Punk Rock Passion

Troy were a punk rock band formed in 1980 in the small town of Malvern in Worcestershire. The original members were 14, 15 and 16 years old at the time. They couldn’t play particularly well but made up for it with a passion that shone through in their live performances. They wrote some cracking songs but never made it into a recording studio.

Finally, after forty years, the band got together again to record some of the songs they first played in those mad, mad days of teenage boredom, glue induced euphoria and juvenile angst.

The result was a four track EP called ‘About F**king Time’ that features three original songs and one classic cover.

The original punk rock Troy was fronted by Dominic Marshall with Steve Collett on guitar, Ralph Tittley on bass and Mike Lewis on drums. Their first gig was at the (now legendary) Phoenix Club in Malvern. They played several gigs in Malvern and Worcester and were offered a support slot with the Angelic Upstarts at the Winter Gardens. With true punk spirit, and assuming that such things happened all the time, they turned it down. Instead, they went to London for the weekend.

For Malvern rocks Dom, Steve and Ralph are joined by Jem Vipond on guitar and Lol Proctor on drums.