Stinky Toys – Polydor Records – 1977

Boozy Creed

Drivers Blues

Powerful debut 7″ single by Young Parisians Stinky Toys released on Polydor, a record label I seem to recall had rejected Sex Pistols as a going concern…

Brigandage many years later, reminded me of this band.

Text from Wikkie and the photo below is from the performance at the 100 Club Punk Festival in September 1976. 

Stinky Toys were a punk band from France which started in 1976 and featured Elli Medeiros (vocals), Denis Quilliard, alias Jacno, (aka Jan Colrth) (rhythm guitar), Bruno Carone (lead guitar), Albin Dériat (bass guitar), and Hervé Zénouda (drums).

One of the first French new wave bands, in 1976 the band took part in the 100 Club Punk Festival in London. Sharing the bill over two nights were Sex Pistols, The Clash, Banshees and Subway Sect on the first night, The Damned, Vibrators and Buzzcocks on the second. 

A single was released in a picture cover on Polydor Records in 1977, “Boozy Creed”, with “Driver Blues” on the B-side.

The single met with mixed reviews, causing Polydor to abandon the release of the band’s eponymous debut album outside France. 

The album was described by Allmusic as “a largely flat, bland collection of recycled Stones and New York Dolls riffs with low-quality vocals”, while Trouser Press were also not impressed with what they described as “uninspired sub-Rolling Stones rock’n’boogie with terrible vocals by Elli Medeiros”.

The band split up in 1979, with Elli Medeiros and Jacno then forming the duo, Elli et Jacno.