Diesel Park West are a rock band from Leicester , England .
Original line-up
Rich Barton (guitar, born July 1957)...Joined Sept.1988 to 1996.
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 like 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 played the sticks for local Leicester heroes 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 LP, 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.
Butler was a mainstay of the Leicester music scene for many years and had toured America extensivley with Mott the Hoople offshoots Widowmaker .
After recruiting Willson (formerly of Heavy Metal band Brooklyn) and Beavan (formerly of Agony Bag[ 2]
In 1986, Willson released a solo single - "Help Me" under his own name, backed with a cover of Charley Pride 's "Crystal Chandeliers" under the pseudonym Lee Verne .
Though the band released a one-off single as The Come On called 'Guitar Party' in 1984, they were finding it hard for their music to be heard above the din of electronic blips and burps that summed up the mainstream music of the mid-80's. Was the world ready for a Leicester Moby Grape ?
They got their answer on Good Friday 1987, when Butler received a call from David Balfe from the small indie label Food Records . Balfe, who had previously been in The Teardrop Explodes , said that the demos he heard had moved him to tears (of joy, presumably) and they were subsequently signed to Food.
Balfe, however was not happy with the bands name and told them to change it. Eventually they came up with Diesel Park West, based on the fact that Barkby Road Studios was in a lorry park in the west of Leicester.
August 1987 saw the release of band’s debut single, ‘When the Hoodoo Comes’. It began to get airplay on late night radio shows and word of mouth about the band started to spread. EMI were very interested in the band, and bought Food records in order to get them. This gave Diesel Park West a great boost,they were now part of a major record label. Mick Salisbury joined the band at around this time as third guitarist.
7” SINGLE
A side: Like Princes Do
B side: Two Wings Of Delight
Condition: Excellent
Sleeve, Excellent
Released on the EMI Label
Date: 1989
Number: Food 19
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