Crack Babies 1991 -1994 Peterborough UK
Crack Babies formed in 1991 out of the remnants of their previous thrash band Cruise Ducks, which consisted of Ian Tasker (21) Guitar/Vocals, Steve Cracknell (22) Bass and Ross Edgar (22) Drums.
Tasker wanted to concentrate on just playing guitar and they wanted to sound more hardcore like bands they were into such as Scream, Bad Brains Fugazi, Gang Green etc. They scrapped all the old songs from the previous band, brought Simon Lister (24), a friend of theirs onto vocals and formed Crack Babies. Tasker and Ross were sharing a house at the time so set their equipment up in the front room and practised continually writing a batch of new songs much to the annoyance of their neighbours. 
From there they gigged locally around the Peterborough region bringing a new energy to their shows with Listers boundless style as frontman, playing regular venues such as The Shamrock Club and The Crown. They gigged wherever they could supporting bands such as UK Subs, Oi Polloi and PUS.
They recorded their self-titled 1st demo in March 1992 consisting of 9 songs recorded on a friend’s 4 track, which lead them to doing a couple of gigs on the continent. One in Ghent Belgium and then playing in Amsterdam with Jawbreaker.
They continued gigging through 1992 and then early 1993 Steve Cracknell left. A friend, Luke Day filled in briefly on bass and decided to go into the studio in May to record a 4-track demo called Still Smoking, where their style was more experimental, away from just hardcore. Luke’s stay was brief, and another friend Stuart West joined on bass.
New Year’s gig at The Crown 1993 was Taskers final gig as he’d decided to go travelling. A replacement was found in Lloyd Metselaar and they continued gigging through 1994 until the last gig on 13th August 1994 at Wisbech Rainbow Fayre festival

Peterborough UK Thrash metal band from 1987 - 1990
Ian Tasker - Vocals Guitar
Steve Britten - Vocals Bass
Steve Cracknell - Lead Guitar
Ross Edgar - Drums

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