The Bomb Party

The Bomb Party were an English rock band from Leicester. They have been described as "The Godfathers of Grebo". The band formed in the early 1980s, initially as Farmlife by Andy Mosquera (vocals), Steve Gerrard (bass), Dave Mitcheson (guitar), Simon Crane (saxophone) and Mark Thompson (drums), who met on a fine art course at Leicester Polytechnic. They released one single under this name in 1982, "Susie's Party" (later covered by Yeah Yeah Noh); ... more

The Bomb Party were an English rock band from Leicester. They have been described as "The Godfathers of Grebo". The band formed in the early 1980s, initially as Farmlife by Andy Mosquera (vocals), Steve Gerrard (bass), Dave Mitcheson (guitar), Simon Crane (saxophone) and Mark Thompson (drums), who met on a fine art course at Leicester Polytechnic. They released one single under this name in 1982, "Susie's Party" (later covered by Yeah Yeah Noh); A second single on Dan Treacy's Whaam! label was withdrawn. In 1984 Farmlife split up, and Andy "Jesus" Mosquera (vocals), Steve Gerrard (guitar), Mark Thompson (drums) formed the The Bomb Party, with Sarah Corina (bass). They took their name from a Graham Green novel, debuting in 1985 with the Ray Gun EP on the Abstract label, the new sound described as "a Molotov cocktail of hardcore grebo gothability lying somewhere between The Cramps and Bauhaus". The debut album Drugs appeared in 1986. Signing to the Workers Playtime label, they released... less