BIOGRAPHY

Crazy Pink Revolvers were formed in early 1986 by bass player Stan Stammers, formerly with the Epileptics, The Straps, Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny. Stan recruited James Adam Bolton who had played guitar with various punk and rockabilly bands, after they had met at a gig at the then Town & Country Club (The Forum) in Kentish Town, London. They were joined by Daniel Drummond (Lack Of Knowledge) on vocals, Neil Pyzer (Howard Devoto, Spear of Destiny) on keyboards, and Jake Slee on drums.

At the time the band use to rehearse in Wapping East London and also at Elephant and Castle Sunday School, and other places around North/South London. It was whilst rehearsing at these places, that the band got together the songs for their first album, First Down!. Without having played any gigs, CPR signed to Chainsaw Records, and recorded First Down! at RMS Studios in South London in January 1987. CPR played their first live gig at Fulham Greyhound on Friday 13th (!) of February 1987. On CPR's first live gigs, Mat Fraser from Living in Texas helped out until they found Laurent Reignier as their resident drummer.

John Curd came onto the scene with CPR around the middle of '87, everyone knew him as a promoter for years, for Camouflage, he did all the best shows in London, he also had a record label. Curdy came to see CPR and liked them, he'd known Stan well for years, so it didn't take him long to sign them to his label, ABC Records. Daniel left the band, so Stan moved to lead vocals and lead bass, and he recruited Colin Brown to play rhythm bass. After some rehearsals, the new line-up recorded the Timeless Smiles E.P. at The Lodge Studios, Clare, in Suffolk.

In early '88 Colin decided to leave the band, so Lau's brother Tristan Reignier was recruited to play the rhythm bass duties. It was at this time that the band recorded their second album, At The Rivers Edge at Woodcray Studios, and from this the band was invited on the Jiffy Safe Sex Tour, joining two other London bands, Lightning Strikes and Boys Wonder. In January 1989 CPR recorded their second single, Wednesday 19:45 at Woodcray Studios. The single which was taken from the album was written about the Kings Cross fire disaster on the London Underground in 1988.

In March 1989 Stan Stammers left the band and London to live in Philadelphia. The band played a number of live gigs after Stan left, including The Cricketers at the Oval, which was to be their last gig.