Hydra (69)

Early black metal band formed in Nottingham, England in 1984 by Adam 'Grotch' Firman, Frazer 'Scit' Craske, Martin 'Doom' Walkyier & Russell 'Russ' Allcock. Adam, Frazer and Martin had previously been in a band together called Mystic Wytch - Martin initially joined as a guitar player before becoming the vocalist. Russell Allcock was the first drummer, replaced by Mark Daley in the summer of 1984. They had 15 original songs and performed four gigs in Nottinghamshire. Andy Sneap joined in June 1985. Adam left a fortnight later, and since he had contributed virtually all the music to the band, Hydra was effectively disbanded at this point. Andy, Martin, Frazer & Mark then regrouped to form a new thrash band: Sabbat (2). Mark left Sabbat (2) a fortnight afterwards and he and Adam later reformed Hydra with other musicians. This 'Hydra mk2' supported Sabbat (2) at a gig in September 1986. Disbanded unknown date.