History

Spawned out of a cattle shed in Newport Pagnall in 1971, Romhammer began life as a local folk outfit, spawning early hits such as 'Ride me again Sam', 'Rear Entry' and 'The Amazing Marble Cockatoo Show'. The original members were Dave Frosty on bass, Nigel 'The Nutter' McFuck on Drums, Uncle Monty on tuba, Tarquin Rissotto on guitar and Dominic 'Pops' Clasby on vocals. In the early years chart success was kept to a minimum, with only 'Rear Entry' making an entry at number 2323 in the UK charts, it promptly plummetted to 3044 the next week, consigned the dustbin of folk success.

Pops (1973)

In 1975 after the birth of Andreas Webbicus the band to a change of direction with their new influencial musical director, although only a few months old Andreas was able to translate his burps and farts into a new age Kraftwerk style that transformed Romhammer into one of the most innovative experimental bands of their time. It was at this time that Ricardo 'Ponce' Heathen also emerged as the bands new trumpet and whistle player.

1978 saw Romhammer's first world tour entitled 'Rubber Mittens and Kittens' went down very well with the critics perhaps due to the inclusion of Anna Coanikova on recorder and a small gazelle called Geoffrey on washboard. However success turned to tragedy in the brazillian leg of the tour when Dave Frosty was eaten whole by a boa constrictor, needless to say this rocked the band, Tarquin was perhaps the most affected by this and it later turned out that him and Dave Frosty had been having a gay love affair for years. Anyway Tarquin left the band forthwith leaving Romhammer in Brazil minus a guitar and bass player. A young brazillian boy called Banjo stepped in at the last moment to play bass while Andreas Webbicus surprised everyone by being able to play lead guitar at the tender age of 3 years.

Warm up gig (1977)

Roared on by the success of the world tour, the band released their first major album entitled 'Monobrow Shoeshine', filled with such classics as 'Dirty Grubby Mum', 'Oscar Foxtrot the third', 'My stool is black today' and a cover of Cliff Richards' 'Mistletoe and Wine' (this was even more remarkjable considering Cliff Richard hadn't even written it then). By 1980 the band had their first Top of the Pops appearance with 'Wax Cactus' which was a mixture of experimental electropop and glam rock. It was just after this that Uncle Monty decided to leave and tend to his root vegetables and young boys in the country, he was never replaced.

Fresh from the success of the Rolf Titchmarsh Appreciation Society, Richmond Mulletman joined as an additional guitar player and immediately had audiences gasping for joy over the size of his mullet which extended nearly 6 metres into the air.

Richmond Mulletman (1980)

In 1984 a major rift emerged in the Romhammer ranks, Richmond Mulletman was accused by Pops for taking the credits for 'Dirty Grubby Mum' this led to a legendary bust up between the pair at the Cartoon Club in Croydon, both were arrested but later released without charge but Mulletman vowed never to appear with Romhammer again (something that would later change. Sadness enveloped the ranks later in the year when Geoffrey the gazelle was accidentally eaten by new band member Munra the Monkey Man, he claimed that he had thought it was his daily food allowance. Eventually he was forgiven and took up the role of chief tambourine operator.

In 1986 Romhammer released their epic album 'Bradley's no angel' which spurned two top ten hits in Bulgaria and Azerbaijan, and not forgetting a number one in Yemen PDR. The lack of success in the UK was put down to a sudden change of direction that put off their hard core fans. As a result Romhammer decided that it would be best to hang up their boots for good and they all went their separate ways. Nigel 'The Nutter' McFuck went off to live in Greenland with a pack of huskies while Andreas Webbicus, Munra and Dominic 'Pops' Clasby pursued careers in the Arts. Richmond Mulletman, despite his differences with Clasby, continued as a relatively successful solo artist, occasionally doing the odd Romhammer Revival Gig with a group of session musicians from El Salvador. Richard 'Ponce' Heathen pursued a career in retail and has only just been located making his millions from selling rustic pin cushions.

Since 1986 there has been many Romhammer tribute acts sporting such delightful names as Romhamper, Bulgspanner, Swedemonkeywrench and The Electric Shit Kettles. Not much has been heard of the orginal band members, until now that is, in the year 2003, Romhammer have sensationally decided to reform and will be releasing new material in the very near future as well as embarking on a UK Tour.