Demented Are Go

Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go's upright bassist.
Background information
Origin	Cardiff, Wales
Genres	Psychobilly, punk rock
Years active	early 1980s-1995, 1996–present
Labels	Crazy Love Records, People Like You Records (Germany), Link Records, ID Records
Associated acts	Phenomenauts, Hellbillys
Website	http://www.dementedarego.co.uk/
Members	Sparky (vocals) Holger Grischa Gaybeul
Past members	Gavin Evans (guitar) Dick Thomas (guitar) Ray Thompson (bass) Ant Thomas (drums/vocals/bass) Lex "Luthor" (guitar 1985-89, 1990-97, 1999-2003) Miki Pannell (guitar 1989-1990) Stan Standen (guitar 1997-2000, 2002-2010) Paul "Choppy" Lambourne (double bass) Billy Favata (double bass 1989-1991) Kelvin Klump (double bass, -2003), Graeme Grant (Double bass 1985-97), Strangy (double bass, 2003-2005), Doyley (guitar, 2003- 2005). Criss Damage (drums 2001-2004, 2010-2013) Grischa (bass 2006-2013) 'Rockin' Rick Tanner (bass 2006)

Demented Are Go (DAG aka Demented Are Go!) are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 in Cardiff. They were one of the earliest in the initial wave of bands to mix punk rock with rockabilly, and as a result, are considered to be highly influential to the psychobilly scene. The group has more than 70 songs from which to select a setlist.

The band often claims their name originated from the phrase "Demon teds are go!" as an adaptation of the phrase "Thunderbirds are go!" from the Thunderbirds TV series, as rockabillies are known as "teds", and psychobilly is often associated with horror.

Demented Are Go formed in Penarth, South Wales, near Cardiff. Initially, the band was disorganized, with Mark Phillips or "Sparky" playing drums, Ant Thomas singing, Richard Jones playing bass, and Steve Jordan, playing rhythm guitar with a gold-top Les Paul. The band's image was represented by Jones' red dyed hair and Jordan's leather trousers. Dick Thomas, a veteran musician of the punk-pub rock circuits, joined the band in early 1983 and proceeded to reshuffle the line-up (Thomas moved to drums and Phillips sang vocals), taught the bass player how to play his instrument, and, otherwise, consolidated the overall band.

After six weeks of rehearsals, the band's first gig was third on the bill to a line-up of Crass-type anarchist bands at the Sea Lion in Penarth and was met with good reception. Several years of playing everything from working men's clubs in the Rhondda to the red-light district in Hamburg, turning up at the Klub Foot twenty minutes after they were due on stage.