A BAND whose roots are in Keighley is releasing its first album for more than a decade – and launching a UK tour.
Terrorvision's We Are Not Robots is the result of a collaboration with musician and record producer, Rick McNamara.
Mixed by Chris Sheldon – of Foo Fighters and McFly fame – the album is released on September 20, the same day Terrorvision embarks on its tour.
We Are Not Robots is promoted as being "a marvellously raucous and eclectic statement of intent".
It opens with punk numbers Electrocuted and The Night That Lemmy Died, followed by pop-rock song Daydream and the melodic Opposites Attract.
Lead singer, Tony Wright, says the single The Night That Lemmy Died celebrates the "old-school mentality" of bands like Terrorvision.
He adds: "It is an ode to hard rocking in a world of twee, a tribute to all bands that play and write, that drive through the night to forge their way rather than entering a TV talent show!
"The world needs people like Lemmy, and so we wrote this to remember what he meant to all us rockers."
The tour opens in London, at the Islington Assembly Hall.
It then takes in Norwich, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Wolverhampton, Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, before finishing at Glasgow on September 29.
The band began life in Keighley as Spoilt Bratz, before undergoing a name change.
Formed in 1988, it signed with EMI Records three years later. It released debut album Formaldehyde to positive reviews, and achieved a first chart hit with My House.
The band went from performing in front of 100 people in pubs to touring in support of The Ramones and Motorhead, and opening for Def Leppard.
By the end of 1993, Terrorvision had recorded a second album – How To Make Friends and Influence People – and it spawned five top-30 singles and several awards.
Third album, Regular Urban Survivors, released in 1996, quickly went gold.
And it was followed by Shaving Peaches. Tequila, from the album, reached number 2 in the UK charts.
By the turn of the century, the band had racked up appearances on numerous TV shows.
Good to Go was released in 2001 and the band began working on new material in 2010, which resulted in Super Delux the following year.
We Are Not Robots is the first album since then.
For more about the album and tour, visit facebook.com/terrorvisionofficial
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