Horrorcomic

Lightning Records are often accused of releasing records by fake punk bands because in them there days anything remotely punk with a picture cover was guaranteed to sell at least for a time. In most cases, this wasn’t true, but Horrorcomic were exactly that. They consisted of Frankie Dean (guitar), Roger Rep (vocals), Ray Boghart (bass) and Wally Bantam (drums) who were all staff who worked for the label.

Their debut I’m All Hung Up On Pierrepoint / The Exorcist / Sex In The Afternoon (Lightning/B&C, 1977) is disappointing, but I Don’t Mind / England ’77 (Lightning, 1978) is excellent punk rock despite the fact that Horrorcomic look anything but punk on the cover and wear flares wide enough to hide small bungalows in.

Jesus Crisis / ‘Cut Your Throat’ (B&C, 1979) was actually withdrawn and is mega-rare. A Detour Records mail-order catalogue described Jesus Crisis as “…great punk rock with a glam edge” when it had a copy for auction a few years ago, the minimum bid was listed at £650.

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Above article courtesy of James Denholm

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