Polecats
Also known as The Polecats
Formed1977
OriginLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
13,492Spotify followers
25/100Spotify popularity
Biography
Polecats was a rockabilly revival band in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The band formed in 1977. The original line-up was Tim Worman (a.k.a Tim Polecat, vocalist), Martin "Boz" Boorer, (guitarist and vocalist, later of Morrisseys band), Phil Bloomberg (bassist), and Chris Hawkes (drummer), and originally played under the name "Cult Heroes."
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Finding difficulty persuading promoters to book them on the Rockabilly circuit with a name sounding "too punk", they adopted Hawkes suggested band name The Polecats. Hawkes was later replaced by Neil Rooney. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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