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The Ratbites From Hell were a West Country rock band active between 1972–1975, many of whose members subsequently played in key bands of the later 70's, as punk and new wave revived the London and New York music scenes. The basic Ratbites line-up was Huw Gower and John Perry on guitar/vocals, Roy Sundholm on bass/vocals, Nick Howell and/or Alan Platt on drums, 'Big' Pete Thorpe on vocals and Pete Biles on congas, ==1972–75== When the psychedelic band Magic Muscle split in January 1973, remaining members Huw Gower and Pete Biles recruited guitarist John Perry, bassist Roy Sundholm and drummer Nick Howell to fulfill existing MM gig commitments; their nascent band (Over The Hill)'s fourth member, singer/songwriter Pete Roe served out the remaining six months of his contract as a journalist with a national daily. Joined by lead singer 'Big' Pete Thorpe, this temporary line-up became MM 2 and were soon playing shows with Hawkwind. Dave Brock rated the new band and recommended them to producer Don Paul who cut two songs on them including Huw Gower's majestic 'Sparkle'. MM2's last appearance was at the l Trentishoe Festival in Devon (July '73) after which the MM name was retired for a while. Gower formed 'Stroll On', joined by Howell. The two groups jammed together in the summer of 1974 and the same core musicians who played at Trentishoe once more reformed as The Ratbites From Hell and played shows throughout the UK. In August 1975 The Ratbites toured the Netherlands, playing a dozen cities from Groningen to Rotterdam. They also recorded for United Artists. The band has never officially split up, though shows these days are rare. A line-up was last seen playing at The Nashville Rooms in London in early 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Ratbites from Hell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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