Band Name: Taming The Outback
Music Album: Fire & Smoke / Blue Heart
Album Release Date: April 1986
Music Genre: Punk Rock Indie Rock
Record Label: BSR (8)
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 2 Tracks Vinyl 7"
Taming The Outback were a three-piece from Southend-on-Sea (Essex, UK) and were ...
* Daryl Amos >> Drums
* Tony Sampson >> Guitar & Vocals
* Jason Sherwin >> Bass (died in 2011)
The band were active from 1986 to 1989. While they spent most of their time playing outside of the town itself, they were very much a Southend band and established a large and loyal following all across the UK. The original three members formed after criss-crossing each other’s musical paths in South East Essex in the early 1980s. Melbourne-born drummer Daryl Amos and bass player Jason Sherwin first played together in local band A Wreath For Brezhnev, later meeting-up with guitarist/singer Tony Sampson, who was then playing in the band Playground, to form Taming The Outback – a band characterized by an aggressive, driven, rhythm section, strong self-penned songs with a rich, echo-saturated wall-of-sound guitar.
Taming The Outback soon began recording at Elephant Studios in East London, where they recorded their debut single Blue Heart / Fire & Smoke – now a minor rarity due to limited distribution and a tiny pressing of 500 copies.
However, their public profile rapidly changed when the band attracted local and national press attention with their infamous “crucifixion” publicity shoot – taken (without permission) on Salvation Army land. At the time it was claimed to be in protest over “religious hypocrisy (...)
| A | Fire & Smoke |
| B | Blue Heart |
Roughly 500 copies pressed.
Approximately half came with a picture sleeve.
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