Name: Flag Party by Eighties Matchbox
Duration: 2 min 53 s
Description: From the Casey Chaos sessions. Released as a B-side to the single Mister Mental.

Third single from debut album Horse of the Dog

Psychosis Safari

First single from debut album Horse of the Dog.

Morning Has Broken

The afore mentioned sole release by New York's The Boogs. Released as a double A-side to The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's red edition of the CD single Chicken. Also the only artist other than TEMBD to be released on No Death Records.

Palomino's Dream By The Boogs

From the Casey Chaos sessions. Released as a B-side to the single Mister Mental.

Flag Party

From the Casey Chaos sessions. Released as a B-side to the black edition of the Chicken single.

Horse Of The Dog

Turkish Delights Of The Devil

From the Casey Chaos sessions. Released as a B-side to edition 1 of the CD single Psychosis Safari.

Briefcases For Girls

From the Casey Chaos sessions. Released as a B-side on the 2nd edition CD single of Psychosis Safari.

Ho Ha

Released as a B-side to debut single Morning Has Broken.

Alex

Released as a B-side to second single Celebrate Your Mother.

Torrential Abuse

Originally formed in 1999 by Guy McKnight (vocals), Andy Huxley (lead guitar), Marc R Norris (rhythm guitar), Symren 'Sym' Gharial (bass), and Tom Diamantopoulo (drums) the band were known for their large black car with flames on each side. The band themselves refer to the car as The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. The band's brand of gothic tinged heavy, psychedelic rock has been referred to as both Psychobilly and Gothabilly although the band themselves refer to their sound as 'Psychosis Rock'.

Although renowned for their intense live shows, the band have released three full-length albums, Horse of the Dog in 2002, The Royal Society in 2004 and Blood & Fire in 2010. The band have released eight singles on various formats, each release has had several b-sides included and so the band have a large amount of songs that cannot be found on their albums. All of the band's releases have been through their own record label No Death Records. The only other band signed to No Death Records were a little known band from New York named The Boogs. The Boogs' only release was a single entitled 'Palomino's Dream', released as a shared double A-side with The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's fourth single 'Chicken'. A video was also made for 'Palomino's Dream' featuring The Boogs in their native New York and also playing a gig in a small venue in which The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster can be seen as heckling audience members.

Their single 'Mister Mental' from The Royal Society was featured on the soundtrack to the film Shaun of the Dead, the movie also contained posters and other references to the band. The band's music has also been used in a number of other TV shows, computer games and commercials and most notably of late in the current Nike football commercial to accompany the UEFA Euro 2012.

The band have played at both The Glastonbury Festival and The Reading and Leeds Festivals for several years running. They have also toured and supported many mainstream bands, including System of a Down, Placebo, Murderdolls, Queens of the Stone Age and Scars on Broadway.

Flag Party

Eighties Matchbox

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