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The Lost 1977 Tapes

by The Crowbars

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FORTY-THREE YEARS LATER...
the bands first and only EP finally gets a release!

1977 was a busy year for the Crowbars, playing live at many venues, including a slot at the mythological Watford Punk Festival of that summer. It was during this bustling year that they recorded an intended EP release at the Sex Palace, which also staged regular punk gigs.
Only days after the recording was made, the tapes mysteriously disappeared, with the presumption that they had been stolen by their road manager ‘Sodhi the Roadie’, who intended to bootleg them in the far east, before he disappeared in Thailand under suspicious circumstances. However, it turned out that this was not the case and the tapes had simply accidentally been left in a Watford pub called the Wellington Arms, with the landlord putting them under the counter for safekeeping, but forgetting they were there until late 2018!

So, with some modern digital restoration to revitalise the dusty tapes, the Crowbars lost EP finally hits the streets forty-three years later, capturing the band sounding as energetic and vibrant as the day they recorded it.

As the saying goes, ‘Punk’s not Dead!’

credits

released January 20, 2020

All songs composed by Blunt/Mex

Andrew ‘Crush’ Blunt : lead vocals / bass
Paul Mex : guitars / backing vocals
Spunky Buzz : drums

Dedicated to our lost Crowbar brothers ; Kev Parr, Andreas Sodhi & Paul Littley

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The Crowbars Watford, UK

Witnessing the Sex Pistols during the summer of 1976, Andrew ‘Crush’ Blunt & Paul Mex, set about forming the Crowbars.
The band had several lineup changes during their short time, until the two founding members folded the band in 1978, to form the Passion Killers.
Forging an alliance with local bands the Bears & Cane,
much of the setting was around Watford Art College, alongside Wire & Prag Vec.
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