Diesel Park West
| Diesel Park West | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Leicester, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Food Records |
| Website | www |
Diesel Park West are an English alternative rock band from Leicester, England. Formed in 1980, they have released ten albums to date, plus six singles that have appeared in the UK Singles Chart.
The band was originally formed in 1980 as The Filberts (after local football team, Leicester City's former Filbert Street ground), although they would also occasionally appear as The Psychedelic Filberts. Their main influences come from the West Coast sound of 1960s bands such as Moby Grape, Buffalo Springfield and Love. The main creative force in the band is Butler, who writes nearly all the band's material. Butler and Moth (who had also drummed for Leicester bands Legay and then Gypsy) had previously played together in a short-lived band called The Flicks, releasing one album in 1979 called Go for the Effect. Three Psychedelic Filberts tracks were released – a cover of The Byrds' "Lady Friend" on the Obscure Independent Classics Volume 2 album; a cover of The Beatles' "Rain" which was included on Yeah Yeah Noh's final release, the Temple of Convenience EP; and "Atlantis 1968", which appeared on the He Didn't Even Draw A Fish on My Shower Curtain compilation album.
Butler was a mainstay of the Leicester music scene for many years, and had toured America with Mott the Hoople offshoots, Widowmaker. Butler and Beavan were schoolfriends and shared the same passion for West Coast music. Beavan had played with Leicester Glam Rockers, Agony Bag, complete with Kiss style make up, before joining up with Butler and Smith in The Filberts.
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