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Furyo (band)

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Labels
  
Anagram Furyo Records

Record label
  
Anagram

Genres
  
Deathrock, Gothic rock

Associated acts
  
UK Decay

Albums
  
Furyo, Fuyro, Furioso

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Years active
  
1983 (1983)–1985 (1985)

Origin
  
Luton, United Kingdom (1983)

Members
  
Steve Harle, Edwin Branch, Steve Abbott, Albie de Luca

Similar
  
UK Decay, The Venomettes, Bone Orchard, Ausgang, Play Dead

Furyo were a British gothic rock band who formed in Luton in mid-1983 after UK Decay split. They split early in 1985.

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History

UK Decay members Steve "Abbo" Abbot, Steve Harle and Eddie Branch stayed together after that band split. The three recorded under the name Slavedrive on compilation LP The Whip (though the CD reissue credits the song to UK Decay) and as Meat of Youth on LP Young Limbs, Numb Hymns: The Batcave Compilation, with a guitarist named Patrick, who soon left.

They were joined by guitarist Albie de Luca, formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel, and renamed themselves Furyo. They played their first show in September 1983.

ZigZag described the songwriting as "Brechtian" and Abbo's vocal style as "grandiloquent". Sounds said their style "borrows the instrumental story-telling augmentation found in classical music." Trouser Press described them as "attempting even weightier and more baroque compositions [than UK Decay]".

The band released two mini-albums, Furioso and Furyo, and recorded an unreleased album (announced but not released by Grim Humour fanzine) before splitting again in early 1985.

Discography

  • Furioso 12" (Furyo/Anagram 12-ANA-24, 1984) - Legacy / Chorus // King of Hearts / Cavalcade
  • Furyo LP (Furyo/Anagram MGRAM-12, 1984) - The Gold of Our Lives / Vultures / In the Arena // Monster of a Thousand Heads/ The Opera in the Air
  • Unreleased album - Exodus / The Burden of Dreams / The World at War / Wakakoukou // Legacy / Ha Ha Ha / Whisper in the Wind
  • Furyo CD (Anagram CDM-GOTH-28, 2007) (contains mini-album and 12")
  • Compilation appearances

  • In Goth Daze (Anagram, 1994) - "Legacy"
  • Gothic Erotica (Dressed To Kill, 1999) - "Legacy"
  • Anagram Punk Singles (Anagram, 2000) - "Legacy"
  • Flesh, Fangs & Filigree (Livid Music, 2000) - "Legacy"
  • Songs

    The Opera in the AirFuryo · 1984
    The Gold of Our LivesFuryo · 1984
    Monster of a Thousand HeadsFuryo · 1984

    References

    Furyo (band) Wikipedia