Atom Seed

Atom Seed was an English hard rock band, popular in the early 1990s. They released their debut album, Get in Line in 1990.[1]

Atom Seed
OriginLondon, England
GenresHard rock, funk metal
Years active1989–1993
LabelsFM Revolver Records, London Records
Associated actsBruce Dickinson, Sack Trick, Tank
Websitemyspace.com/atomseedband
Past membersPaul Cunningham
Simon James
Chris Huxter
Amir
Chris Dale
Jerry Hawkins

History

Atom Seed were formed in early 1989 in London, England, by former Zoodoll guitarist Simon James' and bassist Chris Huxter's meeting with singer Paul Cunningham and the Iranian-born drummer, Amir. After recording a demo and playing a handful of gigs, Chris Huxter left in late 1989 to be replaced by Chris Dale on bass.[1] The band toured the UK constantly as headliners and also supporting Wolfsbane and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their debut EP was released in early 1990, followed in 1991 by the album Get in Line on FM Revolver Records.[1] Amir was replaced by Jerry Hawkins (formerly of Metal Monkey Machine) on drums before the band's debut European tour.[1] They were signed to London Records for the Dead Happy EP in 1992,[1] but were dropped from the label and split up soon after, with an unreleased album, Hard Sell Paranoia, shelved.[1][2]

After parting ways, their member's enjoyed success over the years, most notably Chris Dale performing, recording and writing for Bruce Dickinson. Dale now plays for the British heavy metal band Tank as well as his own pop rock band, Sack Trick. Simon James formed the band Moko Jumbi, recording an album for A&M Records in 1996 which remained unreleased after the label folded. In 2006, he released an acoustic album The Old Straight Track for Stovepony Records under the name 'Onions', launched at the Green Man Festival.

Discography
  • I Don't Want To Talk About It (EP) – ORG/FM Revolver Records (1990) : Tracks: "Doghouse", "Sexbeat", "Shake That Thing", "What?!"
  • Get in Line – FM Revolver Records (1990) / London Records Worldwide (1991) : Tracks: "What You Say", "Get in Line", "Rebel", "Shake That Thing", "Shot Down", "Forget it Joe", "Better Day", "What?!", "Castles In The Sky", "Bitchin'", "What You Say" (Live), "Burn" (Live)
  • Rebel (EP) – London Records (1991) : Tracks: "Rebel", "Everybody", "Forget It Joe", "Fools To Fall"
  • Get In Line (EP) – London Records (1991) : Tracks: "Get In Line", "Castles In The Sky", "What You Say" (Live), "Burn" (Live)
  • Split with Sepultura – Rock Power Magazine (1991) : Tracks: Sepultura - "Dead Embryonic Cells"; Atom Seed - "Get in Line"
  • Dead Happy (EP) – London Records (1992) : Tracks: "Happy", "What Gives?", "Fear", "The Assassin"
  • Hard Sell Paranoia – Recorded 1992, Unreleased : Tracks: "Enemy Song", "Love Money Hate", "Best of Life", "Mother Junk", "Tastes Like Money", "Idiots", "Delusions", "Changing Years", "Shadows", "Rooms", "Hard Sell Paranoia"[3][4]

References
  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who’s Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
  2. "Atom Seed". Sacktrick.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Atom Seed - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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