The Moors Murderers were a short-lived punk band who caused controversy by naming themselves after The Moors Murders. The band was founded in 1977 by Steve Strange (lead vocals), later to be in Visage, and comprised Chrissie Hynde (guitar), later in The Pretenders, Tex (bass), Topper Headon (drums), who was then borrowed from The Clash, Vince Ely (drums), later in The Psychedelic Furs, and The Kid, whose real name was Mark Ryan and was a member o...
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The Moors Murderers were a short-lived punk band who caused controversy by naming themselves after The Moors Murders. The band was founded in 1977 by Steve Strange (lead vocals), later to be in Visage, and comprised Chrissie Hynde (guitar), later in The Pretenders, Tex (bass), Topper Headon (drums), who was then borrowed from The Clash, Vince Ely (drums), later in The Psychedelic Furs, and The Kid, whose real name was Mark Ryan and was a member of Adam and the Ants.
It was one of the punk bands Steve Strange formed after coming to London and whilst living the punk scene.
There are many doubts about their era. The main involved was Strange, who had the idea of form a band with the name Moors Murderers. They never played music, only they did a session photos. However, Strange claimed, in 1981, he, after left Wales and went to London, a person got him involved in the band; he, in 1978, claimed he regretted about it.
After the photo sessions, Strange decided to form a real band and...
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