Search - Artist/Band: Lurkers

• Band Name: Lurkers
• Formed: 1976
• Decades Active: 1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: British Punk, Oi!, Punk, Punk/New Wave
• Moods: Cynical/Sarcastic, Raucous, Rebellious, Reckless, Snide, Tense/Anxious, Boisterous, Energetic, Irreverent, Rowdy

Title	Release
Fried Brains W	05/13/2008
26 Years	11/25/2003
The Complete Punk Singles Collection W	02/26/2002
Wild Times Again/Non Stop Nitro Pop	11/06/2001
Ain't Got a Clue	04/11/2000
Take Me Back to Babylon	12/24/1997
Beggars Banquet Singles Collection	1997
Non Stop Nitropop W	07/10/1996
Powerjive/King of the Mountain W	02/1996
Totally Lurkered	10/26/1994
This Dirty Town	1990
King of the Mountain	1989
Wild Times Again W	1988
Greatest Hit: Last Will and Testament... W	1980
Fulham Fallout W	1978

Formed in London in 1977, the first-generation punk outfit the Lurkers originally comprised vocalist Howard Wall, guitarist Pete Stride, bassist Arturo Bassick (born Arthur Billingsley) and drummer Manic Esso (a.k.a. Pete Haynes). Trumpteted as Britain's answer to the Ramones, the group debuted with the single "Shadow," released on the fledgling Beggars Banquet label; Bassick soon exited, and with ex-Saints bassist Kim Bradshaw, the Lurkers reached the U.K. Top Ten with the follow-ups "Ain't Got a Clue' and "I Don't Need to Tell Her." Their debut LP Fulham Fallout appeared in 1978, with God's Lonely Men arriving the next year. By the early 1980s, the Lurkers had dissolved, reuniting intermittently during the course of the decade to yield LPs including 1989's Edge of the Mountain and the live Wild Times Again. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide