(c’92-’93) Ellis Williams (drums), Rich Handyside (guitar / vocals), Tim Naylor (vocals), Chris “CP” Pothecary (bass).
Formed in ’92, this Fleet based 4-piece punk metal band gigged throughout ’93 at venues in Aldershot, Farnborough, Ash, Hook, Basingstoke, Bagshot, Camberley and High Wycombe and supported Radical Dance Faction and Glen Matlock & The Mavericks.
Handyside and Naylor had both been in Handsome Bastards before Sweet Hooligans. The band recorded an albums’ worth of demo material some of which was released on Stupid Rabbit Tapes. Occasionally Sweet Hooligan appeared under the name Body Soup.
The George, Ash Vale hosted the Hooligans on 5 February ’93, who dropped a rowdy set of the pub’s punters. They followed this with a gig at the Technical College, Farnborough on 11 February. Later in the month they appeared, on 20 February ’93, at the Critical Club event at the West End Centre, Aldershot with Fly Garrit and Girls on Dextrose. The next night they were at The White Hart, Frimley on 21 February ’93, and two days after that Sweet Hooligan played The Lion Brewery, Ash on 23 February. October ’93 saw them share the Premier’s Nightclub, Basingstoke stage with Mind’s Eye and Chunderhive. A Kerrang editor was there on the night, labelling the band ‘under-rehearsed…’, which was kind of the punking point.
Having played Critical at the West End Centre, Aldershot, Sweet Hooligan’s ‘Shake Your Bones’ was included on ‘The Critical List – Live at West End Centre, Aldershot” compilation cassette on Penny Black Productions [PBV001]; along with Shine, Faceache, Serious Plankton, Danger Mice, Flyagaric, Backlash, and Radical Dance Faction, in late ’93. They also appeared on the ‘On The Critical List’ live video.
At the end of ’93, just before midnight of New Year’s Eve, coming off stage at the West End Centre, Aldershot, they broke up.
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