Talking 'bout / After School Session
The Milkshakes
| Available Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Album | 28 tracks | £8.99 | |
| Download Album (WAV) | 28 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download Album (MP3) | 28 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.99 | ||
Description
The Milkshakes - Talking 'bout / After School Session
THE MILKSHAKES were mainly Mickey Hampshire (Git/Vox); Billy Childish (Git/Vox); Bruce Brand (Drums); Russ Wilkins (Bass)
When punk rock group the Pop Rivets broke up in 1980, Billy Childish joined forces with Mickey Hampshire, a Pop Rivets roadie who had been performing in a group called Mickey and the Milkshakes with his cohort Banana Bertie. The two began writing songs together and the group released their first LP, Talking ’bout Milkshakes! in 1981. With Childish and Hampshire sharing guitar and vocal duties, Bruce Brand on drums, and Bertie on bass (later replaced by Russ Wilkins then John Agnew), the Milkshakes’ sound was a primitive blend of British beat groups, like the early Kinks at their toughest, and hard-rocking American guitar instrumentalists like Link Wray. This sound came to be known as the “Medway sound” and the core members have been playing a variation on it throughout their whole careers.
The Milkshakes were a very prolific group, recording nine records in their four years together, and the band was very much a blend of Childish’s primitive songwriting and Hampshire’s more melodic leanings. The group also masterminded and backed a Medway girl group, the Delmonas.
When Mickey left The Milkshakes in 1984 Childish, Brand and Agnew went on to form Thee Mighty Caesars. Mickey and Bruce now play in The Masonics along with Ludella Black from The Del Monas, and Russ lives in Scotland and fronts the Wildebeests as well as being Lord Rochester.
When punk rock group the Pop Rivets broke up in 1980, Billy Childish joined forces with Mickey Hampshire, a Pop Rivets roadie who had been performing in a group called Mickey and the Milkshakes with his cohort Banana Bertie. The two began writing songs together and the group released their first LP, Talking ’bout Milkshakes! in 1981. With Childish and Hampshire sharing guitar and vocal duties, Bruce Brand on drums, and Bertie on bass (later replaced by Russ Wilkins then John Agnew), the Milkshakes’ sound was a primitive blend of British beat groups, like the early Kinks at their toughest, and hard-rocking American guitar instrumentalists like Link Wray. This sound came to be known as the “Medway sound” and the core members have been playing a variation on it throughout their whole careers.
The Milkshakes were a very prolific group, recording nine records in their four years together, and the band was very much a blend of Childish’s primitive songwriting and Hampshire’s more melodic leanings. The group also masterminded and backed a Medway girl group, the Delmonas.
When Mickey left The Milkshakes in 1984 Childish, Brand and Agnew went on to form Thee Mighty Caesars. Mickey and Bruce now play in The Masonics along with Ludella Black from The Del Monas, and Russ lives in Scotland and fronts the Wildebeests as well as being Lord Rochester.
Tracklisting
CD Album (DAMGOOD4567CD)
- The Milkshakes - She'll Be Mine
- The Milkshakes - Pretty Baby
- The Milkshakes - For She
- The Milkshakes - I Want'cha For My Little Girl
- The Milkshakes - Ruhrgebeat
- The Milkshakes - After Midnight
- The Milkshakes - Bull's Nose
- The Milkshakes - Shed Country
- The Milkshakes - Don't Love Another
- The Milkshakes - Tell Me Where's That Girl
- The Milkshakes - Can'tcha See
- The Milkshakes - Love You Through the Whole Night
- The Milkshakes - Nothing You Can Say or Do
- The Milkshakes - I Say You Lie
- The Milkshakes - Shimmy Shake
- The Milkshakes - I Can Tell
- The Milkshakes - Tell Me Child
- The Milkshakes - Goodbye Girl
- The Milkshakes - More Honey
- The Milkshakes - Soldiers of Love
- The Milkshakes - El Salvador
- The Milkshakes - Let's Stomp
- The Milkshakes - Hide and Scatter
- The Milkshakes - Jaguar
- The Milkshakes - That Girl of Mine
- The Milkshakes - You Can Only Lose
- The Milkshakes - Little Minnie
- The Milkshakes - Cadillac
Download Album (DAMGOOD4567)
- The Milkshakes - She'll Be Mine
- The Milkshakes - Pretty Baby
- The Milkshakes - For She
- The Milkshakes - I Want'cha For My Little Girl
- The Milkshakes - Ruhrgebeat
- The Milkshakes - After Midnight
- The Milkshakes - Bull's Nose
- The Milkshakes - Shed Country
- The Milkshakes - Don't Love Another
- The Milkshakes - Tell Me Where's That Girl
- The Milkshakes - Can'tcha See
- The Milkshakes - Love You Through the Whole Night
- The Milkshakes - Nothing You Can Say or Do
- The Milkshakes - I Say You Lie
- The Milkshakes - Shimmy Shake
- The Milkshakes - I Can Tell
- The Milkshakes - Tell Me Child
- The Milkshakes - Goodbye Girl
- The Milkshakes - More Honey
- The Milkshakes - Soldiers of Love
- The Milkshakes - El Salvador
- The Milkshakes - Let's Stomp
- The Milkshakes - Hide and Scatter
- The Milkshakes - Jaguar
- The Milkshakes - That Girl of Mine
- The Milkshakes - You Can Only Lose
- The Milkshakes - Little Minnie
- The Milkshakes - Cadillac