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Chainsaw Sprocket Knucklehead and Tank

THE TRUE BIKER BAND SINGING SONGS OF LIFE ON THE HIGHWAYS CLUBHOUSES POOLROOMS AND BARS

Originally I conceived this as a one off recording idea with Johnny Grey, an outstanding Slide player who turned me on to playing it. We ended up doing gigs, Biker clubhouses and concerts. All of the songs are about Biker lifestyle, Bikes and the road. Chainsaw Sprocket Knucklehead and Tank were the first true Biker Band in Australia who actually sang songs about bikes and Biker lifestyle. All of the songs have a connection with this theme. The album was recorded in a shack in Murwillumbah in Northern New South Wales in the summer of 1986. Based on a Leiber and Stoller song, Black Denim Trousers. The album became a cult record in the eighties amongst Bikers . It was released in Australia, Norway and New Zealand. The video, now lost, was played on the breakfast show by channel 10 in Sydney and took everyone by surprise.
The band gigged around Northern New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, but broke up in 1988. The album featured Pete Knucklehead Tindal on vocals and guitars, Trevor Wilson on Bass.. and Jaime Head on Drums and is recorded with an acoustic style Blues feel. Click on the cover to hear the tracks. Pete has reformed the band in the UK and has shot a video of the title track from the first album "Black Denim Trousers". The band begin gigging in the UK and Europe and hope to tour it in the USA.

The second album which was called "ONE BOURBON ONE SCOTCH ONE BEER" after the song, It was Blues based and released at gigs only it was a collection of the bands live set. It was recorded over a period of about nine months at various studios around the North coast of New South Wales. We only sold it at gigs, but it sold about a 1000 copies over about six months. Its a motley collection of tunes which we cobbled together.

This album (Steel Road) Had an unfortunate history. The drummer (Steve Coleman) died soon after it was finished. Then the record label went bust, then I lost interest. But here it is, I have remixed it and added another guitar break to the second offering of "Black Denim Trousers") as well as a remix . It is a lot slicker than the first album , but there was more money going around at the time. There are 13 trax of quality sounds about the Biker lifestyle and life on the road, about freedom and the 1%ter's ability to say eff off .

This is a selection of live tracks recorded over the lifetime of the band, all styles hostile dog style any style. sweet little ditties designed to warm the cockles of your black little heart. Little Red Rooster, Bad to the Bone . Blues Train, Mojo working. Drunken Hearted Man and a host of others. It was recorded with various players who were in the band over a 20 year period. A whole bunch of live tracks recorded on the road in the UK and Australia, The mixes are different because of different engineers. The Ozzie engineer had a much softer approach. Good but different, I like different.

The Band Members

Pete Knucklehead Tindal : Guitars

Pete Chainsaw West: Drums

Pete Sprocket Billings: Bass

Steve Tank Coleman: Dead

GIGS

The band start performing their 2010 gigs at the railway hotel in Bromley Kent and back to the Best Beech in Wadhurst on the 15th..we are looking forward to the gig at the Carlyle in Hastings

Sorry about cancelling the Railway gig but the snow and highway closures stopped us from getting down

 Gig List

The Railway Bromley

The Best Beech: 15th Jan

The Carlyle Hastings: 13th Feb

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