The unstoppable Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster bring their notorious live show to The Box in Crewe on Tuesday October 27.

The much-imitated band fuse heavy beats, dirty guitars, tight bass lines and Elvis-being-tortured style vocals to create horrific and utterly brilliant music.

This musical damnation comes to you courtesy of four headless horsemen, Guy McKnight (vocals), Marc Norris (guitar), Tom Diamantopoulo (drums) and Sym Gharial (bass).

Over the years they have garnered some rave reviews for their jaw-dropping sounds.

The Times called them the 'most exciting new band of the year', NME labelled them the 'best new band in Britain', while the Observer called them 'dark and masterful performers'.

Their two album releases equally reduced the hard-nosed bastions of the UK music press to a quivering mess, with comments such as 'genius', 'thrilling' and 'majestic'.

Horse Of The Dog, released in 2002, was a short 22 minutes of pure aggression.

Musically it was unlike anything else around at the time, it was fast, furious, and a big fat psycho freak out.

Many of the singles that came from ‘"Horse Of The Dog" included b-sides that would prove to be as popular, if not more popular then the album tracks themselves.

Classic b-sides, such as "Torrential Abuse" and "Turkish Delights of the Devil" became an integral part of the band’s live show.

Whilst on record, the band were phenomenal, the live sets were out of this world, McKnight frequently jumping into the crowd, twice possibly three times every song, doing manic press-ups on stage and smacking the microphone against his head.

The band toured non-stop after the release of "Horse Of The Dog" in their preferred method of transportation, a flame embezzled antique car.

The band's second album, "The Royal Society" was certainly longer in length though it lacked none of the lyrical or musical ferocity of it’s predecessor.

The album included the bands greatest hit to date "Mister Mental", which reached number 25 in the UK charts.

The band's notoriety grew after the release of "The Royal Society" and the audiences got larger, including a London Astoria show that was packed to the rafters and support slots with System Of A Down and Placebo.

2007's In The Garden EP was accompanied by a furious UK tour.

The new release received excellent reviews in both NME and Kerrang and the end of the saw the band supporting American rock band Queens Of Stone Age on their sold out UK tour.

Their eagerly-awaited new album is due out anytime now.

Support for the Crewe show comes from Dublin’s Legion of Ape and Alsager’s Troops of Mafeking.

Tickets are £9 and available from www.theboxcrewe.co.uk. Doors are from 8pm.