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Also known as
  
Renamed as Tiger

Active until
  
1971

Genres
  
Proto-punk, Hard rock

Years active
  
1969–1971

Albums
  
Uncrushed

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Associated acts
  
The Gorillas, The Jesse Hector Sound, Krayon Angels, Darryl Read's Beat Existentialists

Past members
  
Jesse HectorAlan ButlerDarryl ReadBarry Wyles

Origin
  
London, United Kingdom (1969)

Members
  
Jesse Hector, Darryl Read, Alan Butler

Similar
  
The Gorillas, Stack Waddy, Little Free Rock, Sweet Slag, Samuel Prody

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Crushed Butler were a British protopunk/hard rock band that existed between 1969 and 1971. According to 2008's Pretty Vacant: A History of UK Punk, the band "was, in many ways, Britain's first proto-punk band." Band members went on to form Darryl Read's Beat Existentialists, The Gorillas and to pursue solo careers.

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History

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Crushed Butler formed in 1969 with a line-up of Jesse Hector (guitar, vocals), Alan Butler (bass guitar) and Darryl Read (drums). They initially played cover versions of other bands' songs, before writing their own original material.

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In early 1971, the band changed their name to Tiger, and the line-up also changed to include Barry Wyles, formerly a member of an early version of Queen. As Tiger they were managed by Neil Christian of The Crusaders, and Arthur Anderson joined the band on bass guitar. However, they still were unable to secure a record deal and the band split up in late 1971 when Read took up a job as a songwriter at Track Records.

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Hector and Butler continued as Helter-Skelter and went on to form The Hammersmith Gorillas (later shortened to The Gorillas), while Read pursued a solo career, as well as working as an actor. Read's works included three albums (Beat Existentialist (1991) and Freshly Dug (1999) with Ray Manzarek and Bleeding Paradise in 2007. Read was killed in a motorcycle accident in June 2013 in Thailand.

Crushed Butler's recordings were eventually released in 1998 by Dig The Fuzz Records on the Uncrushed album.

Singles

  • "It's My Life" b/w "My Son's Alive" (2010) vinyl single Windian Records USA

    • Albums

    Crushed Butler Crushed Butler Homesick Subterranean

  • Uncrushed (1998) 'First Punks from the British Underground 1969-1971', Dig the Fuzz records - (first release on 10 inch vinyl)
  • Uncrushed (2005), RPM records - reissued as Uncrushed: First Punks from the British Underground 1969-1971 CD album (bonus track)
  • Uncrushed (2005), Madstar Records Germany - reissue CDBABY digital distribution
  • Uncrushed (2009) Radio Heart Beat Records (with new bonus track on 12" vinyl)
  • Uncrushed (2013) Last Years Youth Records Germany (with poster and extras on 10" vinyl)

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    Songs

    Love Fighter1998
    Factory GrimeGorilla Garage: the Jesse Hector Story · 2005
    Love Is All Around MeGorilla Garage: the Jesse Hector Story · 2005

    References

    Crushed Butler Wikipedia
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