Send More Paramedics
British crossover thrash band
Send More Paramedics is an English zombie film-influenced crossover thrash band from Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are named after a line in the film The Return of the Living Dead.
History
The name is a reference to a line in the 1985 horror/comedy The Return of the Living Dead. The band originally formed as a side project of Leeds emo band And None of Them Knew They were Robots, but they gained a higher profile than And None of Them Knew They Were Robots.
The band played in the 1980s crossover style, described as "Zombiecore...a fusion of 80s thrash and modern hardcore punk", with lyrics about zombies and cannibalism, and were heavily influenced by zombie movies. On stage, they dressed as zombies and the drummer donned a Mexican wrestling mask (a homage to the character in Brian Clement's Meat Market films with whom he also shares the name El Diablo). As part of this on-stage persona, band members claimed to be members of the living dead.
The band performed at the 2005 Download Festival, the 2006 Reading and Leeds Festivals, were one of the first acts confirmed for 2006's Damnation Festival and were the opening act for Avenged Sevenfold at the Camden Underworld. They also toured as support to The Offspring. Their live show was described by Drowned in Sound as "brilliantly ghoulish" and "mouth-agape entertainment of the highest quality".
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