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 Slammers. (1985 UK 3-track 12 vinyl single also featuring Screamin Abdabs and Ape Hour. With glossy picture sleeve which has minimal wear. The vinyl has a few cosmetic hairlines but is otherwise Excellent. BUYIT235)
£12.79 used
KING KURT Zulu Beat (Rare 1982 UK Big Deal Edition 7 single pressed on Blue Vinyl also including Rockin Kurt housed in a textured card picture sleeve with yellow lettering. The sleeve & vinyl appear Near Mint TSR2)
£56.00 used
KING KURT Banana Banana (1984 UK 12 vinyl single also featuring the instrumental version and Bo Diddley Goes East glossy picture sleeve BUYIT206) Track Listing: 1. Banana Banana 2. Bo Diddley Goes East
£9.00 used
KING KURT America (1986 UK injection moulded 7 vinyl single also including High And Mighty picture sleeve KURT1)
£12.00 used
KING KURT Road to Rack And Ruin (1985 UK 7 vinyl single also including Poppa Wobbler picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little scuffing to the bottom flip and retains a vintage price sticker to the front and record store label on the reverse. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play BUY230)
£12.00 used
KING KURT Mack The Knife (1984 UK 7 vinyl single also including Wreckaparty Rock with bonus Flexidisc featuring a live version of Wreckaparty Rock picture sleeve with cartoon of the band playing printed on the inside of the sleeve BUY199) Track Listing: 1. Mack The Knife 2. Wreckaparty Rock Flexi: Wreckaparty Rock (Live)
£17.00 used
KING KURT Zulu Beat (Scarce 1982 UK solid centre 7 single pressed on Green Marbled Vinyl also including Rockin Kurt. The brown & beige variant picture sleeve has very small initials on the back but shows very little other wear and the vinyl looks barely played TSR2) Track Listing: A1. Zulu Beat B1
£106.00 used
KING KURT Slammers (1985 UK 7 vinyl single also including Ape-Hour picture sleeve featuring a very tipsy King by Maggot the bands saxamaphone player. The sleeve is Excellent with some light bending and still retains a vintage record store label on the back. The vinyl is also in Excellent condition with minimal signs of play BUY235)
£9.00 used