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'Headcoats Down'
As we all know, The Headcoats were one of the finest rock 'n' roll bands to walk the planet. 'Headcoats Down' was their debut album and was first released on Hangman Records over 10 years ago when they were already creating their gloriously authentic garage-punk sound. 'Headcoats Down' features some of the best known and loved songs of Thee Headcoats prolific career such as 'Smile Now', 'Young Blood' and 'You're Looking Fine'. After it's first pressing in July 1989, it only remained available for about a year and has never appeared on CD before now. Highly recommended!
DAMGOOD201
Vinyl LP
£8.00

CD
£10.00
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'Elementary Headcoats'
A retrospective compilation of singles released on a multitude of different labels throughout the 90's. Featured tracks are '(We Hate The Fuckin') NME' 'My Dear Watson' & 'Every Bit Of Me'. A fitting tribute to one of the greatest bands ever.
DAMGOOD178
Triple
Vinyl LP
SOLD OUT

Double
CD album
£12.00
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'The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand'
Regarded by Billy Childish as 'the best Headcoats album ever recorded', this new LP features twelve biting tracks including a re-recording of 'We Hate The Fuckin' NME'. 'The Messerscmitt Pilot's Severed Hand' is also a short story which features in the CD booklet. Released 2.2.98.
DAMGOOD140
Vinyl LP
OUT OF STOCK

CD
£10.00
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'In Tweed We Trust'
Garage-punk from Chatham Jacks.
DAMGOOD96
Vinyl LP
SOLD OUT

CD
£10.00
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'A-Z of Your Heart'
Billy and the boys great single. 1000 on turquoise vinyl
DAMGOOD62

7" single
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Thee Headcoats & Sexton Ming
'No One'
Four tracks. With Kyra singing too. Released 28.2.94.
DAMGOOD32

7" single
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'Live at the Wild Western Rooms'
Wild Billy Childish and his famous Headcoats, featuring Thee Headcoatees. Released 28.3.94.
DAMGOOD30

Vinyl LP
CD
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'We Hate the Fuckin' NME'
And that was before Johnny Cigarettes gave their album 0 out of 10!
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7" single
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'Every Bit of Me'
Top Headcoats single. 500 each on white, light green and dark green vinyl
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7" single
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'The Kids Are All Square and Girlsville'
Two albums on one CD, both absolute crackers, the second Headcoats album and the debut (and best) Headcoatees album. You be a fool not to own a copy.
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CD
£10.00
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'Headcoat Lane'
2000 on brown vinyl.
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7" single
SOLD OUT


Thee Headcoats were mainly Billy Childish (Git/Vox) Bruce Brand (Drums) and Johnny Johnson (bass), they formed in 1989 after Billy's previous band Thee Mighty Caesers gave up the ghost. By 1992 they had already released something like 6 albums and 15 singles one of which was Damgood 1, a split single with Thee Headcoatees.

During the '90's I must have seen them 60 times, I even went over to Japan with them in 1993. There was something really natural about them, no bullshit. We did the 'We hate The Fuckin' NME' single after a sad old journo (Johnny Cigarettes) walked out of their gig in Archway after insisting that he should get in for free as he was from the NME and then reviewing Thee Headcoatees by saying their was no girls in the band (he left before they came onstage!!).

Lots more releases followed including the great 'In Tweed We Trust' album. Thee Headcoats carried on touring and releasing records in every corner of the world until mid 2000 when they called it a day. Billy immediately formed a new band The Buff Medways and promptly became a press darling... it's a funny old game.

 

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