Inca Babies are an English post-punk deathrock band from Manchester, England, initially active between 1982 and 1988 but reformed in 2007 featuring founder member and original songwriter Harry Stafford (guitars, vocals). With a new line-up of Rob Haynes (drums) and Vince Hunt (bass) the Inca Babies have released three new albums and toured extensively in Europe and Russia, most recently performing in St Petersburg and Moscow in September 2014 to launch their latest album, The Stereo Plan, on the band's own Black Lagoon Records.
Links to Peel[]
The band's music could be described as a raunchy death ray twang from a punk-trash, Americana perspective, which Peel often liked in the 80's. He and his producer John Walters heard the Inca's first single The Interior in 1983 and offered them a session. It was to be the first of four they did for Radio 1 between 1984-87.
In October 2012, the band released a CD titled Re-Peeled to mark their inclusion in a musical tribute night in Manchester to BBC DJ John Peel. This featured re-recordings of four songs originally recorded for sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio One show in the early 1980s.
Sessions[]
1. Recorded: 1984-01-28. Broadcast: 06 February 1984. Repeated: 21 February 1984, 14 March 1984
- Grunt Cadillac Hotel / Brother Rat / Superior Spectre / Big Jugular
THE INCA BABIES John Peel 21st August 1984
2. Recorded: 1984-08-21. Broadcast: 28 August 1984. Repeated: 12 September 1984
- The Judge / She Mercenary / Cactus Mouth Informer / Blind Man (The Chiller)
3. Recorded: 1985-06-16. Broadcast: 26 June 1985. Repeated: 29 July 1985
- Crawling Garage Gasoline / Doomed Locustland / Daniella / No Sacred Sound
4. Recorded: 1986-07-08. Broadcast: 21 July 1986. Repeated: 04 August 1986
- Plenty More Mutants / Opium Den / The Depths / Dresden
Other Shows Played[]
- 12 October 1983 (BFBS): The Interior (7") Black Lagoon
- 12 October 1983 (BFBS): Sense Of Loss (7" - The Interior) Black Lagoon
- 22 October 1983 (BFBS): The Interior (7") Black Lagoon
- 24 October 1983 (BBC World Service): The Interior (7") Black Lagoon
- 13 December 1983: The Interior (7") Black Lagoon
- 1984
- 22 February 1984: Grunt Cadillac Hotel (7") Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 27 February 1984: Grunt Cadillac Hotel (7") Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 03 March 1984 (BFBS): No Sacred Sound (7" - Grunt Cadillac Hotel) Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 03 March 1984 (BFBS): Grunt Cadillac Hotel (7") Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 12 March 1984 (BBC World Service): Grunt Cadillac Hotel (7") Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 17 March 1984 (BFBS): Grunt Cadillac Hotel (7") Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 03 April 1984: Grunt Cadillac Hotel (7") Black Lagoon INC. 002
- 14 May 1984 (BBC World Service): Big Jugular (12") Black Lagoon INC 003
- 16 May 1984: The Brain Cruiser (12" - Big Jugular) Black Lagoon
- 22 May 1984: Jericho (12") Black Lagoon INC 003
- 23 May 1984 (BFBS): Big Jugular (12") Black Lagoon INC 003
- 23 May 1984 (BFBS): The Brain Cruiser (12" - Big Jugular) Black Lagoon INC 003
- 03 September 1984 (BBC World Service): The Judge (7") Black Lagoon
- 09 September 1984 (BFBS): The Judge (single) Black Lagoon
- 16 September 1984 (BFBS): The Judge (single) Black Lagoon
- 25 September 1984: The Judge (single) Black Lagoon
- 09 October 1984: Cowboy Song (12" - The Judge) Black Lagoon INC T004
- 1985
Inca Babies - 16 Tons Of Fink
- 07 January 1985: She Mercenary (LP – Rumble) Black Lagoon
- 13 January 1985 (BFBS): 'She Mercenary (LP-Rumble)' (Black Lagoon)
- 14 January 1985 (BBC World Service): Leucotomy Meat Boss (LP – Rumble) Black Lagoon
- 15 January 1985: unknown track
- 21 January 1985 (BBC World Service): 16 Tons Of Fink (album - Rumble) Black Lagoon
- 12 February 1985: Greaseball Mechanic (LP - Rumble) Black Lagoon
- 18 February 1985 (BBC World Service): Grease-Ball Mechanic (LP - Rumble) Black Lagoon
- 18 February 1985 (BFBS): 'Cactus Mouth Informer (LP-Rumble)' (Black Lagoon)
- 24 February 1985 (BFBS): 'She Mercenary (LP-Rumble)' (Black Lagoon)
- 06 March 1985: 'Cactus Mouth Informer (LP-Rumble)' (Black Lagoon)
- 14 April 1985 (BFBS): 'The Interior (7")' (Black Lagoon) (JP: 'I think we've got the right one this time, I must say.')
- 21 April 1985 (BFBS): 'Cactus Mouth Informer (LP-Rumble)' (Black Lagoon)
- 09 September 1985: Crawling Garage Gasoline (12" - Surfin' In Locustland) Black Lagoon
- 09 September 1985 (BFBS): Crawling Garage Gasoline (12" - Surfin' In Locustland) Black Lagoon
- 09 September 1985 (BBC World Service): Crawling Garage Gasoline (12" - Surfin' In Locustland) Black Lagoon
- 16 September 1985 (BFBS): The Lung Knives (12" - Surfin' In Locustland) Black Lagoon
- 30 September 1985: Burying The Swagger (v/a album - Raging Sun) Rouska
- 05 October 1985 (BFBS): The Lung Knives (12" - Surfin' In Locustland) Black Lagoon
- 16 October 1985: The Lung Knives (12" - Surfin' In Locustland) Black Lagoon
- 23 November 1985 (BFBS): Cowboy Song (v/a album - Systembeatwo) 1 In 12 1 IN 12 005
- 1986
Inca Babies - Splatter Ballistic Cop
- 17 March 1986 (BBC World Service): Splatter Ballistics Cop (12") Black Lagoon
- 24 March 1986 (BBC World Service): Burying The Swagger (12" - Splatter Ballistics Cop) Black Lagoon
- 02 July 1986: Daniella (v/a 7" - Last Tango) Trumpet
- 26 August 1986: Plenty More Mutants (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 06 September 1986 (BFBS): Plenty More Mutants (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 08 September 1986: Correction Stack (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 13 September 1986 (BFBS): Backyard Bones (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 20 September 1986 (BFBS): The Depths (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 24 September 1986: Correction Stack (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 15 October 1986: Plenty More Mutants (album - This Train...) Black Lagoon INCLP 010
- 1987
- 24 July 1987 (BFBS): 'Big Cyprus (LP-Opium Den)' (Black Lagoon)
- July 1987 (BBC World Service): Big Cyprus (LP - Opium Den) Black Lagoon
- 05 August 1987: Big Cyprus (LP - Opium Den) Black Lagoon