Artist: King Kurt
Genre: Psychobilly
King Kurt were a British psychobilly band known for their outrageous live performances featuring food fights, flour bombs, and general chaos. Emerging in the early 1980s, they combined rockabilly music with punk attitude and theatrical mayhem. Their biggest hit, 'Destination Zululand,' reached the UK Top 40, remarkable given their deliberately uncommercial approach. Albums like 'Ooh Wallah Wallah' showcased their energetic, humorous take on rock and roll. King Kurt represented the psychobilly movement's most entertaining and anarchic edge. Their influence on the genre and on punk theatricality extended beyond their chart success. King Kurt proved that rock could be simultaneously irreverent, entertaining, and genuinely wild.
King Kurt vinyl records (18)
KING KURT America (1986 UK 3-track 12 vinyl single also featuring Jungle Feet plus High & Mighty picture sleeve KURTX1)
£11.99 used
KING KURT Destination Zululand (1983 UK 12 vinyl single from the rockabilly act with a healthy dose of the absurd also includes Shes As Hairy glossy picture sleeve SBUY189) Track Listing: 1. Destination Zululand - Special 12 Mix Up 2. Shes As Hairy
£17.00 used
KING KURT Banana Banana (1984 UK limited edition part pealed banana Shaped Picture Disc single also includes Bo Diddley Goes East issued in a clear PVC sleeve. This example has a slight tea-stained appearance this happened oftento pressings of this type from the 1980s. During the pressing process they were over heated over time the clear area of the disc changes colour to a smokey brown however this has no effect on play
£17.00 used
KING KURT Mack The Knife (1984 UK limited edition 3-track 12 vinyl single also featuring both the the party and extended mixes of Wreck A Party Rock glossy picture sleeve with cartoon band picture on the inside SBUY199)
£14.00 used
KING KURT Banana Banana (1984 UK limited edition 7 vinyl single also featuring Bo Diddley Goes East Scratch & Sniff picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little wear on the scratch point and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with fewsigns of play BUY206) Track Listing: 1. Banana Banana 2
£9.00 used
KING KURT Billy (1985 UK 4-track 12 single from the psychobilly rock band also including Back On The Dole [Studio] [Live at the Brown Hatters and Alcholic Rat. The double-groove B-side features two versions of Back On The Dole pressed side-by-side. The groove the needle drops in determines whether you hear the live version or the studio version
£17.00 used
KING KURT Billy (1985 UK 7 vinyl single also including Back On The Dole picture sleeve BUY223) Track Listing: 1. Billy 2. Back On The Dole
£12.00 used
KING KURT Destination Zulu Land (1983 UK 7 vinyl single also including Shes As Hairy glossy picture sleeve. The delicate sleeve shows a little faint edge wear & the vinyl appears barely played BUY189) Track Listing: 1. Destination Zulu Land 2. Shes As Hairy
£12.00 used
KING KURT Zulu Beat (1982 UK Big Deal Edition 7 single pressed on Brown Vinyl also including Rockin Kurt housed in a silver print textured brown picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some minor general wear and the vinyl remains Excellent with a few light signs of play TSR2)
£56.00 used
KING KURT Slammers (1985 UK 7 vinyl single also including Ape-Hour picture sleeve featuring a very tipsy King BUY235)
£12.00 used