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Specimen was an 80s batcave British band. They have been described as being many different genres of music, including; glam, goth, punk and deathrock.

Biography

The band formed in Bristol, England during 1980. Their first show was at a street party celebrating the wedding of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. In 1982, the band relocated to Soho, London, where they would play many shows at the infamous club known as The Batcave, Specimen’s vocalist Ollie Wisdom founded and ran the club during 1982-1983.

Unusual for a keyboardist, Johnny Slut became the face of the band and its most famous member, due largely to his striking image and fashion sense.

While the band were together, they never released a full album, only singles and an EP, although in 1997 two full-length compilations would be released featuring various Specimen songs.

Post-Specimen

After the band went its separate ways, guitarist Jon Klein worked with Siouxsie and the Banshees for a period of 7 years, before working with Sinéad O’Connor.

Johnny Slut went on to work with The KLF, Adamski and is now in Atomizer.

Current Lineup

* T.bias - Vocals, additional guitar, & keyboards
* Jon Klein - Guitar, vocals
* Stephan X - Guitar
* Kimba - Bass
* Tim Huthert - Drums

Previous Lineup

* Olli Wisdom - Vocals
* Kev Mills - Bass (Replaced by ‘Kimba’ after the band relocated to the US)
* Jon Klein - Guitar
* Jonny Slut - Keyboards
* Jonathan Trevisick - Drums

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Top Tracks

1	Hex full track	234
2	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	99
3	Syria	48
3	Tell Tail	48
5	Lovers	46
6	Dead Man's Autochop	42
7	Stand Up Stand Out full track	40
8	Returning From a Journey	36
9	Holes	34
10	Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth	30
11	Nothing Lasts Forever	27
12	Beauty Of Poison	22
13	Death Drive	21
14	Electric Ballroom	17
14	Play Prey	17

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slickdpdx wrote:
last week

Really good black lipstick glam.

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Candide1974 wrote:
last month

Does anyone have a tab for the bass in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang? If so plz msg me. :-)

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Psykodrame wrote:
last month

oh..the pursed lips

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Fureimes wrote:
last month

this guys simply rule o.o Hear this.. Kiss! ... and Bang

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InfernoNecrosis wrote:
last month

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ionas82 wrote:
August 2008

Crazy Great

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maionist wrote:
August 2008

Sharp Teeth Preety Teeth kicks my ass

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beliweb wrote:
July 2008

AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! I JUST SAW SPECIMEN LIVE LAST NIGHT!! THEY FUCKING ROCKED!! *falls over and dies*

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HepatitisSundae wrote:
July 2008

hahaha, what's up with all these goth bands cancelling their tours? Alien Sex Fiend cancelled their tour, too.

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krusth wrote:
June 2008

_____buenas noches ;]

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lord0 wrote:
June 2008

Specimen --> Deathrock??!?! hahahaha

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Trasfigurazione wrote:
June 2008

deathrock??? don't make me laugh

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ShadowolfIncubi wrote:
May 2008

Cancelled tour, I'm so sad ;_; </3

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

Specimen, best band ever <3. I can't wait to be on the 11th of July for the 25th Batcave anniversary in London .
skott1966 wrote:
May 2008

lovely, very lovely

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coldream wrote:
April 2008

HEX!

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xjennafhur wrote:
April 2008

THE BATCAVE 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR!!! deathrockmagazine.com/thebatcave-tour-2008.php

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Deadbeatboy1334 wrote:
April 2008

Deeeetroit show soon!

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cannibalroses wrote:
April 2008

Damn, I love this band. Azoic is a work of artistic mastery.

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specimeen wrote:
April 2008

evildemonchild is a jerk... i mean, Manson??. Specimen is awesome, their old n new stuff are fuking great!.

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