Gaye Bykers On Acid - Nosedive Karma 12" Ken Kesey Mix - Video
PUBLISHED:  May 23, 2013
DESCRIPTION:
GBOA 2nd EP ever released on In Tape Records reached No1 in the 'Indie' Charts ( back in the good old days !)
Just a little re-edit with colour enhancement and extra Ken Kesey

Complete discography and more info.can be found at
http://gayebykersonacid.bandcamp.com
http://gayebykersonacid.wix.com/gayeb...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gaye-By...

GBOA , the psychedelic electro punk pop 'grebo' combo unleashed their unique style of music onto the scene between '86 and '91. Here is ALL our music and some videos.
Biography
Gaye Bykers On Acid (the name originally inspired by a Ray Lowry cartoon) were formed in late 1984 by Ian Reynolds (Robber Byker) and Ian Hoxley (Mary Byker). They were later joined by guitarist and art student Tony Horsfall (Tony Byker) and drummer Kevin Hyde (Kev Byker). Their first gig was at the Princess Charlotte in Leicester in mid-1985.
Their first releases - the single Everything's Groovy and the Nosedive Karma EP - were both recorded in Leeds with Jon Langford of The Mekons, and released on the InTape label, both reached the indie charts with Nosedive Karma staying at No.1 for 2 weeks.
They then signed to Virgin Records releasing the albums Drill Your Own Hole and Stewed To The Gills. Ray Lowry also helped write the script, and provided artwork for the 1 hour movie of the same name that accompanied DYOH. The vinyl version of Drill Your Own Hole was pressed without a hole in the centre, so it was necessary to literally drill your own hole in order to play it. The album spent one week at number 95 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1987.They did several tours of the UK and Europe and 2 tours of USA.

They also played gigs (dressed in women's clothing) under the name 'Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds', supporting themselves, and thus getting paid twice. They also performed as a fictitious East German thrash punk band "Rektüm" (they claimed to have jumped over the Berlin Wall), recording an LP Sakredanus and an EP Real Horror Show under the name.

However management problems and poor sales meant that they were dropped by Virgin in 1989. They subsequently released the album Cancer Planet Mission on their own record label, Naked Brain. They also recycled and used the band name 'The Purple Fluid Exchange' (PFX) to release their dance cross-over material. It was at this time that Rocket Ronnie joined the band as DJ, sample player and dance advisor.
In 1990 they released Pernicious Nonsense, their last studio album, recorded with Jon Langford at the Stone Room Studios and at Alaska St. Studios with house engineer Chelo Zambelli.
After difficult tours in the U.S. and UK the band broke up, the final blow being when the label Rough Trade, who distributed their Naked Brain recordings, went bankrupt owing them and many other bands considerable amounts of cash.

The group often included samples from other artists or films in their music, usually from cult films such as Repo Man, Taxi Driver, Dune, Barbarella, Clockwork Orange, Star Trek, Videodrome, Apocolypse Now, Bladerunner & Monty Python.
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