John Merrick --- The story of:
Joseph Carey Merrick was born in Leicester, into Victorian standards that did not and could not tolerate the astounding abnormalities of his features.
Cast aside by his father after his mother died,and Joseph..s new stepmother
(who could no longer accept him),he reluctantly and eventually ended up becoming the main attraction at the local fairs. He would show all his corrupting flesh for those who paid the entrance fee,listening to the gasps of horror from the audience,witnessing the women fainting from the horrendous sight before them.
In time, Joseph would be saved from this degrading humiliation by an eminent doctor, who later came to realise that beneath the corrupting foul smelling flesh of Joseph Merrick..s body lay a most humane person.For Joseph loved to read,enjoyed the theatre,had a thirst for knowledge,and above all asked for nothing more than to be accepted for a human being with feelings and emotions
Sounds Like
NOTHING HEARD BEFORE -WE DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE ANYONE ELSE!!!
About John Merrick`s Remains (Looking for gigs 2010)
It all began for John Merrick's Remains in 2004 when Bob and Jools went into the studio to record their debut single for Dmp records. The single entitled Slapper gained good reviews and prompted the label to offer the band a one off album deal. The duo went into the studio with producer Andy Littlewood and recorded their debut album 'Digging up the Remains" and started gigging in and around the South Yorkshire area.The live following started to grow and people were asking if any new songs were on the horizon.The band were busy writing and recording new material and both Bob and Jools realised that the new material was far better than on their debut album. 2007 sees the band with an entire albums worth of songs mixed
and ready to go, with full artwork. John Merrick's Remains are due to feature tracks on two gothic/darkwave magazines and are now looking for the right record label to release their material. The band are currently rehearsing the new songs ready for more live dates - coz as all Merrick's fans know if you aint seen em live , you aint seen nothing!!!!!!!!!!
2008 dmp records present the new album from:
JOHN MERRICK..S REMAINS
street date 4th jan.
After giging and promoting the album in 2008/2009 bob & jools have started writing new songs. We have just started recording with Andy in the studio, on 4 new songs for our 3rd album.
And thing..s are going well, we hope to finish them off by jan. we will allso be working on more songs to complete the 3rd album off by the end of 2009.so far we have 7 new tracks for the album.....
we will then realise the new album in 2010.
In 2009 we have played with some great bands: rosa crux,legion,cybercyde,one-moment, croxshadows,devant uk,silent age to name but a few!
Hope things are good on your side of the screen. Just to let you know - our latest remix of London Electro outfit 'The Problem Being' is now up on our jukebox. The remix is taken from their single 'Electro is Dead' - available now from Amazon and iTunes....check it out. -Also - we have a brand new ablum site up at www.garylucasvsthedarkpoets.com - hope you approve - the album has had good reviews.
Anyways - just a heads up. Hope things are good with you - hope you'll drop by.
Hiya Bob. Thanks for the comment. Yeah I'd like to catch up with ya and have a beer or 10. It's good to see you're keeping busy. All the best. Cheers matey
Hi there, the good news is Ive got a job, the bad news is its evenings - so I cant come to Speakeasy York gig :((( Im having a cup of tea in a John Merricks Remain's mug, cheers :D
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