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1983 saw the band playing live a lot, including a legendary performance at Crocs nightclub with Kronstadt Uprising early in the year. Various members came and went over time, and the majority of 1984 was spent with Andi Schurer occupying the Idols drum stool, but with commitments to The Prey and Anorexic Dread, the situation wasn't to be permanent, although this line up played some notable gigs, with one at The Pink Toothbrush supporting Tenpole Tudor being of special note. The band hit a creative peak around this period, with the introduction of songs like 'Forever', 'Whitehouse Asylum' and 'Another Song about Johnny'. At this point in time Alan Symons was on Bass and Lee Andrews was in on drums, and this line up put out a six song cassette in 1985 - called 'Burnt Offering' - of the best numbers in their set thus far. ('Give Me A Chance', 'Bomb in London', 'The Fight Goes On', 'Whitehouse Asylum', 'Another Song About Johnny', 'Forever'). In the late '80s a change was
needed though and a name and line up change followed, with Dave and Larry
carrying on their respective roles of Dave on Vocals and guitar and with
Larry on Bass and Vocals. The band changed their name to Rock Ola Crazy
and entered the 1990's under this moniker, and recorded a demo containing
the classic song 'Heartbroke and Crazy' that appeared on a cassette compilation
in local magazine Stuff. Dave managed to continue his love of Mexican
Food, French Brandy and American Motorcycles and the band played on, playing
further and further afield before eventually calling it a day. It is the early to mid eighties period that the Burning Idols material has most pertinence to this site though, and hopefully at some point their songs will see the light of day on CD. The Band can also be viewed on the Lampshade produced video, Southend Rock. |
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'Southend Punk Volume One' - Features The Burning Idols song 'Give Me A Chance' - CD (Angels in Exile Records AIECD 004) - 2020 |