HANDSOME BEASTS - UK

Beastiality - 1981 - Heavy Metal
The Beast Within - 1990 - Heavy Metal
04 - 2004 - Heavy Rock
Rock And A Hard Place - 2007 - Q
Filthy Lucre - 2010 - Heavy Metal

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Members
Vocals
Big Gazz Band>>Garry Dalloway>>Big Gazz Band

Guitar
Paul Robins - Titan>>Marjuse Mitrenko>>Psycho Ward


Bass
Steve Hough - Mark Wright

Drum
Pete Malbasa - Bandanna>>Ray Richman>>Psycho Ward





History & Biography
The ironically-named Handsome Beasts was actually managed by Paul Birch who founded the label for his band! The band not only featured one of the largest singers in Wolverhampton, but also competed for the title UK-wide.

The group opened for White Spirit in 1980. The cover of Beastiality was designed to both gross out and be comical (one assumes). Perhaps the band leader was a McDonalds' shareholder, who knows? The band underwent a complete upheaval in its line-up between album one and two. Many musicians came and went until Dalloway became the sole remaining and original member. A third album was recorded, but never materialized with the band apparently unable to secure a recording contract. the band reformed in 1990. The group disbanded again in 1993 before reforming again in 2004.

The band later became a perennial live act. Garry Dalloway was found dead on August 20th 2006 ostensibly from a heart attack. He had already recorded Rock And A Hard Place. Wrathchild's Rob "Rocky Shades" Berkley became the frontman and bassist in 2007. Wrathchild had also been on Heavy Metal Records. Singer Simon "Mongo" Hall and bassist Si "Fungus " Fielding left The Handsome Beasts in 2007. Rob was replaced by newcomer Jake Dodd who, in turn, was replaced by Kez Taylor. The aforementioned album from 1992, which was called Little Sister initially, was uploaded as Filthy Lucre in 2010. The then current line-up played a brain tumour charity gig in 2022.

The band has alternately labelled itself The Handsome Beasts, but on balance has been mostly mere Handsome Beasts.


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