Terrorvision

rock

Terrorvision were formed in Bradford, (or more accurately the small town of Keighley) West Yorkshire, England in 1987, originally with the moniker The Spoilt Bratz. After a undeniably wise name change, the band released their first album Formaldehyde in 1992. Although showing their obvious Heavy Metal influences, there was a sense of humour and pop leaning which could not be hidden, particularly in their breakthrough single My House. It was those pop quirks which informed their breakthrough second album How To Make Friends And Influence People. A collection of exuberant pop-metal classics, it featured the single Oblivion, which showed off TVs trademark mix of disenfranchised lyrics coupled with enormously catchy tunes, in this case with added Doo-Wops, giving the band a genuine crossover hit. The singles from HTMFAIP all charted well, propelling the decidedly unfashionable Terrorvision firmly into the mainstream. By the time their third record, Regular Urban Survivors was released in 1996, Briptop was firmly established in the mainstream, but perhaps surprisingly Terrorvision thrived. Single Perseverance charted at number five (It's awesome Whales and Dolphins hook proving irresistable to daytime radio and indie dancefloors alike) and the album was a commercial and critical hit. In many ways a bigger, widescreen sequel to HTMFAIP (with a couple of songs suspiciously close to re-makes - Bad Actress = Middleman, Celebrity Hitlist = Discotheque Wreck...) the cover featured the ...