"Demo"
Year: 1979
Label: none
Format: cassette
Tracks: 18
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
All the songs on this album were recorded in 1979 and constituted two
days of studio work, then only on cassette demo tape until 1985, when
the band decided to release it on LP format under its own record label
"Hairy Pie Records". Low quality sound and most of songs here were
never included in official albums neither live concerts. Later, several
record labels decided to make the same concept with different artwork,
cover and back, such as: Dojo Records, We Bite Records, Dr. Strange
Reords, Captain, Let Them Eat Vinyl, etc.
"pissed and proud"
Year: 1982
Label: No Future
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 13
Time: 35 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band that was formed in the small town of Peacehaven, England late 1978 by Del Strangefish and Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the punk pathetique subgenre. Peter and the Test Tube Babies were first featured in "
Sounds" magazine in July 1980, and after a John Peel Radio One session, made their first studio song on the Brighton compilation album "Vaultage 78". They favoured absurd, pathetique and parodie lyrics, such as "the Queen gives good blow jobs". In 1982, they covered the chart-topping Gary Glitter hit "I'm the leader of the gang" on their album "pissed and proud" recorded during a live concert in 1980. Del Strangefish currently hosts a Punk Rock Radio Show every Wednesday between 4 - 5pm GMT on Brighton and Hove Community Radio. The band continues to perform to the current day. Their polished, professional live show is in contrast to the non-serious nature of their lyrics. Their style was also named as: "
punk pathetique". This album was recorded live in Hammersmith, Wood Green & Blackpool-August Bank Holiday 1982.
"the matting sounds of
south american frogs"
Year: 1983
Label: Trapper
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
Excellent. it's use to be the general opinion of this is no doubt the
best P&TTB album ever. In all aspects is excellent: creativity,
originality, quality sound, melody and the classic intro and outro of
the disk, which has been used for another bands. Is a pitty many young
people of nowadays doesn´t knoe this album because I think is one of the
best punk rock albums ever. And about 80, I can say one of the 5 best
punk albums of 80s decade. The album was made and distribute by five
different labels. Brilliant.
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"soberphobia"
Year: 1986
Label: Music Box
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 40 min.
Genre: electronic
Style: New Wave
With the probably goal to get more money record label, manager and people around the band, influenced them to turn to music styles closer to new wave, synthpop and mainstream rock. After its two excellent albums Peter & The Test Tube Babies writen a fistful of songs not bad at all, but a complete disappointment for its audience, fans and listeners. Just ten tracks and few more than thirty minutes of good new music, clean, smart and well produced, even they used electronic drums and keyboards... but the whole became a complete failure. The group didn't record a new album until 1991, five years later. Despite this, this an album recommended for those who use to dislike typical 80s punk rock style.
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"Covers - the $hit factory"
Year: 1990
Label: SPV
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
After a bit of a lay-off we all got back together to make another album, unlike shit-loads of other bands we'd never actually split-up (though quite a few people thought we had), we'd just had a break from each other. Anyway in 1990 we signed a new deal with Rebel Records (part of SPV) from Germany. You may remember that around the end of the Eighties/early 90's that pop music was completely dominated by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, you just could not escape hearing Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, etc., god it was awful, just soul destroying meaningless crap. Bearing this in mind, we thought doing our own Stock, Aitken & Waterman covers would bre a right laugh. Simply jokes, sense of humor and fun covers of Stock, Aitken & Waterman tunes become in a hard rock sound.
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"cringe"
Year: 1991
Label: SPV
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 18
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
Issued in 1991, when press say "
the year Punk Broke". What a pitty most of people doesn´t know this album entitled "cringe" even myself until few months ago, because I am affraid we are in front of one of the best P&TTB albums next to the essential (of course) "The matting sounds of south american frogs". The quality sound and the production work is brilliant, the musicians are really inspired and there are some little touches of "alternative rock" on the guitars, even "grunge" sometimes. A very symphaty work which is high recommended to listen to unles you don´t like punk rock and derivates. One of the best things of P&TTB is the fact they recorded always its albums with the best quality sound possible, because these people think why punk must sound bad and weird? why? not always of course. Life and world is full of injustices, and this album fall in the forgot and was underrated... there was justice at all, so this album is truly great and well done.
"supermodels"
Year: 1995
Label: We Bite
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 14
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
One of the best P&TTTB album could be this one entitled "suupermodels" and issued in 1995, during the climax of californian pop punk explosion (Green Day, Offspring, etc) and sadly this work was totally underrated and forgot until ten years ago when the label "Daily Records" decided to re-made it on vinyl format in a limited edition. The true is the album has nothing to do with pop punk or 90's music in general, but was melodic mid-tempo classic punk rock. Excellent songs with just humor doses, satyric lyrics and a very good work related to production, technicians and studio. And excellent album highly recommended for thos who love classic punk rock. Brilliant
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"alien pub diction"
Year: 1998
Label: We Bite
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 16
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
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"a foot full of bullets"
Year: 2005
Label: Locomotive
Format: CD
Tracks: 12
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
"that shallot"
Year: 2017
Label: Arising Empire
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
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"fuctifano"
Year: 2020
Label: Arising Empire
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk
In 2018 Peter and The Test Tube Babies signed with Arising Empire Records recruiting Nick Abnett and Sam Fuller on bass and drums respectively resulting in their now critically-acclaimed album "that shallot" which went on to receive 4 and 5 Star reviews worldwide. Fast forward to the present day... Against all odds the band have pulled the rabbit out of the hat and come up trumps again with their best record to date the 12 track "fuctifano" (a phrase you may hear from a Scotsman whilst asking directions "fucked if I know").
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