Ethel

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2010) Ethel the Frog was a heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Hull, England. They are notable for being a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band's unusual name was taken from a Monty Python sketch about the "Piranha Brothers". Career edit: After building a local following, they released a heavy version of The Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby" in 1978. Ethel the Frog also contributed the song "Fight Back" to one of Neal Kay's Metal for Muthas compilations. In 1979, they signed a recording contract with EMI, which re-released the "Eleanor Rigby" single with "Whatever Happened to Love" as the B-side. Reports vary on when the group broke up, but it was either immediately prior to, or shortly after, the release of their self-titled debut album, which was released in 1980. The album cover artwork for Ethel the Frog was done by David Dragon. A CD release on a small record label, British Steel, appeared in 1997. Post Ethel edit: Hopkinson (MA, PhD) is now a lecturer at the University of Leicester School of Archaeology. He was a Research Fellow at St John's College in Cambridge for three years before joining the University of Leicester in 2002. Tognola and Conyers went on to join a band called Salem, releasing one single called "Reach for Eternity/Cold as Steel" before that band also split in 1983. Doug Sheppard continued to play in cover bands, but then formed the band No Messiahs which lasted a couple of years, and he continues to play guitar in the Netherlands and has several original songs issued on Reverbnation. Line-up edit: The original line-up was: Doug Sheppard (vocals, lead guitar), Terry Hopkinson (vocals, bass), Paul Tognola (vocals, guitar), Paul Conyers (drums).

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