Splat!

about

Splat! were formed in 1981 in Long Eaton, Derbyshire: Gary de Banke (Guitar); Mark Grebby (Bass); Dave Parsons (Voice); Paul Walker (Drums). The band played extensively in the Nottingham/Derby area and were first available to the public on the BBC Radio Nottingham Cassette "The Bomb Party" - put together by DJ Mark Robson: track called Jugular Blow Job (known as JBJ on the cassette). Gary de Banke left to join another Nottingham-based outfit, The Howdy Boys, and was replaced by John Allsopp. This line-up recorded a single: Yeah The Dum Dum/Bookface/Biggles Bloodbath, which became the first release on the semi-legendary Ron Johnson Records label (Ron1 - 1983). The label was set up by Dave Parsons and John Allsopp. The record was played a few times on the Peel Show and led to a second effort - Splat! EP (Bloom, Morbius 4, Taxi and A Foolish Crawl). A Foolish Crawl also appeared on a Derby compilation cassette called "Derby Bhaji" - produced by local recording studio Square Dance Studios. "Eve" was released on a Hits And Corruption 1 sampler. "Mistook" appeared on the Ron Johnson Records Sampler "The First After Epiphany" (ZRON21). The band played a few gigs around the country and a few shows abroad - including a show at the Melkweg in Amsterdam that was recorded live by VPRO Radio. The band split in 1985 - Mark Grebby went on to play bass for another Ron Johnson outfit - The Shrubs - Paul Walker went into a Nottingham folk rock band called Wholesome Fish. John Allsopp moved to