The Dogs D'Amour

The Dogs D' Amour are a British rock band from Birmingham to the singer, guitarist and songwriter " Tyla " ( bourgeois Tim Taylor). The rise of the group began in the 1980s, their musical origins date back to the bluesy rock of the 1970s.

Band History

On April 12, 1983 Dogs D' Amour gave her stage debut in London. Also on board in addition to Tyla, guitarist Ned Christie, the drummer " Bam Bam " were ( briefly also " Bam "), and bassist Karl Watson ( " Carl" ) and another guitarist Nick Halls. After the band newly founded in the same year the British-American punk band The Lords of the New Church supported, they first leave of reverb. Shortly after, Ned Christie and Bam left the group. The latter was replaced by Dave Kusworth (guitar) and Paul Hornby (drums). In this band lineup 's first album in 1984 under the Finnish label " Kumibeat " produced.

1985 offered the young band again for a musician to support: this time for the New York punk - musician Johnny Thunders. Similarly Bam returned to Dogs D' Amour - and replaced Hornby. Likewise Kusworth has been replaced, the guitar part now " Jo Dog" took over.

Rise

Under the label of China Records in 1988 the official live album ( Un) authorized Bootleg, which contains recordings from the years 1985 and 1986, published with a number of only 2000 copies. However, the band succeeded until published in the same year CD In The Dynamite Jet Saloon and limited to 15 000 copies acoustic album A Graveyard of Empty Bottles from the 1989 breakthrough.

The 1990 released album Straight was Ric Browde, who in the 1980s in the British and American glam music scene - co-produced has made ​​a name - not least with the band Poison.

In 1993, a temporary end to the group seemed to suggest: Steve James, since 1988, bassist with Dogs D'Amour, is the American guitarist and singer Adam Bomb joined. That same year, James founded his own band ( "Last Bandits "). And for Jo Dog emerged first from one end: this was replaced for the production of the published in the same year the album More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace by guitarist Darrell Bath, formerly a member of the general rather remained unknown British band "The Crybabys ".

In 1994, the Dogs D' Amour dissolved in their occupation popularized. Tyla focused then on to a solo career and the band members were joined by some of the other music groups. A published under the label of " Nectar Records ' 1997 best-of album with 16 songs brought nothing new except a very informative CD booklet and new band photos.

Comeback

In November 2002, the Dogs D' Amour released in Essen Grugahalle a live classicals Classical, the tape with Tyla, Bam Bam and Jo Dog played almost in the original cast. Share Pedersen ( called "share", ex- band member of Vixen, Wife of Bam Bam ), which took over the bass part already on the published 2000 album Happy Ever After, added the well-known trio.

Besides a number of solo projects of the Tyla far last album titled Unleashed was established in 2006 under the name popularized the band released ( recorded live at the end of 2005 ). On the album, renounced in which Tyla on his own guitar playing, acting - in addition to " Yella " (Backing Vocals; girlfriend Tyla ), Mark Stanway (keyboards) and Simon Hanson (drums) - just two guitarists in the British punk rock band YO- YOS with Rich Jones and Tom Spencer, who also took over the role of secondary voices in addition to the guitar parts.

2009, the double album Bloody Hell Fire among Tyla 's own label "King Outlaw Records " and in Europe under the label was released with the band titled " Tyla & The Dogs," "House of 111 " ( Cargo Records ); with the exception of Tyla now again with new musicians who have grouped themselves around him.

Albums

  • The State We're In (1984, Kumibeat )
  • ( Un) authorized Bootleg [ Live] (1988, China Records)
  • In the Dynamite Jet Saloon (1988, China Records)
  • A Graveyard of Empty Bottles (1989, China Records)
  • Errol Flynn - King of the Thieves (1989, China Records)
  • Straight!? (1990, China Records)
  • More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace (1993, China Records)
  • Skeletons ( The Best of ) (1997, Nectar Records)
  • Happy Ever After ( 2000 Artful Records)
  • Unleashed [ Live] (2006, King Outlaw Records, self-distribution )
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