DEAD NEIGHBOURS

BIOGRAPHY:

Grangemouth based "psychobilly" act, formed in 1982 by Ronnie Buchanan (guitar), Craig Lorenston (vocals) & Grant McDowall (drums) from the remains of The Grim Biscuits, along with ex-Avoided bass player David Steele, who started making roads into success in 1983, supporting The Alarm on their UK tour. After building a strong local following with their theatrical stage shows (fake blood etc.) they released their debut cassette single, "Hell's Own" on Brian Guthrie's Sharko II label in June 1983. The band began to play live around Scotland, and received some record company interest which unfortunatly did not come to anything. In October 1983 the band went out on another national tour with The Alarm, before ending the year with supports to King Kurt and The Damned.
1984 started well, with supports to Spear Of Destiny & X-Mal Deutschland, and the recording of their second album, "Harmony In Hell", which was released in June. By the end of the year they had replaced Steele with ex-Cocteau Twins bass player, Will Heggie. His recruitment led to a cleaner more commercial sound which was witnessed on their next album, "Strangedays, Strangeways" in 1985. Summer 1985 saw new guitarist Stuart Everest (ex-Liberators) replace Buchanan, as the band set off on tour with Johnny Thunders. Soon afterwards they decided that the music had changed enough to merit a new name, Lowlife.

RELEASES:

"Hell's Own" (cassette EP, Sharko II)
"Harmony In Hell" (vinyl album, Sharko II)
"Strangedays, Strangeways" (vinyl album, Sharko II)
"Wild Women Versus Rubber Fish" (vinyl compilation album, Europe only)

WEBSITE:

http://www.permanentsleep.com/