Location: Newcastle | Website: n/a
Line Up
Jimmy Brash (v)
Dave Patton (g)
Kev Charlton (b)
Barry Hopper (d) – also in Mythra
Steve Walker (d)
Notes:
– Active from 1979 until 1985
– Widely considered as NWOBHM’s answer to Van Halen to the point they have been nicknamed as “VanHalen-Bach”
– Very popular especially in the North East of England
– Can be found on a few good compilations like the following:
“60 Minutes Plus Heavy Metal Compilation” (CASSETTE, Neat Records, 1982) with the track ‘All The Way’
“Metal Battle” (LP, Roadrunner, 1983) with ‘Dancin”
“The Flame Burns On – The Best Of Neat Records” (2CD, Sanctuary, 2002) with ‘All Systems Go’
“The Neat Singles Collection Volume Two” (2CD, Sanctuary, 2002) with ‘All Systems Go (Full Scale Emergency)’
“Lightnin’ To The Nations NWOBHM 25th Anniversary Collection” (3CD, Sanctuary, 2005) with ‘Let’s Get This Show On The Road’
Out To Get You
7″ Guardian Records N’ Tapes (1980) GR/H C56
1. Out To Get You
2. Light Of The World
3. Let’s Get This Show On The Road
4. Nobody’s Fool
One Take No Dubs
12″ Neat Records (1982) NEAT 25
1. Alien – Could Have Done Better
2. Avenger – Hot ‘n’ Heavy Express
3. Black Rose – Knocked Out
4. Hellanbach – All Systems Go (Full Scale Emergency)
* 4-way split live in the studio
 Neat & Krescendo cover |
 WEB & Roadrunner cover |
Now Hear This
LP Neat Records (1983) NEAT 1006
LP Roadrunner Records (1983) RR 9919
LP WEB Records (1983) WEB 006
CD Krescendo Records (2009) KRECD45
1. Dancin’
2. Times Are Getting Harder
3. Look At Me
4. All Systems Go
5. Maybe Tomorrow
6. Motivated Desire
7. Taken By Suprise
8. Let’s Get This Show On The Road
9. Kick It Out
10. All The Way
11. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
*Black cover for the Neat and Krescendo editions. White cover for the Roadrunner and WEB vinyl pressings
The Big H
LP Neat Records (1984) NEAT 1019
LP Roadrunner Records (1984) RR 9837
CD Krescendo Records (2009) KRECD46
1. Beaten To The Bone
2. The Main Man
3. Nobody’s Fool
4. Bandits Run
5. S.P.G.C.
6. Saturday Night
7. Panic State O.D.
8. Daddy Dig Those Cats
9. When All Is Said And Done
10. Urban Paranoia
 Sancuary cover |
 Dissonance & Back On Black cover |
The Big H: The Hellanbach Anthology
2CD Sanctuary (2002) CMDDD415
2CD Dissonance Productions (2018) DISS085CDD
2LP Back On Black (2018) BOBV461LP
CD1
1. Out To Get You
2. Light Of The World
3. Let’s Get This Show On The Road
4. Nobody’s Fool
5. All The Way [60 Min + Version]
6. All Systems Go (Full Scale Emergency)
7. Dancin’
8. Times Are Getting Harder
9. Look At Me
10. All Systems Go
11. Maybe Tomorrow
12. Motivated By Desire
13. Taken By Surprise
14. Let’s Get This Show On The Road
15. Kick It Out
CD2
1. All The Way
2. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
3. Beaten To The Bone
4. The Main Man
5. Nobody’s Fool
6. Bandit’s Run
7. S.P.G.C.
8. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
9. Panic State O.D.
10. Daddy Did Those Cats
11. When All Is Said And Done
12. Urban Paranoia
CD1 tracks 1-4 from the “Out To Get You” 7″
CD1 track 6 from the “One Take No Dubs” 12″
CD1 tracks 7-15 and CD2 tracks 1-2 from “Now Hear This”
CD2 tracks 3-12 from “The Big H”
*2LP by Back On Black pressed on white vinyl
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