Lime Spiders were an Australian punk rock band who formed in 1979 with Mick Blood on lead vocals. He was later joined by Richard Lawson on drums, and David Sparks on guitar. Their debut studio album, The Cave Comes Alive! was released in June 1987 and reached the top 60 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their most successful single, "Weirdo Libido", was released in January that year and reached the top 50 on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart. In April its music video was the first ever shown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV music series rage. The track was used on the 1988 feature film Young Einsteins soundtrack. The group disbanded in 1990 and in 1999 Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted they had provided "raucous sound mixed screaming vocals and wild, fuzz-tone guitar riffs to arrive at a mutant strain of acid punk that bordered on heavy metal".

History

Early days: "25th Hour" to "Slave Girl"

The Lime Spiders were formed in 1979 by Michael Patrick "Mick" Blood on lead vocals,

Members

Timeline

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Members

  • Mick Blood – Vocals (1979–2023)
  • Ray Floyd Jones - Lead Guitar (2019-2023)
  • Paul Zoob - Bass (2023)
  • Richard Lawson – Drums (1983–1985, 1986–1992, 1997, 2007)
  • Dave Sparks – Guitar (1997–2002, 2007–2017)
  • Phil Hall – Bass (1988–1997, 2007, 2017)
  • Jeff Cleary – Drums (1981–1982)
  • Mike Couvret – Guitar (1988)
  • Warwick Gilbert – Bass (1982)
  • Eric Grothe – Guitar (1979)
  • Dave Guest – Bass (1981–1982)
  • Richard Jakimyszyn – Guitar (1981–1984, 1985, 2007)
  • Peter Cann – Guitar (1991)
  • Luke Mason – Drums (1992)
  • Darryl Mather – Guitar (1979–1982)
  • Jayne Murphy – Guitar (1992)
  • Stephen Rawle – Drums (1982–1984)
  • Murray Shepherd – Drums (2002)
  • Clint Mahoney - Bass (2019)
  • Paul Mulreany - Drums (2019)
  • Spike Glover - Drums (2020)
  • Bruce Tatham – Keyboards (1982)
  • Tom Gorban - Drums (2008 - 2014)
  • Mark Wilkinson – Guitar (1988–1989)

Discography

Studio albums

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! scope="row" | Slave Girl

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  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Closer (CL0034)

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|—

|18

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! scope="row" | The Cave Comes Alive!

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  • Released: April 1987
  • Label: Virgin (VOZ 2006)

| 54

|11

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! scope="row" | Volatile

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  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: Virgin (VOZ 2015)

| —

|—

|—

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! scope="row" | Beethoven's Fist

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  • Released:1990
  • Label: Virgin (VOZ 2043)

| —

|—

|—

|}

Live albums

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|+ List of live albums, with selected details

! Title

! Album details

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! scope="row" | Lime Spiders Live

|

  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: Virgin

|-

! scope="row" | Live at the Esplanade

|

  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Figtree Words & Music (FT102)

|}

Compilation albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ List of compilation albums, with selected details

! Title

! Album details

|-

! scope="row" | Headcleaner

|

  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Virgin (VOZ 2012)

|-

! scope="row" | Blood Sugar Sex Lawson

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  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Virgin (VOZEPCD 003)

|-

! scope="row" | Nine Miles High 1983-1990

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  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Raven (RVCD-144)

|}

Extended Plays

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! colspan="2" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

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! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| AUS<br />

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See also

  • Raspberry Cordial

References

  • Lime Spiders at MusicBrainz
  • 2015 Phil Hall Interview - Australian Rock Show Podcast