The Radiators From Space were Ireland's first
Punk Rock band and we have just celebrated the
40 th anniversary of their "TV Tube Heart" debut LP
with a special expanded edition. The band made a
second album then parted ways.
Ten years after their debut they reformed and
made an album called "Trouble Pilgrim"
(available on Chiswick CDWIKD 269). After one
more album singer, guitarist and Philip Chevron's
death halted the Radiators' career.
Original Radiators Pete Holidai and Steve Rapid
have continued under the Trouble Pilgrims name
and since 2013 have issued two singles. "Dark
Shadows And Rust" is their album debut.
With later Radiators drummer Johnny Bonnie
joined by Tony St Ledger on second guitar and
Bren Lynott on bass they conjure up a swirl of
dark material nodding in the direction of the
Cramps and post punks the Bad Seeds, but
leavened by Pete's fine sense of 60s style melody
and underpinned by Steve's Enoesque
keyboards.