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The Embrooks
12+ albums
freakbeatAllGarage Rockgarage revivalgarage
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MOD band formed at the tail end of '96 from the ashes of The Lyds, The Embrooks are the hottest MOD / FREAKBEAT trio the UK has to offer! Since their inception a little under 12 (!!) years ago, the band have gone from strength to strength, discarding their initial "moody teen punk" approach in favour of something a touch more now and happening, drawing on influences ranging from THE WHO, THE KINKS, SMALL FACES and THE CREATION through to The BYRDS and THE BEATLES (to name but a few). The line-up remains unchanged since the start, consisting of: Mole (ex-The Mystreated/Stewed) on bass/vocals, Dr. Alessandro Cozzi Lepri (ex-Head & The Hares) on guitar/vocals, and Miss Lois Tozer (ex-Hellcats UK/Dirty Burds) on drums. The band's output so far consists of 4 45s and 2 LPs: the first 45, 'But I Didn't Know Him'/'Fight Fire' on Dig The Fuzz, was a limited press (now sold out), while the second, a 4 track EP simply titled 'The Embrooks', was put out in late summer '98 by Sympathy For The Record Industry (but was recorded way back in Dec. '96, just one month after the formation of the band). The aforementioned debut long player, titled 'Separations', was released April '99 on Dig The Fuzz (and recorded, like the 2 45s, on 4-track at the famed Terrace Studios). This monstrous 12 incher was re-released in October 2000 by Dionysus, in a remixed format for the US market. September '99 saw a new single, 'More Than Ever'/'You Can Be My Baby', released by Guerssen Records in Spain (original
