| "The
group was born out of a disco after hearing Rikki (then a keyboard player
and studio engineer to boot - he produces the bands records) singing along
to the sounds"
If you are such a
portentous sounding and long band name like Rikki & The Last Days On Earth
then you are definitely setting your stall out to be different and have
got to have the goods to back it up. Sadly they didn't. namechecked in
Caroline Coon's 1988 Punk Explosion and liked so much by Sound's Jane Suck
that she was to award 5 stars to their debut album till unfortunately she
heard it !
Despite
the punky clothes, attitude and playing the usual haunts like the Roxy and
Vortex they definitely aspired to be something more. They never pretended
to be working class or anarchists but its difficult to exactly pinpoint
what they were and that was the problem - they just didn't fit in which
while sometimes can be an advantage here was the opposite. |
Rikki Sylvan - Vocals
Valac Van Der Veene - Guitar
Nik Weiss - Keyboeards
Hugh Inge Innes Lillingstone - Drums
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