The Digital Dinosaurs

The Digital Dinosaurs were one of the foremost cassette bands, with nine releases on their own Spott label. The Dinosaurs were a couple years older than most of their cassette-swapping peers, and if their music is more varied and complex (even a bit schizophrenic), it also draws more extensively on their pre-punk heritage, especially their heroes The Bonzo Dog Band, who they honored both musically and theatrically. Having given up on singles on account of the expense (their debut may exist only as an acetate), The Digital Dinosaurs embraced the cassette format with a vengeance. Selections of their first three tapes, 'Earpop', 'New Needles' and 'The Final Touch', appear on 'Armchair Theatre' (Messthetics #214), joining treasures of their middle period on 'Extinction' (Messthetics #207 CDR) and their wonderful DIY rock-opera, "Huh?" (Messthetics #209 CDR). In 1984 bassist Chris Sidwell launched Crocodile Tears as a solo vehicle, although he/they were frequently abetted by the Dinosaurs' late Gordon Francis. [SOURCE: LAST.FM]