Battle of the Future Buddhas | tl

And so it was that from the ashes of the Warrior there was formed a mighty Battleaxe… So runs the ancient legend. Sometimes legends can be true. Sometimes legends can be modern. From the ashes of a band called Warrior there came Battleaxe. Back in the early 1980s in the north-east of England four young men joined forces to embark on a heroic quest – to be one of the best heavy metal bands around. In 1980 when Dave King (vocals) Brian Smith (bass), Steve Hardy (guitar) and Ian Thompson (drums) went into Durham’s Guardian studios to record the single,...

There are, at least, five bands with this name. 1) The band from which The Human League & Clock DVA later emerged. Founded by Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware & Adi Newton in 1977 in Sheffield, UK (see blindYouth.co.uk for further early Human League info.). 2) An indie-pop quartet out of Nashville, TN. http://www.myspace.com/thefutureband 3) A Welsh post-hardcore band Hondo Maclean died and was reborn in the shape of The Future in late 2006/early 2007. The name change reflected a shift in sound and attitude. In May 2008, they announced that they too were to split, but that other projects...

A young British electronic music artist working from the heart of the Cotswolds. http://futureimagerecords.bandcamp.com/ .