Name Ben Wallers Role Vocalist | ||
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Albums Northern Rocks Bear Weird Ve, Destroy All Human Life, Satan Is Real Again - or, Secret Weapon Revealed, Biber: Harmonia Artificioso‑Ariosa Similar People Country Teasers, Spray Paint, Mark E Smith, The Fall |
spakenkreuz the rebel ben wallers interview live set part 1
Benedict Roger Wallers (a.k.a. The Rebel) (born 15 September 1971, St Albans, Hertfordshire) is the frontman, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the band Country Teasers. His lyrics often deal with taboo subjects such as racism, sexism and xenophobia from first-person standpoints.
Contents
- spakenkreuz the rebel ben wallers interview live set part 1
- spakenkreuz the rebel ben wallers interview live set part 2
- Biography
- The Rebel
- The Male Nurse
- The Beale
- Skills on Ampex
- The Stallion
- The Company
- The Black Poodle
- The Devil
- References

spakenkreuz the rebel ben wallers interview live set part 2
Biography

Wallers has been releasing music under various guises since 1995. He is best known for being part of the group Country Teasers, formed in Scotland in the mid 1990s. Wallers is generally regarded to be Scottish, but various places of birth have been put forward, including Saville Row, London and St Albans, Hertfordshire (according to his autobiography). Wallers' wife Sophie Politowicz plays drums on his latest project, The Devil.
The Rebel

As well as Country Teasers, Wallers records under the moniker The Rebel. Most of the recordings, which are largely abridged musical interpretations of arcane and proper historical text, have not seen official release (several for the reason that they are "not masterpieces"). Before 1998 The Rebel was not known as The Walrus, but was named Walrus after the Wallers family name. The name 'The Rebel' is a reference and homage to the film starring Tony Hancock. Ben Wallers represents himself by a symbol called a Spakenkreuz, which is a Swastika (Hakenkreuz) with a broken (or 'spastic') arm, bent backwards to cross over the previous arm in the circularity of the swastika. As far as he is aware, he invented this symbol.

Songs Appearing on Compilations:
The Male Nurse
Male Nurse featured Country Teasers regulars Alan Crichton, Eck King, Alastair MacKinven and Lawrence Worthington as well as Keith Farquhar on vocals. The band recorded two Peel Sessions, three singles and appeared on the Guided Missile Records compilation Hits and Missiles. The Male Nurse's output was marked by heavy influence of Mark E. Smith's, The Fall.
Releases:
Also the Male nurse Cdr self-released (Trade apartment CD)1998 and 2007.
The Beale
Active between 2000 and 2007, The Beale consisted of Adrian Shaw (of The Teenbeat), Ben Wallers, Leighton Crook (Country Teasers/Rebel drummer), Paul Kearney (owner of Guided Missile Recordings) Peter Hart and Ben Pestell. They released a six-song mini-album titled "21 Years in Kranj", two singles for Guided Missile, and appeared on four compilations.
Skills on Ampex
Skills on Ampex is a joint project between The Invisible Hand, a tapes project by artist (and Teaser) Robert McNeill, and The Rebel/Benedict R. Wallers.
The Stallion
The Stallion originated as a musical entity composed of Wallers and Country Teasers guitarist Alastair J. R. MacKinven, which specialized in covers.
The Company
The Company is a London recording project involving Amir Shoat and Ben Wallers. Between Autumn 2001 and Spring 2002 they recorded a 99-song album which was then distilled into a twelve-track 12" LP in 2007 and released as Side Three of The Moon on Difficult Time In Mental Jail Records
The Black Poodle
At the turn of the century Ben Wallers was also the vocalist in The Black Poodle who played regular concerts at The Foundry in Old Street, London. The band was the brainchild of Joel Cahen and Amir Shoat, who invited Wallers to collaborate at the concerts by improvising on vocals, guitar and saxophone, which material they would manipulate live.
The Devil
A three-piece group led by Wallers that has only gigged occasionally during the 2000s. They released an album, The Devil, in 2013.