The Hamsters
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The Hamsters were a British band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
The Hamsters | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Southend-on-Sea, England |
Genres | Blues rock, R&B, Americana, rockabilly |
Years active | 1987–2012 |
Members | Snail's-Pace Slim Rev Otis Elevator Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist |
Website | www.thehamsters.co.uk |
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.[1] As the band ethos was to combine humour with music[2] two members of the original band (and later all three) used light-hearted and parodying pseudonyms as stage names.[3] 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.[4]