The Masonics
Centering on five towns situated in Kent, U.K., the Medway scene was born in the early '80s with a defiantly lo-fi take on '60s garage/beat, seasoned with a dash of classic rock & roll and lots of punk attitude. Arguably the scene's most famous son was the prolific Billy Childish, and alongside his Milkshakes/Headcoats and the Prisoners, the Masonics remained one of the most enduring and popular bands spawned from the Medway. Not only can Mickey Hampshire (guitar/vocals) and Bruce Brand (drums) boast service in a whole host of Medway bands (including the aforementioned Milkshakes and Headcoats), bassist John Gibbs' CV is equally impressive and includes time in the Wildebeests (another garage supergroup) and legendary Edinburgh timewarp beat merchants the Kaisers. There's no disputing the fact that the Masonics are U.K. garage royalty.
Fronted by Hampshire, who like his old Milkshake cohort Billy Childish is also a visual artist of some repute, the Masonics formed in 1991 and issued a steady stream of D.I.Y. beat releases over the ensuing years. Notable amongst their output was The Masonic Machine Turns You On (2002), produced by analog boffin and ex-Masonic Liam Watson at his Toerag Studio, and Outside Looking In (2005), which was also credited to regular collaborator and fellow Medway alumni Miss Ludella Black (the Delmonas/Thee Headcoatees). Released in 2011, In Your Night of Dreams and Other Foreboding Pleasures was issued by London retro label Dirty Water and showed no letup in the Masonics' primal garage assault, keeping the Medway spirit alive in the 2010s.
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11 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Down Among the Dead Men
Rock - Paru chez Sympathy for the Record Industry le 14 févr. 2012
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Japan Tour EP
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Spinout Nuggets le 27 oct. 2023
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Sursum Tibiam Vestram
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Spinout Nuggets le 27 oct. 2023
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Lookin' For...
Soul - Paru chez Spinout Nuggets le 27 janv. 2023
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Outside Looking In (Remastered)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Spinout Nuggets le 14 mars 2005
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Temple Vaults
Rock - Paru chez Dirty Water Records le 28 mai 2012
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Royal And Ancient
Rock - Paru chez Circle Records le 1 janv. 2007
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Down Among the Deadmen
Rock - Paru chez Dirty Water Records le 7 sept. 2009
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Obermann Rides Again
Rock - Paru chez Dirty Water Records le 24 févr. 2017
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The Masonic Machine Turns On You
Rock - Paru chez Dirty Water Records le 30 avr. 2002
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Outside Looking In
Rock - Paru chez Dirty Water Records le 14 mars 2005
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