Westworld (British band)
Westworld | |
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| Genres | Bob "Derwood" Andrews Elizabeth Westwood Gary "Gaz" Young Tracey "T.J." O'Conner Nick Burton |
Westworld was a British
hit single
, "Sonic Boom Boy".
History
Named after the
Bob "Derwood" Andrews and American vocalist Elizabeth Westwood.[1] The line up was completed by drummer Nick Burton.[1]
Before the recording and release of their third and final album, Burton left the band and was replaced by Gary "Gaz" Young and Tracey "T.J." O'Conner, making them a quartet.
Visually the band were styled in a way reminiscent of
hit, "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo" which reached #37 in May the same year.[1] They released three albums before moving to the Arizona desert in the US
in 1992 to form the band Moondogg.
Although not successful in the US, their song "Painkiller" reached #17 on the San Francisco modern rock station Live-105's (KITS) "Top 105.3 Songs of 1988".
theme tune, and (according to later sleevenotes), Westworld.[3]
Westworld's track, "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo", appeared on the
Planes, Trains & Automobiles; whilst another of their songs, "So Long Cowboy", was on the soundtrack to the 1991 movie Point Break
.
A retrospective LP, entitled Sick Cool, containing material from the band recorded in the period 1992-1994 period was commercially released in 2018 in the United States.[4]
Discography
Studio albums
- Where the Action Is / Rockulator (1987)
- Beatbox Rock 'N' Roll (1988)
- Movers and Shakers (1991)
Compilation albums
- Beatbox Rock 'N' Roll (1997)
- Sick Cool (2018)
Singles
- "Sonic Boom Boy" (1987) UK #11, AUS #27[5]
- "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo" (1987) UK #37, AUS #79[5]
- "Where the Action Is" (1987) UK #54
- "Silvermac" (1987) UK #42
- "Everything Good Is Bad" (1988) UK #72
- "Dance On" (1989)
- "Do No Wrong" (1991)
- "Lipsyncher" (1992)[2]
Soundtrack appearances
Title |
Release | Soundtrack |
|---|---|---|
| "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo" | 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles |
| "So Long Cowboy" | 1991 | Point Break |
See also
- Now That's What I Call Music 9 (UK series)
References
- ^ a b c d "Biography by John Bush". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- KLF Communications, KLF DLP3, 1988.
- ^ Entry for 'Sick Cool' in 'cdbaby.com' (2018). https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/westworld15
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links
- Biography at Allmusic.com
- Bob Derwood Andrews official MySpace page
- Official Moondogg MySpace page
- D.O.R. Moondogg page
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