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The Hamsters
The Hamsters were a British band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
They performed their first live show at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, on 1 April 1987, and their last at The Half Moon, Putney on 1 April 2012, exactly 25 years later. They initially played in local pubs with no ambitions to take themselves seriously or to turn professional.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.thehamsters.co.uk/biography.php )〕 As the band ethos is to combine humour with music〔Shane Homan, ''Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture'', McGraw-Hill International, 2006, ISBN 0-335-21690-0, p.112. "Elements of self-mockery in (Hamsters' ) presentation () are persistent, strongly marking their distance from what they typically refer to as 'muso' culture."〕 two members of the original band (now all three) use light-hearted and parodying pseudonyms as stage names.〔Homan p.112: "lead guitarist and singer () known as Snail's Pace Slim, () Zsa Zsa Poltergeist plays bass. Alan Parish plays drums and is also known primarily by a facetious pseudonym, The Reverend Otis Elevator."〕 The original line-up was Snail's-Pace Slim on vocals and guitar, Rev Otis Elevator on drums and Andy Farrell on bass. Andy Billups, aka Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist, replaced Farrell on bass in 1988.
The band's name was based on a pseudonym used by the Sex Pistols.〔Homan p.118 "Slim further explains the reasoning behind the band's name; 'The Hamsters was a name (Sex Pistols ) used on one gig. I just liked the irony of it – vicious group, cuddly name.'"〕
==History==
Their first performances were in local pubs in and around Southend as a part of the area's well-known R&B scene which had begun in the 1960s; they initially formed for their own amusement〔 〕 and didn't take themselves too seriously.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hamsters in Tavistock (preview) )〕 Their bookings quickly started to increase as an increasing number of local music fans requested venues to book them.〔Homan p.113: "The successful growth of the audience for the Hamsters in the early 1990s is substantially attributed to their inclusion of an increasing proportion of material from Hendrix."〕 Eventually it was decided to turn pro and slowly they started getting bookings from venues further afield. During 1988–1990 they released a limited run of four cassette releases of their music until they released their first CD in 1990, titled "Electric Hamsterland" as a parody of the Hendrix "Electric Ladyland" album. There was also a limited run of vinyl LPs of the album.
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