Ethel the Frog (band)

Ethel the Frog (band)

Ethel the Frog was a heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Hull, England. They are notable for being a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band's unusual name was taken from a Monty Python sketch about the "Piranha Brothers".

Career

After building a local following, they released a heavy version of The Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby" in 1978. Ethel the Frog also contributed the song "Fight Back" to one of Neal Kay's "Metal for Muthas" compilations. In 1979, they signed a recording contract with EMI, which re-released the "Eleanor Rigby" single with "Whatever Happened to Love" as the B-side. [cite web | url = http://www.geocities.com/saxon1100/Ethel_The_Frog.html | title = Ethel the Frog | accessdate = 2007-01-20 | date = 2001-09-01 | publisher = Geocities]

Reports vary on when the group broke up, but it was either immediately prior to, or shortly after, the release of their self-titled debut album, which was released in 1980. The album cover artwork for "Ethel the Frog" was done by David Dragon.

A CD release on a small record label, British Steel, appeared in 1997.

Post Ethel

Hopkinson (MA, PhD) is now a lecturer at the University of Leicester School of Archaeology. He was a Research Fellow at St John's College in Cambridge for three years before joining the University of Leicester in 2002.

Tognola and Conyers went on to join a band called Salem, releasing one single called "Reach for Eternity" before that band also split.

Doug Sheppard continued to play in cover bands but then formed the band No Messiahs (original songs) which lasted a couple of years and continues to play guitar in Holland and has several original songs on Soundclick,

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=670832click Hi-Fi link

Line-up

The Original line-up was:-

*Doug Sheppard (vocals, Lead guitar)
*Terry Hopkinson (vocals, bass)
*Paul Tognola (vocals, guitar)
*Paul Conyers (drums).

Discography

*"Metal for Muthas" - Compilation (1980) Sanctuary Records
*"Ethel the Frog" (1980) EMI

References

External links

* [http://www.nwobhm.com/etfrog.htm article and discography]
* [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,3035.sm rockdetector bio]


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