Blood Valley are four skinny guttersnipes by the names of
Alex Lindsay (vocals),
Sam Barton (guitar),
Jimmy Martin (bass),
Tom Langlands (drums).

They formed in Hackney late 2002 as The Blood Group and quickly established themselves on the London the llive scene, promoting their own shows and playing with everyone, including The Libertines, Akercocke, Star Spangles, The Buff Medways , Ikara Colt, Pale Horse, Send More Paramedics and Minus.

“Deeply peculiar, almost Vaudevillian melodies, Blood Valley are mere inches away form making their presence felt. The fashion mag uber-cunts will be dribbling over them soon.” - Kerrang!, January 2004

“The most exciting new band in London town – freakishly, grotesquely sexy…” - The Face, February 2004

A recent name change saw the release of double-A side single ‘Back In The Habit’ / ‘Four Bars’, both tracks taken from their forthcoming debut album ‘The Beast Must Die’.

Blood Valley are not so much dissatisfied with the current rock zeitgeist as gloriously oblivious to it. They are trapped in a terrifying B-movie of their own creation, and that's just the way they like it'

A self-described “total onslaught of degeneracy”, they are culture vultures and genuine British eccentrics. They worship The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Pop Group, Charles Grey horror films, Mick Farren, Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon, northern soul, Voivod, Screaming Lord Sutch, Alan Moore and Genesis P. Orridge.

Blood Valley’s live show is short, explosive and blood-flecked, singer Alex getting in the face of anyone not sweating as much as he is, the overall feel that of the closing scenes of Ken Russell’s The Devils. Sequin-wearing drummer Tom meanwhile is the most animated, psycho-eyed sticksman we’ve seen in years. Period, as they say.

So far reviews have compared Blood Valley to: The Cramps, The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, New York Dolls, 50’s doo-wop, Captain Beefheart, Black Flag, Bogshed, The Misfits, The Birthday Party.

Forgot the trust fund kids and thrift-store fakers –

straight from the pavement, this is the sound!

** Stop press: like a great comet, Blood Valley burnt out and split in summer 2004, two months after the relase of their debut album. If only more bands would release a great debut album, then do one.… ** Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.