The Piranhas

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Tom Hark 02:43 Tools
Vi Gela Gela 03:48 Tools
Getting Beaten Up 02:14 Tools
Girls Like It Too 01:45 Tools
Fiddling While Babylon Burns 02:27 Tools
I Don't Want My Body 03:53 Tools
Pleasure 02:19 Tools
Tension 02:24 Tools
Jilly 01:45 Tools
Boyfriend 03:01 Tools
Cold Cold Metal 02:19 Tools
Tom Hark (Radio Edit) 02:42 Tools
Roman Showers 01:33 Tools
Love Game 02:53 Tools
Bitches Wheel 03:11 Tools
Coffee 03:00 Tools
Green Don't Suit Me 02:11 Tools
Space Invaders 02:40 Tools
Something 03:16 Tools
Saxophone 03:35 Tools
Final Straw 02:08 Tools
05 - The Piranhas - Tom Hark 02:43 Tools
Yap Yap Yap 02:16 Tools
Virginity 02:55 Tools
Tom Hark - Radio Edit 02:42 Tools
Happy Families 02:24 Tools
My Shoes 01:23 Tools
Man Of A Drink 01:55 Tools
Weird Things Can Happen 01:10 Tools
Garbage Can 01:44 Tools
Isolation 02:22 Tools
The Great Glitter Nest 03:28 Tools
Coloured Music 03:30 Tools
Blinking Lights 01:41 Tools
Madeline 01:39 Tools
Sound Mutilation 04:02 Tools
Dangerline 01:06 Tools
Future Primitive 02:28 Tools
Hard To Do 02:13 Tools
Zambezi 02:43 Tools
Redundant 03:11 Tools
Piranhas Attack 02:30 Tools
Tom Harks 02:44 Tools
Solo Sex for Two 03:16 Tools
IM Outside 02:25 Tools
I Am Machine / David Hazel Eyes 02:55 Tools
Tension (Vaultage LP Version) 02:22 Tools
Do You (Do Solo Sex For Two) 03:16 Tools
Do You? 00:00 Tools
I'm Outside 02:25 Tools
Whirls And Faints 01:55 Tools
Hi Everybody 01:24 Tools
Getting Beating Up 02:14 Tools
Adequate Ventilation 04:35 Tools
My Disease 02:13 Tools
Isolation (Enormo) 00:00 Tools
I Am Machine/David Hazel Eyes 00:00 Tools
The Piranhas - Tom Hark - The Piranhas - Tom Hark 00:00 Tools
Radio Ad (pippo) 00:00 Tools
High In The Pink Light 01:54 Tools
Mind Control 02:18 Tools
Piscis Clangor 03:12 Tools
La Turbie Pirhanienne 03:12 Tools
Cheap 'n' Nasty 03:56 Tools
Achieveordie 02:59 Tools
05 05 - The Piranhas - Tom Hark 02:59 Tools
Soft Mold Prisons 04:59 Tools
Hazel Eyes 04:59 Tools
Whirls & Faints 01:59 Tools
Zambezi (feat. Boring Bob Grover) 03:15 Tools
Cheap And Nasty 01:59 Tools
Tom Hark [Radio Edit] 01:59 Tools
Cheap And Nasty (Radio 1 Session, 7 Feb 1979) 01:59 Tools
Jilly (Radio 1 Session, 7 Feb 1979) 01:59 Tools
Saxophone (Radio 1 Session, 7 Feb 1979) 01:59 Tools
Coloured Music (Radio 1 Session, 7 Feb 1979) 01:59 Tools
Tom Hank 01:59 Tools
Anything 01:59 Tools
(I'm Gonna Get) Well Away 01:59 Tools
The Piranhas - Tom Hark - 01:59 Tools
The Piranhas - Tom Hark 01:59 Tools
I'm Outside/I Am Machine/David 01:59 Tools
05 05 05 - The Piranhas - Tom Hark 01:59 Tools
Green Dont Suit Me 03:15 Tools
Radio Ad 03:15 Tools
Nobody Sings 03:15 Tools
Pink Elephants 01:59 Tools
Do You 03:15 Tools
Yap, Yap, Yap 03:15 Tools
Tension [Vaultage LP Version] 03:15 Tools
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There are (at least) 2 bands with this name - One from Brighton and one from Detroit. 1) The Piranhas were a ska-influenced punk band from Brighton. Their live act was supposed to be one of the best around and they soon had a large following and were beginning to get some choice gigs out of town. Their songs were laced with a dry, sardonic wit, backed up with some catchy hooklines. They were formed in 1977, and were originally part of the Brighton punk scene. They first came to prominence when DJ John Peel started playing their single "I Don't Want My Body" on his BBC Radio 1 programme, but achieved their biggest success with their cover version of the South African kwela song "Tom Hark". This had been an instrumental hit in 1958 for Elias & His Zig Zag Jive Flutes, and had already been covered in a ska style by Millie Small. With new lyrics written by the band's frontman "Boring" Bob Grover, it was a Top 10 hit in 1980. It was the first song to feature on BBC Television's pop music programme, Top of the Pops, when it returned in 1980 after being blacked out for several months by industrial action. From Suzy Horne in the The Piranhas first fan club fanzine: "Their first gig as the Piranhas was at the Vault supporting another local punk band Wrist Action. It was an anti-Jubilee gig, held on Jubilee Day 1977. Even the hand stamp said "Fuck the Jubilee". Their set consisted of about eight punk songs with titles such as Maniac, Tell the Truth, Hilary Bites, I Want Your Body and Johnny Mono, plus a couple of covers including a punk version of Let's Spend the Night Together. The only slower song was called Shut Up which became a strong favourite and highlight of the set. It even had it's own dance at one time. " Original line-up (1977-81) * Bob Grover - guitarist, lead vocals, trumpeter * Dick Slexia (Richard Adland) - drummer * Johnny Helmer - guitarist, vocals * Reginald Frederick Hornsbury - bassist * Zoot Alors - saxophonist Discography 1980 * "Tom Hark" / #6 UK * "I Don't Want My Body" * " Zambesi" / # 17 UK * LP - The Piranhas / #69 UK 2) The Piranhas were a garage punk band from Detroit, MI, United States, formed in 1998, disbanded in 2004. Members: Jamie Easter (vocals), Nai Sammon (guitar), Brian (bass), Pear (drums, saxophone), Ami (organ, glockenspiel), Ling-Ling (drums, 1998-2000) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.