History[edit]

Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man were formed in 2004 and their name is a reference to the film of the same name.[9] The makers of the film have since endorsed the band and produced a film trailer/music video using one of the bands songs.[10]

The original line up included Andy Davies (bass/vocals), Davey Psychotronic (guitar/vocals) and Christopher ‘Big Hands’ Hinsley on Drums. Liam McDevitt joined on guitar in 2005. He has since played for The Hyperjax and The Termites. The band produced a full length album ‘Shitty Zombies’ and an EP ‘Party In The Van’ before McDevitt left and was replaced by Gizmo guitarist, Matt Woods in 2007. Andy Davies started TNSrecords with Tim Bevington in 2008 and the band recorded an exclusive track ‘Get Pissed, Talk Shit, Dance Like An Idiot’ for the labels, now sold out, debut compilation release as well as featuring live at the labels sold out launch night.

The second TNSrecords release was a split EP between Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man and ska-punk band The Fractions. This has also sold out of its first pressing. It featured four Revenge Of... tracks and 3 from The Fractions and received favourable reviews from the underground punk scene.

Davey Psychotronic left the band in 2008 to move to London, but has contributed backing/gang vocals to recent releases.

As a 3 piece the band made their first visit to mainland Europe later in 2008.The bands first release as a 3 piece, Make Pigs Smoke (which is a reference to Alan Partridge) was a 14 track album was released in May 2009 through TNSrecords to critical acclaim from established magazines as well as a huge number of independent fanzines and webzines, highlighting the bands underground credentials. This album has sold out of its first pressing and is available as a free download from the bandcamp page, highlighting the bands aims to make music accessible to all.

After the success of this release the band played successful UK tours and high profile support slots with the likes of Bad Religion. In 2011 Revenge Of... released their second split EP, this time sharing CD space with Mighty Midgets (Denmark), Fist Of The North Star (band) (USA) and Broken Aris (Sweden). It was released on TNSrecords in the UK, 5FeetUnder Records in Denmark and Stikman Records in the USA. This release has again received great acclaim and allowed the band to tour mainland Europe twice (as of April 2012).

The follow up album Shattered Dreams Parkway was released on 12" vinyl and CD in October 2012 through TNSrecords & a collective of labels including Boss Tuneage, Pumpkin, Entez Anomicos (Germany) 5FeetUnder (Denmark) and Dead Lamb (Ireland). This has again received great acclaim from the underground press and some more established publications such as Big Cheese magazine and Louder Than War.[11]

In June 2013, the band recorded a live session at Maida Vale Studios for Mike Davies and the BBC Radio 1 punk show. They were also endorsed and played by Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music [12] In September 2013, Steve Lamacq picked a track as one of his five choices for a limited edition vinyl, which was given out at the AIM Awards ceremony.