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![]() LeatherfaceYour Rating:Average Rating:MusicHometown: Sunderland (UK) About:Related BandsReviewsshow moreBreak-ups: Leatherface have split up, says promoter Long-running and influential Sunderland, UK punks Leatherface have reportedly called it quits. The band itself has not made a statement, but the promoter of one of the band's upcoming… November 21, 2012 Media: Leatherface: 'Live in Melbourne: Viva La Arthouse' AMP is streaming the new live album from Leatherface, Live in Melbourne: Viva La Arthouse. Check it out… July 11, 2011 Media: Leatherface live album on the way No Idea Records has detailed a forthcoming live album from Leatherface. The record is titled Live in Melbourne: Viva La Arthouse, is due out… June 10, 2011 Media: Leatherface (Australia/Japan) Leatherface have announced a run of Japan and Australia dates next month in support of their latest album, The Stormy Petrel. You can click Read More for the… August 19, 2010 Media: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Suicide Machines, more scheduled for Fest 9 A full-page ad in the latest issue of Razorcake has revealed the bulk of the lineup for this year's Fest in Gainesville, FL. Happening October 29-31, the weekend will be headlined by Me First and the Gimme… July 24, 2010 Interviews: Dave Hall (Young Livers) There maintains a certain fascination with the elusive "Gainesville sound." Maybe it was yet another easy term to help classify bands. Perhaps the phrase is in part due No Idea Records, where some of the most successful bands shared more than location in common: rough, raspy… May 19, 2010 Interviews: WHQR talks Rad Fest Wilmington, NC's public radio station WHQR recently spoke with Rad Fest curator Chason Huggins about the upcoming festivities this weekend, where bands such as New Mexican Disaster Squad, None More… May 10, 2010 Videos: Leatherface: "Pale Moonlight" (live at Knitting Factory) If You Make It has posted a live video featuring Leatherface performing "Pale Moonlight," a track originally found on the band's 1993 full-length Minx. You can click Read More to check it out. The band's… April 23, 2010 Contests: Win Rad Fest passes The inaugural Rad Fest is a little less than a month away (May 14-15, to be exact), giving folks who enjoy budget beer, flannel and bad facial hair another city upon which to converge (in this case, Wilmington, NC) and party to the sounds of bands such as… April 19, 2010 Videos: Leatherface: "Dead Industrial Atmosphere" (live on Rabid in the Kennel) Leatherface recently stopped by Jack Rabid's Rabid in the Kennel show on Breakthrough Radio… April 16, 2010 |
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Leatherface is a British punk rock band from Sunderland fronted by Frankie Stubbs. The band is known for an eclectic style spanning American folk music, hardcore punk and post-hardcore.
Formed in August 1988, Leatherface has released eight full-length albums. Leatherface's music has been described as a cross between Hüsker Dü and Motörhead, a notable element being Stubbs' rasping, "gravelly" vocals. The lyrics of the band often feature far-fetched similes, metaphors, wordplay and obscure allusions.
Though never attaining much more than a cult following outside their native country, the band has been cited as an influence by higher-profile punk acts such as Hot Water Music and Dillinger Four. Jack Rabid, music critic and publisher of the music magazine Big Takeover, once listed Leatherface's 1991 release Mush as one of the fifty greatest punk albums of all time.
Rubber Factory Records released a tribute album to Leatherface in 2008 featuring 41 tracks by over 35 artists from several different countries who were influenced by the band, including Hot Water Music, In The Red, Radon, The Sainte Catherines and The Dukes of Hillsborough. It was issued as a double cd in a card gatefold jacket and was limited to just 2000 copies.