Gaye Bykers on Acid (GBOA) are an English psychedelic rock band from Leicester, and one of the founder members of the grebo music scene. They later released both thrash punk and dance music albums under various aliases.
Gaye Bykers on Acid were formed in late 1984 by Ian Reynolds (Robber) and Ian Hoxley (Mary). They were later joined by guitarist and art student Tony Horsfall and drummer Kevin Hyde. Their first gig was at The Princess Charlotte in Leicester in mid-1985.
Their first releases – the single Everythang's Groovy and the Nosedive Karma EP – were both recorded in Leeds with Jon Langford of The Mekons, and released on the InTape label. They then signed to Virgin Records releasing the albums Drill Your Own Hole and Stewed to the Gills. Initial quantities of the vinyl version of Drill Your Own Hole were pressed without a hole in the centre, so it was necessary to drill your own hole to play it. The album spent one week at number 95 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1987.
They also played gigs (dressed in women's clothing) under the name 'Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds', supporting themselves, and thus getting paid twice. They also performed as a fictitious East German thrash punk band "Rektüm" (they claimed to have jumped over the Berlin Wall), recording an LP Sakredanus and an EP Real Horror Show under the name.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel saw the band perform in Nottingham on 28th May 1987 and seemed to be impressed by their performance in his column in the Observer, published on 31st May 1987:
"In a world which appears to regard the twentieth anniversary of Sergeant Pepper as the major musical event of the year, I would be delighted to see the Gaye Bykers their studied muckiness and dishevelled followers, take centre stage for a few months. If I was 16 and bored stiff, they would be the band for me and I would not worry much about the incoherence of their live set" [1]
He would play their songs on his radio programmes between 1986 and 1990.
Shows Played[]
- 18 November 1986: Everythang's Groovy (7") In Tape IT 040
- 15 December 1986: Everythang's Groovy (7") In Tape IT 040
- 21 December 1986 (BFBS): Everythang's Groovy (7") In Tape IT 040
- 29 April 1987: Nosedive Karma (12" - The Nosedive EP) In Tape
- 08 May 1987 (BFBS): 'Nosedive Karma (7")' (In Tape)
- 02 November 1987: Motorvate (LP - Drill Your Own Hole) Virgin
- 22 February 1989: Shoulders (album - Stewed To The Gills) Virgin
- 28 February 1989: Rad Dude (album - Stewed To The Gills) Virgin
- 07 March 1989: Shoulders (album - Stewed To The Gills...) Virgin
- 09 September 1989 (BFBS): 'Everythang's Groovy (7")' (In Tape)
- Rektüm
- 12 December 1989: Death Soup (12" - Real Horrorshow) Manic Ears
- Winter 1989/1990 (Rockradio): Death Soup (12" - Real Horrorshow) Manic Ears
- 02 January 1990: Death Soup (12" - Real Horrorshow) Manic Ears