Years active 2001–2007 Genre Punk | Active until 2007 | |
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Labels In At The Deep End, 30 Days of Night Associated acts And None of Them Knew They Were RobotsThe NothingCyvoidThe Wireless StoresThe Minor Fall Past members B'HellmouthMedicoX UndeadEl Diablo Members B'Hellmouth, Medico, El Diablo, X Undead Similar Zombie Apocalypse, Feed The Rhino, This Is Menace, Johnny Truant, Gama Bomb Profiles | ||
Send more paramedics blood fever
Send More Paramedics were a horror film-influenced crossover thrash band from Leeds in the north of England. They are named after a line in the film Return of the Living Dead.
Contents
- Send more paramedics blood fever
- Biography
- Members
- Full length albums
- Split albums
- Compilations
- Music Videos
- Contributed tracks to
- Songs
- References
Biography
The name is a reference to a line in the 1985 horror/comedy Return of the Living Dead. The band originally formed as a side project of Leeds "Emo" band And None of Them Knew They Were Robots, but have gained a higher profile than And None of Them Knew They Were Robots, who have since split up.
The band played in the 1980s crossover style, what they described as "Zombiecore...a fusion of 80s thrash and modern hardcore punk", with lyrics about zombies and cannibalism, and are heavily influenced by zombie movies. On-stage, they dress as zombies and the drummer dons a Mexican wrestling mask (a homage to the character in Brian Clement's Meat Market films with whom he also shares the name El Diablo). As part of this on-stage persona, band members claim to be members of the living dead.
The band performed at the 2005 Download Festival, the 2006 Reading and Leeds Festivals, were one of the first acts confirmed for 2006's Damnation Festival and were the opening act for Avenged Sevenfold at the Camden Underworld. They also toured as support to The Offspring. Their live show was described by Drowned in Sound as "brilliantly ghoulish" and "mouth-agape entertainment of the highest quality".
Disc 2 of the 2006 album, The Awakening, is a concept disc, a zombie movie soundtrack, similar to the soundtrack in George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead.
They won the 'fresh meat' competition on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show, leading to a "Guerilla Gig Live" performance on BBC Three. The band's third album, The Awakening, featured guest appearances from Jeff Walker and Ken Owen from Carcass.
The band announced their impending split in a Myspace blog in June 2007, which read:
Members
Full-length albums
Split albums
Compilations
Music Videos
Send More Paramedics have made three music videos so far, "Zombie Crew," "Nothing Tastes Like This," and "Blood Fever," which is the third and most recent. The promo for "Blood Fever" was released 16 February 2007 on the director's site:. The video is inspired loosely by the '80s horror film Night of the Demons and was directed by Adam Powell.
Contributed tracks to
Songs
Zombie CrewThe Hallowed and the Heathen · 2004
Blood FeverThe Awakening · 2006
Everything Is Not Under ControlThe Awakening · 2006