SLYDER SMITH & THE OBLIVION KIDS

Ahead of a run of UK live shows this December, SLYDER SMITH & THE OBLIVION KIDS have released a heart pounding cover version of the iconic 80s hit, ‘The NeverEnding Story’.

The song is accompanied by a new music video, with band performance filmed by Wills Audio at the famous Buckley Tivoli theatre and transformed into a fun concept video with additional footage & editing by producer Darren Stockford paying homage to the bombastic 80’s era.

Without a shred of tiresome irony, Slyder Smith and the Oblivion Kids boldly reimagine Giorgio Morodor’s 80s cult classic. Whilst staying true to the original, the power trio bring a dynamic commercial rock feel to Limahls’s electronic pop hit with guest vocals from Nina Courson of Healthy Junkies. With their debut album, ‘Charm Offensive’, released to critical acclaim from press, media and music fans alike earlier this year, ‘The NeverEnding Story’ is another thrilling chapter for Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids.

The band will be spreading their grit, glamour, emotion and possibly some glitter across venues across the UK throughout December:

03 Dec – SHEFFIELD – Winters Rocks Festival
04 Dec – NEWCASTLE – Trillians
16 Dec – BRIDGWATER – Cobblestones (w/ L.A. Maybe)
20 Dec – LONDON – The Water Rats // CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR

*EVENT: “The NeverEnding Christmas Story”
Date: 20 Dec 2022
Venue: The Water Rats, London

Oh no it isn’t… just an ordinary live gig…
Oh yes it is… a spectacular triple bill, starring Slyder Smith and the Oblivion Kids, featuring Nina Courson with special guests, Healthy Junkies and Soho Dukes.

To celebrate the release of their new single ‘The NeverEnding Story’, Slyder and his band of merry men role into town with a cast of London Royalty. Tickets are on sale NOW: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/554172

Opening the show will be Soho Dukes – delightfully eccentric punks bringing a colourful bravado to the stage! Next to tread the boards will be the glamourous rebel punkster, Nina Courson and her band, Healthy Junkies – serving up a mix of Punk, Grunge, Psychedelic, New Wave & Glam Rock, with a soupçon of theatre.

The stage is now set for our headliners, Slyder Smith and the Oblivion Kids – The power trio have been perfecting their live performance over the past few months with a range of headline shows and as special guests to the Electric Boys and are now ready to take the capital by storm, delivering lashings of grit, glamour and emotion! Expect a night full of audience participation, shameless party antics and general festive debauchery! What could possibly go wrong?

Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids are:
Vocals & Guitar – Slyder Smith
Bass – Tim Emery
Drums – Carl Donaghue

In advance of the band’s debut LP, ‘Charm Offensive’, which is out tomorrow, 19th August, the swaggering British rock band, SLYDER SMITH & THE OBLIVION KIDS, have premiered a brand new video for their latest single, ‘Pleasure Victim’.

This new material lands as the group prepare for an extensive UK Tour commencing 23rd August as special guests to groove rock legends Electric Boys.

‘Pleasure Victim’ is a sleaze powered runaway train; an homage to the decadence and debauchery of the late 80s/early 90s Soho rock scene. The new song is a hard-hitting classic rock anthem with filthy duelling guitars, steam roller bass and relentless pounding beat. Lyrically it tells the story of the transformation from being shackled to the doldrums of the 9-5 life to when the weekend finally comes, and the seduction of the night lures you in to live the dream of rock stardom.

“Seduce me with all your charms, I’m a victim when I’m in your arms”

You are powerless, you are addicted to the music, addicted to the look, get dressed to impress, choose your poison, and offer yourself up to the altar of the rock gods. This is your song, this is your anthem, whether you like it or not, you are now a Pleasure Victim… at least for tonight!

Slyder Smith first swaggered onto the stage as lead guitarist with glam-tinged power popsters, Last Great Dreamers. After releasing four studio albums and one live album on Ray Records, Slyder has toured extensively throughout the UK & Europe with LGD headline shows and special guest slots to The Quireboys, The Wildhearts, Terrorvision, The Darkness, Enuff ZNuff, and more.

Slyder now takes centre stage leading his new power trio, Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids (featuring Tim Emery on bass and drummer Rik Pratt) in an honest outpouring of grit, glamour and emotion.

Produced by Pete Brown (George Harrison, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Marc Almond, The Smiths, Sam Brown), Slyder Smith & the Oblivion Kids’ debut album, ‘Charm Offensive’ is a chocolate box of sonic sensations offering up a little something for everyone – from heavy riffage with walloping drums akin to AC/DC to the anticipated sleaze rock shades of Hanoi Rocks.

However, this band is not afraid to step away from their rock roots, instead, with nods to the likes of The Doors, Velvet Underground, The Stranglers and The Kinks from the past and the alternative rock sound of Manic Street Preachers, The Oblivion Kids have reimagined an 80s synth pop classic and mastered singalong pop, gothic, dark Americana, and dare we say it, funk rock?!

‘Charm Offensive’ is out 19th August via Ray Records. Pre-Save Digital – Pre-Order Physical

Tour dates:

23rd Aug – STOKE – Eleven (w/ Electric Boys)
24th Aug – LONDON – The Underworld (w/ Electric Boys)
25th Aug – SWANSEA – Hangar 18 (w/ Electric Boys)
26th Aug – Y LLEW COCH – Mach, Machynlleth (w/ Electric Boys)
27th Aug – BRADFORD – Nightrain (w/ Electric Boys)
28th Aug – SHEFFIELD – HRH Sleaze
30th Aug – NEWCASTLE – Trillians (w/ Electric Boys)
31st Aug – EDINBURGH – Bannermans (w/ Electric Boys)
1st Sept – GLASGOW, Hard Rock Cafe (w/ Electric Boys)
2nd Sept – WOLVERHAMPTON, The Robin (w/ Electric Boys)
3rd Sept – BLACKPOOL, The Waterloo (w/ Electric Boys)
11th Sept – BRISTOL (Southpaws) – Crofters Rights
6th Oct – MANCHESTER – Star & Garter
7th Oct – BLACKPOOL (Rockmantic) – The Waterloo
8th Oct – GLASGOW – Audio
9th Oct EDINBURGH – Bannermans
11th Oct – EDINBURGH (solo acoustic) Bannermans (w/ Tony Wright)
3rd Dec – SHEFFIELD (Winter Rocks Festival) – The Corporation
4th Dec – NEWCASTLE – Trillians
20th Dec – LONDON – Water Rats
11th Mar – HRH Spring Break – Great Yarmouth