Crazyhead are an English garage punk band from Leicester, England. Though lumped in with the largely media-created grebo scene, they were more influenced by the garage rock of the late 1960s, as well as bands like The Ramones, The Stooges and Captain Beefheart. They have often described themselves as an "urban bastard blues band", and their songs range in theme from trenchant social commentary to the surreal, but always with an underlying vein of black humour. Personnel Current band members: Kev Reverb (Kevin Bayliss) – Guitar, keyboards, sitar Anderson (Ian R. Anderson) – Vocals Vom (Robert Morris) – Drums Porkbeast (Dr. Alex Peach) – Bass, Backing Vocals (1985–1990, 2017) Peter Creed – Guitar (1997–2000, 2017) Previous band members: Fast Dick (Richard Bell) – Guitar (1985–1997) Christina X (Christine Wigmore) – Bass (1990–2000) They have occasionally been joined by: Gaz Birtles - Saxophone John Barrow - Saxophone Tony Robinson - Trumpet who were credited as "The Space Bastards" The brass section on "Rags" was The Phantom Horns: John Thirkell - Trumpet Gary Barnacle - Saxophone Peter Thoms - Trombone PP Arnold and Katie Kissoon sang backing vocals on the single, "Rags". History Formed in 1986, the band signed to the independent record label, Food, later that year and their début single, "What Gives You The Idea That You're So Amazing, Baby?", reached number 2 in the UK Indie Chart in March 1987. For the rest of the year they toured extensively, supporting The Cult, then Julian Cope, and also played at the Glastonbury Festival. Their second single "Baby Turpentine" reached number 4 in the Indie Chart. In mid-1988, their third single "Time Has Taken Its Toll on You" reached No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart, their label now owned by EMI. The band embarked on another UK tour to promote their début album Desert Orchid, released in October 1988, along with another single, "Rags", and then toured Europe supporting Iggy Pop. They then released the Have Love, Will Travel EP (which reached #68) before embarking on yet another UK tour. In 1989, they made two brief tours of the United States, and appeared at the Reading Festival. At the behest of the British Council, they played an international music festival in Moscow, and in early 1990, along with Skin Games and Jesus Jones they became one of the first western bands to tour post-Nicolae Ceauşescu Romania. Later that year they