Steve Hughes
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Hughes in 2011
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| Residence | Manchester, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Stand-up comedian, heavy metal musician |
| Website | www |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, black comedy, surreal humour, satire |
| Subject(s) | Politics, social commentary, conspiracy theories, spirituality |
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| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1985–1998 |
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Steve Hughes is an Australian-born extreme metal drummer, stand-up comedian and actor. Hughes has been referred to both by the press and himself as a "Heavy Metal comedian."
Hughes was an active member of Australia's early extreme metal scene. He founded and played drums for Slaughter Lord, one of the first thrash metal bands in Australia—a band that had a brief yet notable impact on the country's extreme metal music history. He subsequently played drums for thrash metal band Mortal Sin and the black metal band Nazxul.
Hughes started performing stand-up in the 1990s and relocated to England in 2002 to further pursue his career in comedy. He is based in Manchester, and performs stand-up internationally, primarily across Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Hughes also starred in the 2015 indie short film Brainless Killers, which won the awards for Best Film, Best Thriller and Best Special Effects in the short film category at the Sydney Indie Film Festival.
Born in Sydney, Australia, Hughes became interested in heavy metal in the early 80s. In an interview with MusicRadar Hughes said he became obsessed with Iron Maiden in 1982 and "the pounding drumming of Mr Clive Burr" and was also heavily influenced by Black Sabbath and Dio drummer Vinnie Appice, particularly his work on Dio's first 2 albums, which he would repeatedly play while attempting to play along.
In 1985 he founded a band that was originally named Onslaught, but the band was forced to change their name due to a UK-based band by the same name. The band briefly changed their name to Devastator, before settling on Slaughter Lord. Slaughter Lord released one demo tape titled Taste of Blood before disbanding in 1987. In spite of the band's short lifespan, Slaughter Lord had received attention overseas and has since been called "legendary" and "pioneering" in terms of Australia's extreme metal history.
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