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The Stormy Petrel
''The Stormy Petrel'' is an album by the British punk rock band Leatherface. It was released in the UK in February 2010, their first album to be released on their own label, Big Ugly Fish Records. It was released in North America by No Idea Records. The album takes its title from the nickname of Joseph Ray “Stormy Petrel” Hodgson who was hailed as a hero after risking his life to save others from the stormy seas that battered 19th century Sunderland. ''The Sunderland Echo'', 9 December 2005 Track listing # "God is Dead" # "My World's End" # "Never Say Goodbye" # "Nutcase" # "Broken" # "Another Dance" # " Diego Garcia" # "Monkfish" ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leatherface (band) Leatherface were a British punk rock band from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, fronted by Frankie Stubbs. ''Trouser Press'' called them "England's finest, most exciting punk band of the 90s" and ''The Guardian'' has called them "the greatest British punk band of the modern era." History and background Formed in August 1988 by Frankie Stubbs and Dickie Hammond (also of HDQ), Leatherface released four full-length albums before their initial split in 1993. Third album ''Mush (album), Mush'' was, according to Allmusic, "one of the most intense records of the 90s, with some of the fiercest playing and song dynamics.. considered one of the best albums of the decade." The band split in late 1993, – releasing a posthumous mini album (''The Last'') the following year – but reformed in 1998, after the death of bass player Andy Crighton (also of Snuff (band), Snuff). Four more albums followed between 1999 and 2012. Leatherface's music has been de |