Dave Roberts (musician)

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Dave Roberts is a British musician, known for being the original

Batcave era of the early 1980s,[1] recording under the name "Dave Sex Gang". He left the band in 1983 following the release of their first studio album, Song and Legend, and formed the group Carcrash International
, releasing several singles in the 1983–1985 period.

After emigrating to the US, he participated (as guitarist) in a Sex Gang reunion in 1991–1992, and performed on their 1993 album Medea, released on the recently formed Cleopatra Records label.

He settled in Hollywood in 1993 and formed a new version of Carcrash International with various musicians who were also affiliated with Cleopatra Records. The band released their debut full-length album Fragments of a Journey in Hell in 1994, promoted by a concert in San Francisco with a lineup that also featured drummer Ian Haas, the original drummer of London After Midnight. Carcrash International disbanded the following year.

Roberts later emigrated to

Victoria
.

Discography

Sex Gang Children

Albums

EPs

  • Beasts - 1982
  • "Sebastiane" - 1983

Singles

Live

  • Naked – 1982
  • Live - 1983
  • Ecstasy and Vendetta Over New York - 1984 )
  • Nightland - 1986
  • Play with Children - 1992

Carcrash International

Albums

  • Fragments of a Journey in Hell - 1994

Singles

  • "The Title Track From 'The Whip'" – 1983
  • "All Passion Spent" - 1984
  • "Crash!" - 1985

Compilations

  • Compilation Trax - 2002

References

  1. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 11 July 2010.