TERRORVISION are back - with their first new album in 13 years.
The Bradford rockers release We Are Not Robots on September 20, on their own Total Vegas Recordings.
The band’s first album since 2011’s Super Delux, it’s described as “a marvellously raucous and eclectic statement of intent”.
From the opening two-song punk tirade of Electrocuted and The Night that Lemmy Died through the foot-stomping pop-rock of Daydream to the singalong melodic bliss of Opposites Attract, the album delivers a “Bradford-certified punch on the nose, kiss on the cheek and the party to end them all”.
Lead singer Tony Wright used explosive single The Night That Lemmy Died to celebrate the old-school vibe of bands that, like Terrorvision, play, write and rock their own tunes.
“It is an ode to the hard rocking in a world of twee,” says Tony. “A tribute to all bands that play and write. That drive through the night to forge their way rather than entering a TV talent show. The world needs people like Lemmy and so we wrote this to remember what he meant to all us rockers. It’s almost a hymn!”
This month Terrorvision are on the road with their We Are On Tour tour, which comes to Project House in Leeds on September 24.
Formed in Bradford in 1988, Terrorvision signed with EMI Records in 1991 and released their debut album, Formaldehyde, to great reviews. Their first chart hit was My House and the band went from performing in front of 100 people in pubs to touring with The Ramones and Motorhead and opening for Def Leppard at their hometown stadium show.
By the end of 1993, Terrorvision had recorded their second album, How To Make Friends and Influence People, with producer Gil Norton in New York City. The album gave them five Top 30 singles and several Kerrang! Awards.
Third album Regular Urban Survivors, released in 1996, featured hits like Perseverance and quickly went Gold. Fourth album Shaving Peaches saw a stylistic shift, working with producers such as Edwyn Collins and Utah Saints. Thier biggest hit, Tequila, from the album reached Number 2 in the UK charts in 1999.
By the turn of the century, Terrorvision had notched up notable appearances on Top Of The Pops and other TV shows including TFI Friday and Hotel Babylon.
Good to Go, released in 2001, was their last album for a decade, with the lads taking a hiatus after a sold-out farewell tour. Reuniting periodically for gigs and tours, the band started working on new material in 2010, resulting in the Super Delux album. In 2015 Terrorvision reunited and went on the road again, celebrating the 25th anniversary of How To Make Friends and Influence People with a sold-out tour.
Last year they collaborated with Embrace guitarist Rick McNamara to produce new album We Are Not Robots. Mixed by Chris Sheldon, who has worked with Foo Fighters and McFly, the album is “a 37-minute riot of shiny pop hooks and in-yer-face hard rock”.
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