Doctors of Madness
Doctors of Madness were a British rock band that existed from 1975 to 1978 and influenced the emerging punk movement in Britain.
History
Doctors of Madness was founded in 1975 by Richard Harding, who sang and played guitar, drummer Peter Hewes, bassist Colin Bentley and violinist Geoffrey Hickman. The band members were mostly school friends, who had previously played in the band Great White Idiot together.
Doctors of Madness was defined mainly by frontman Richard Hardin, whose poetry of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Lou Reed was affected. The shows were inspired by the rock theater. On stage, they sparked an inferno of lightning, smoke and explosions, accompanied by a screeching violin. Accordingly, Hardin soon named Richard, Kid ' Strange, Geoffrey Hickman became Urban Blitz, from Peter Hewes Pete dilemma was and Colin Bentley took the stage name Frankenstein Stoner.
The band was under contract with Polydor released three albums from 1976 to 1978. Urban Blitz left the band shortly after the release of their third album and was replaced by Dave Vanian, the lead singer of The Damned. In this formation Doctors of Madness played a new song, one titled Do not Panic England, whose composition was a collaboration of Richard Strange, and T. V. Smith. Polydor rejected not only single, but dropped the band and in October, the group announced their resolution. Doctors of Madness goodbye with a two -hour show at London's Music Machine on October 26, 1978 with guest appearances by T. V. Smith and Dave Vanian.