"WE WERE STEEPED IN BLACK SABBATH... WAKING UP TO MOTÖRHEAD..."
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the almighty AMEBIX, performing live in Manchester, UK, c. "Arise!" era. 📸: John, followed by the two primary influences on AMEBIX: BLACK SABBATH and MOTÖRHEAD.
"There was simply no one else at that time playing heavy music with a punk attitude. We were steeped in BLACK SABBATH despite our musical illiteracy, waking up to MOTÖRHEAD and bass power chord riffing. Gigs were amazing, people didn't know quite what the fuck was going on, we were intense, heavy as hell, and loud!"
-- Rob "THE BARON" Miller (bassist/vocalist and co-founder of AMEBIX)
AMEBIX photo source: www.flickr.com/photos/74495375@N07/6713746165 (the other two on Pinterest).