Here's a cutting from Wrathchild's local paper in 1984 (some of the text reproduced below)

WRATHCHILD - just the mere mention of the name evokes shudders of dread in wimps and faint-hearted grannies everywhere!

Glam mutants, demi gods, titans of trash - whatever you want to call them, there is only one band in this country with the potential to break every music industry record ever set ..... WRATHCHILD!

Or so says the latest press release from Evesham glam Rockers Wrathchild.

Expecting the worst I popped down to see the lads during a brief sojourn in their hometown last week only to find the boys merely drink tea and like their mum's Sunday lunches.

"We're down to earth boys at heart", says bassist Marc Angel with a grin that says otherwise........

"After 2 1/2 years together we're ready for the big time," he says. "We're ready for Top Of The Pops."

If the TOTP appearance happens will Wrathchild go the way of many before them and tone down their act in favour of commercialism?

Marc Angel is no fool - "Look if you wear out one pair of trousers, you go out and buy another pair so I can't say there'll be an image change but I can't see it happening in the near future. The make up will never go."

"If anything we'd be more outrageous for the telly," added Lance Rocket.

Wrathchild are billed as a "Shock n Roll" band but are they really out to intimidate?

"Not really, we're more a good time band," says Marc.

"Certainly there's an element of shock in what we do but after one of our gigs the audience goes away feeling good rather than ill."

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Wrathchild recently paid a visit to 10 Downing Street to deliver a petition against the censorship of porn and horror videos.

"We're not a political band but this is something we feel strongly about," says Marc. "All we're saying is that there should be grading and warning stickers on these things but not total government censorship."