Grinder

“Grinder were from Wickford, Essex and formed in 1977, starting life as ‘The Bin Liners’. Their first gig was December 14th, 1977 at Billericay school, supporting Ogre Tales (a band featuring future member Stewart Clark).

Grinder soon gained a reputation for playing a fusion of punk rock and theatre, with Terry Luckett dressed in a different costume for almost every song.

‘Hits’ of the set in the early days included “Dennis”; “Jim’s a Flasher” and “Spiderman” (The A side of the single on Wax Records).

Perhaps a highlight for the band was wining the Roots Hall Battle Of The Bands competition in 1980, beating Alison “Alf” Moyets band into 2nd place.

During the bands time together, they mainly played gigs in Basildon, Southend and Northfleet, Kent. They seemed to almost be resident at Basildon’s Van Gogh pub for a few years, and in fact were invited to play there for their last ever gig. That night Grinder supported heavy metal act Samson, who unfortunately managed to empty the building!

In 1982 Terry left the band and if Outrageous Flesh (name changed from Grinder) were to carry on, the costumes had to go and a more ‘song’ orientated approach was required. The band carried on gigging for a year or so but finally called it a day as each band member started families.”

Stewart Clark

Check out the Spiderman tune below – very metal and definitely would have given Samson a run for their money!

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