| Member Since | 1/29/2007 | | Band Website | specimenbatcave.net | | Band Members |
The current band is the original 1983 Specimen line up!!
...........The long form line up of Specimen is (in chronological order) 1980-2007: Kev Mills, Jon Klein, Ollie Wisdom, Tim the Bin Liner, Danny Pepworth, Hugh Naunton-Sands, Pete (Phoetus) Cooke, Jonathan Trevisick, Simeon, Jonny Slut, Chris Bell, Tim Huthert, Jonny Slag, George Lynch, Smeg, Gerry, Kimba, Jeff (more to be recalled) Stephan X, T.bias.
| | Influences | Fuzelli, Warhol, Bettie Page, The Daleks, Richard Serra, Bowie, Bolan, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Daisy Chainsaw, The Cramps, The Glitter Band, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Pixies, Nirvana, Kiss, The Rocky Horror Show, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Captain Beefheart, Generation X, The Runaways, Venus and the Razorblades, Alice in Chains, Pantera, The Butthole Surfers, Janes Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, White Zombie, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, The Breeders, The Dead Kennedy’s, Talking Heads, The Ramones, Blondie, Duran Duran, Japan, The Roches, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Frank Zappa, Filter, The New York dolls, Elvis Presley, Sick Kidz, Einsturzende Neubauten, Sex Gang Children, UK Decay, Sex Beat, The Gun Club, Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus, Patti Smith | | Sounds Like | A trip through the musical landscape that influenced the band.
Electric Ballroom can be found at: http://www.industrial-music.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+482 | | Record Label | Metropolis | | Type of Label | Indie |
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2008 To mark the first gig for 25 years with the original 1983 line up, Specimen professionally recorded their show at the Batcave on the 11th July, for future release exclusively through www.clubantichrist.com. To pre order your copy of this historical release of the band which are widely credited as one of the pioneers of the Gothic go to: www.specimenbatcave.net
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