{"product_id":"the-milkshakes-milk-box","title":"The Milkshakes - Milk Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis clamshell box set brings together four classic albums by \u003cstrong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"292\"\u003eThe Milkshakes\u003c\/strong\u003e across 4 CDs, complete with a booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• Talking 'Bout Milkshakes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• After School Session\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• Thee Knights Of Trashe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• The Milkshakes Revenge!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Milkshakes were \u003cstrong\u003eMickey Hampshire\u003c\/strong\u003e (Git\/Vox); \u003cstrong\u003eBilly Childish\u003c\/strong\u003e (Git\/Vox); \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Brand\u003c\/strong\u003e (Drums); \u003cstrong\u003eRuss Wilkins\u003c\/strong\u003e (Bass).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen punk rock group \u003cstrong\u003eThe Pop Rivets\u003c\/strong\u003e broke up in 1980, Billy Childish joined forces with Mickey Hampshire, a Pop Rivets roadie who had been performing in a group called \u003cstrong\u003eMickey and the Milkshakes\u003c\/strong\u003e with his cohort Banana Bertie. The two began writing songs together and the group released their first LP, \u003cem\u003eTalking ’Bout Milkshakes!\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Childish and Hampshire sharing guitar and vocal duties, Bruce Brand on drums, and Bertie on bass (later replaced by Russ Wilkins then John Agnew), The Milkshakes’ sound was a primitive blend of British beat groups, like the early \u003cstrong\u003eThe Kinks\u003c\/strong\u003e at their toughest, and hard-rocking American guitar instrumentalists like \u003cstrong\u003eLink Wray\u003c\/strong\u003e. This sound came to be known as the “Medway sound” and the core members have been playing a variation on it throughout their whole careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Milkshakes were a very prolific group, recording nine records in their four years together, and the band was very much a blend of Childish’s primitive songwriting and Hampshire’s more melodic leanings. The group also masterminded and backed a Medway girl group, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Delmonas\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Mickey left The Milkshakes in 1984, Childish, Brand and Agnew went on to form \u003cstrong\u003eThee Mighty Caesars\u003c\/strong\u003e. Mickey and Bruce now play in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Masonics\u003c\/strong\u003e along with \u003cstrong\u003eLudella Black\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eThe Del Monas\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Russ lives in Scotland and fronts \u003cstrong\u003eThe Wildebeests\u003c\/strong\u003e as well as being Lord Rochester.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DAMAGED GOODS RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"4CD Boxset","offer_id":58609064935769,"sku":"SDZ-48982","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/FOR_20260716_1259_120122_783_p_31a78c5d-9b5e-10fb-8bec-d22abc233f3d_3_002.jpg?v=1784293612","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-milkshakes-milk-box","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}