- House Harkonen.

Thanks to Ste for this.

Philip Larkin (RIP)

A poem by Philip Larkin

“They fuck you up, your mom and dad
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can
And don’t have any kids yourself.”

- by Philip Larkin (1922-1985)

Source: Collected Poems (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001). Philip Larkin, “This Be the Verse” from Collected Poems. Used by permission of The Society of Authors as the Literary Representative of the Estate of Phillip Larkin.

HellsBelles Chief Battery Officer Buckshee Bazz has just taken out another drum kit at the band’s studio.

Said Bazz: “The usual MO for me is to test the kit to the limit and if I find any weakness, I order my arms and legs to take it out. So I did.”

According to eyewitness accounts, what’s left is just some bits of hardware. The rest of the kit is in a vast crater in front of the building, while reports of other shrapnel being dispersed across a wide area of northern England.

Kit crash investigators said they had never seen such a sight. Head of Smashitup Analytics, Malcolm Paradiddle commented: “In all the years I’ve been assesing such events, I’ve never seen a drum kit so comprehensively annihilated by sheer brute force and passion.”

Added HellsBelles bassist, Ste ‘Steady’ Steadman: “That’s right, one minute we were grooving like a couple of hellhounds next moment, this!”

Lead singer, guitarrist Paul Quigley was a bystander. “One minute we were rawking out, as per usual, all of a sudden, just as we were getting into the bridge, up it goes! Awesome!”

The explosion was reportedly heard some fifteen miles away where dogs wept and old ladies changed their incontinence pads early, local media reported.

Anyone who finds any parts of the kit in the Greater Manchester area, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and parts of Cheshire are being asked to keep the shrapnel from the kit as mementos, as Buckshee B. has promised to autograph any of them presented to him at stage doors around the world.

Buckshee B. is open to offers for non-exclusive endorsement from drum kit manufacturers to undertake the ‘Buckshee Bazz Battery’ Test’ – if they dare.

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Hollywood’s PUNK GLOBE MAGAZINE’s Editor Ginger Coyote interviews HellsBelles’ Paul Quigley

Read the latest interview In the February 2012 edition of Punk Globe Magazine here.

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HellsBelles (www.hellsbelles.co.uk) has announced that ‘Buckshee Baz’ Barry Titler has joined the band on drums.

Barry, formerly of Mandrake and a raft of other outfits, said: “The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think, oh by the way, which one’s Hell?”.

Commenting on the new skinsman, lead vocalist/guitarist and founder member Paul Quigley commented: “Baz is a phenomenal drummer. John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham now has a rival! His energy and enthusiasm are warmly welcomed in this band. We’re really looking foward to working with this man thundering behind the kit.”

For more information, contact HellsBelles (www.hellsbelles.co.uk) via the Contact page.

The video of the band members was filmed in Manchester, England, by film director Steve Fitzhulme.

The ‘band cut’ version follows the ‘story version’ released last week (10th November 2011) which is already receiving wide critical acclaim across the web.

HellsBelles’ vocalist and guitarist, Paul Quigley, who wrote ‘(Why Did They Kill) Joe Hill’ commented: “Yet again, Steve and the team peformed wonders and did us all proud. This song warranted a particular look and feel to do the song and its sentiment justice, and as usual, everyone at Team HB and 2bm delivered. We’re all very proud.”

Steve Fitzhulme of 2bm added: “Paul’s song needed a particular atmosphere to capture the feelings in the lyrics and in the narrative. The band’s sombre mood to the sentiment lends itself perfectly to this particular cut. It’s great working with this band as they know exactly how they want to portray everythig, and the actors and expertise we worked with, Rob Ireland, Ian Lomas, Rachael Pollard, Rory Connell and Sharon Sweenty, such a raft of talent, is now there for all to see in this great HellsBelles song. We’re looking forward to it being received as well as all the others. Roll on the next one.”

HellsBelles are currently in the studio working on the next album, with a third single and video slated for release in the New Year.

For more information, contact HellsBelles via the ‘Contact’ page.

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Manchester, England/ November 6, 2011 — HellsBelles, the original British heavy metal band founded in 1984 has just released a new single “Why Did They Kill) Joe Hill’ – together with two new promo videos for the song on YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook.

The new videos, filmed on location in South Dakota, mark a major new departure for the band, moving into new areas of music as well as their tradional Eighties British heavy roots.

Songwriter Paul Quigley commented “I’ve had this little gem of a song up my sleeve for over three years now, and it was about time it was released to an unsuspecting world to wake them all up a bit out of their slumber.”

Paul plays acoustic guitar and Steve Steadman plays cello.

The current video, with its cast of renowned actors and actresses, was filmed by Steve Fitzhulme on location, with the band shots filmed in Manchester.

Commenting on the videos, Steve said: “This video cut was particularly challenging because the weather was a major factor in whether we got the shots done before the heavens opened. I think we managed it.” Steve’s YouTube channel is at twoblindmen and HellsBelles’ YouTube channel is at HellsBellesYTChannel.

The second ‘band’ video is slated for release 13th November 2011.

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HellsBelles, the original British heavy metal band, is to feature in the new Radio Horror radio station launched tonight at 11pm GMT at Erebus Horror.

The launch show, delayed by technical issues from its initial midnight ‘witching hour’ Halloween launch broadcast last night (31st October), will now broadcast on the Internet,

The show can also be accessed after broadcast on Radio Horror’s website

Paul Quigley, lead vocalist and guitarist for HellsBelles said: “We are thrilled to be part of the launch of Radio Horror. It’s gonna be a real exciting show, so stay tuned for some spells and surprises.”

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The video, shot on location in Manchester, was produced by film director Steve Fitzhulme and features a timewarp cameo appearance by lead singer Paul Quigley in 1984.

The band is currently working on new material, with new promo videos slated for release later in the Fall. For more information, follow the band on Twitter – @HellsBelles_UK and on Facebook.

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The first in a series of new HellsBelles videos has just gone up on YouTube.

Direct link: http://youtu.be/fwXgCofAiQk

‘Abysinnian Demesne’ (radio edit) is the first episode in the new chapter of the band, with an extended edit versioon of the track, in glorious technicolour, slated for public release via YouTube on Sunday 25th September 2011.

The video was directed by Steve Fitzhulme on location in Manchester, England.

The band is currently working in the studio on new material and will be filming segments for the next promo videos during the Fall of 2011.

More news to follow…

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