O'Malley's skill on
the guitar is amazing (just listen to the
instrumental "Swinsgville", or
the fantastic "Devil's Ship")and
the choice of the covers is also clever
as this is not 50's songs but they come
from the catalog of The Polecats, The
Beatles and Queen. The follow-up, "Something's
gotta give" on Gary's label Rockout
in 1993, is better : a fine production (Boz
Boorer), more diversity in the songs (the
wild "Big Sandy" to the mellow
"Midnight Special") and a guest
singer, Chris Harvey, on four songs.
At the same period The Nitros also played
as backing band for the black Elvis
himself : Colbert Hamilton. Together they
released two albums mostly written by
O'Malley and toured Japan.
The band finally came to an end with
O'Malley joining Good Rocking Tonight,
Day joined popstar Morissey, was fired
then re-hired and Rich Taylor played with
The Caravans and The Frantic Flintstones.
First bassist, Mark, now plays in the
pornablilly (sic) band "The Shocking
Truth.Their albums are no longer
available but Nigthshades and the songs
on Katz Keep Rocking are available to
download at www.cherryred.co.uk
and Stompin' Beat, Wild At Heart (with
Colbert Halmiton) and the songs of
Outrage vol 1 and 2 are available at Nervous Records.
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