Lawnmower Deth

Lawnmower Deth was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s English thrash metal band who parodied the metal genre.

History

The band was founded in 1987 in Mansfield, England under the name SCRAWM and released the demo Demented Genius. After the band members had decided to combine their style of humor, they changed the band name to Lawnmower Deth (English, such as " lawn mower death "). Under the new name, the band released the demos It's A Lot Less Than A Bovver Hovver and Mowdeer which their 1989 a contract with Earache Records bestowed.

Their first release was a split with Metal Duck. The positive reactions to Lawnmower Deth's part Mower Liberation Front, led to the first album Ooh Crikey, It's ... Lawnmower Deth, which appeared in 1990 and some live recordings contained.

Lawnmower Deth played alongside its own pieces, a few cover versions of popular songs one, including The Chain by Fleetwood Mac, Motörhead Motörhead, Up the Junction by Squeeze and Crazy Horses by The Osmonds. The interpretation of Kim Wilde's Kids in America was published in 1991 as the only single from the band.

In 1992 the second album Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns. The two located on the disk songs Kids in America and Lawnmowers for Heroes, Comics for Zeros, the band produced music videos, which were filmed but in the style of the band with amateur cameras.

The published 1993 album Billy broke with the humorous tradition probably inspired by the emerging punk scene around Green Day, the band tried to change her image to one that a punk band. However, since the disc was a failure and the live performances of Lawnmower Deth found less and less attention, the group disbanded in late 1994.

In subsequent years, often rumors of a reunion, but never were confirmed.

Discography

• English band
• Thrash metal band