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Rico Bell (born Eric John Bellis) is a UK and California based artist and musician best known for his work as a member of the British punk rock band the Mekons which he joined in 1983.
Eric Bellis (aka Rico Bell) was born near Liverpool, UK and has been working as a professional artist since the early 1970s. Currently residing in Los Angeles, his work has been exhibited and represented by many commercial galleries throughout the UK and US including Eastwick Gallery (now known as Thomas Masters Gallery), Chicago and Yard Dog ...
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The band was formed in 1976 by a group of University of Leeds art students: Jon Langford, Kevin Lycett, Mark White, Andy Corrigan and Tom Greenhalgh—Gang of Four and Delta 5 formed from the same group of students. They took the band's name from the Mekon, an evil, super-intelligent Venusian featured in the British 1950s–1960s comic Dan Dare (printe...
Alongside Bob Dylan and The Clash, the Mekons are the only other band or musician to make it twice onto Robert Christgau's Dean's Lists (begun in 1971), that is, Christgau selected both Fear and Whiskey (1985) and OOOH! (2002) as his album of the year. The Mekons are also one of Greil Marcus' favourite bands About the Mekons Fear and WhiskyMarcus s...
Langford has worked as the founder and member of several solo and band projects including The Three Johns, the Waco Brothers, a punk-meets-Johnny Cash-like ensemble, and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, a project that explores the music of Bob Wills, Johnny Cash and others. Besides his solo albums Langford has released CDs with Richard Buckner, Kevin Co...
Albums
1. 1979: The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen (Virgin Records / Blue Plate-Caroline Records) 2. 1980: The Mekons aka Devils Rats and Piggies a Special Message from Godzilla (Red Rhino Records, Cherry Red Records, Quarterstick Records) – re-released in 1997 3. 1982: The Mekons Story(CNT Productions, Sin Record Company/Feel Good All Over, Buried Treasures Records) – re-released in 1986 4. 1985: Fear and Whiskey(Sin Record Company; re-released in 2002 and 2019, via bandcamp, by Quarterstick Record...
EPs
1. 1983: The English Dancing Master (CNT Records, Rough Trade Records) 2. 1986: Crime and Punishment(Sin Record Company) 3. 1986: Slightly South of the Border(Sin Record Company) 4. 1987: Hole In The Ground / Sin City / Prince Of Darkness (Sin Record Company, Cooking Vinyl, Twin/Tone Records) 5. 1989: The Dream and Lie of... (A&M Records, Blast First) 6. 1990: F.U.N. '90 (A&M Records, Blast First) 7. 1990: Greetings Eight(Materiali Sonori, Italy) 8. 1992: Wicked Midnite/All I Want(Loud Music)...
Singles
1. 1978: "Never Been In A Riot" b/w "32 Weeks" and "Heart & Soul" − FAST 1 (Fast Product) 2. 1978: "Where Were You?" b/w "I'll Have To Dance Then (On My Own)" − FAST 7 (Fast Product) 3. 1979: "Work All Week" b/w "Unknown Wrecks" − VS300 (Virgin Records) 4. 1980: "Teeth" b/w "Guardian" and "Kill" b/w "Stay Cool" (Virgin Records) – double 7" 5. 1980: "Snow" b/w "Another One" (Red Rhino Records) 6. 1981: "This Sporting Life" b/w "Frustration" − CNT1 (CNT Records) 7. 1982: "This Sporting Life" b/...
The Mekons – Live Music Archive at Internet ArchiveRico Bell Biography by Steve Huey. Alt-country/roots-rock singer-songwriter Rico Bell is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist (playing guitar, accordion, melodion, harmonica, and keyboards), as well as a compelling storyteller whose good-natured humor belies a darker worldview.
Features Rico's whiskey-cured renditions of Merle's "Lonesome Fugitive," The Band's "Acadian Driftwood" (actually done first by Cajun old-timer Belton Richard, but if we'd said that you wouldn't have known what the hell we were talking about), and--talk about incest--The Waco Brothers' "Lake of Vinegar." Sure to magically transform even the ...
30. Jan. 1997 · Honky-tonk crooner and accordionist Rico Bell, aka British painter Eric Bellis, is a worthy addition to this synthetic tradition. He adopts the persona of a hapless barfly crying into his...
Alt-country/roots-rock singer-songwriter Rico Bell is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist (playing guitar, accordion, melodion, harmonica, and keyboards), as well as a compelling storyteller whose good-natured humor belies a darker worldview.
