Creaming Jesus

Creaming Jesus
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Punk rock (early) Gothic rock heavy metal Post-punk Alternative rock
Years active	1987–1994
Labels	Jungle Freud
Past members	Andy Heintz Paul Scanlan Des Flo Dave Fridmann Tally Roy Mario Richard Lindy

Creaming Jesus were a London-based UK band influenced by gothic rock, punk and thrash metal. Formed in 1987, their original line up was Andy (vocals) Lil (vocals) Tally (bass) Roy (drums) Lindy (drums) and Paul (guitar), their original sound was a wall of percussive noise (two drummers and a drum machine) Slayer type thrash metal guitars and screamed vocals.

Lil left after their third gig, and now runs Household Name Records, a London punk/hardcore Label, and All Ages Records in Camden, London.

The band's first release was a track on the House of Dolls fanzine covermounted 7" single. They then self-released the 12" EP Nailed Up For Nothing, before being signed to Jungle Records of London, who re-released the EP and put them in the studio to record two further EPs, Mug and Bark (which included a cover version of the Cure's 'A Forest')

Guitarist Paul Scanlan left following the release of their first three 12" EPs, and joined the Satanic metal band Akercocke

The group then recruited Richard and Mario as guitarists, and Des replaced Lindy on drums, to produce their most enduring line up.

In 1990 Creaming Jesus went on tour with Fields of the Nephilim to coincide with their debut album Too Fat To Run, Too Stupid To Hide. The band returned almost immediately to the studio to record two more singles, Deadtime and Ditchdweller V ('Single of the Issue', Raw). Their second album, Guilt By Association produced by Brian Chuck New, remained in the indie charts for months, as they toured the country.

Following the departure of Des, who was replaced by percussionist Roger, a further session yielded the original Headrush E.P. which coincided with a full four-week UK tour. They also toured extensively throughout Europe and Scandinavia, and were one of the first UK bands to play in the newly independent country of (what was) Czechoslovakia.

Overseas demand led to their first three singles being compiled for an album It's Dance Magic.

For their third album, the band took time off from touring to prepare the new material and after much planning recorded with Dave Fridmann of Mercury Rev as producer in Sweetfish, an isolated converted barn in upstate New York. They had met when Creaming Jesus and Mercury Rev toured the UK and Europe together on Mercury Rev's first ever dates in Europe. The result of this session being the album Chaos for the Converted, preceded by the single Hamburg, their style evolving away from the relentless industrial gothic thrash of their previous releases to explore a more experimental psychedelic sound.

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