On Sunday 13 May 2012 Voorhees played an impromptu set at Morrowfest in Nottingham as a tribute to their friend John Paul Morrow who died 10 years ago. This prompted them to reform with a pick and mix line up from all the previous incarnations of the band, they played…
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On 23 and 24 April 2010, Voorhees re-banded to do shows in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Leeds (UK). These gigs were meant to be with the classic ‘Spilling Blood’ line-up, but the volcano ash cloud which grounded all flights to and from Europe the week previous meant Graeme and Paul could…
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In October 2004, the ‘Spilling Blood Without Reason’ line-up of Voorhees got together for a one-off show, “Night of the Living Dead at Sea”, which was played on a ferry boat on the Mersey River in Liverpool.
This line-up toured the US with Kill Your Idols, the Nerve Agents and the Explosion in 1999, and then took part in a European tour. They then recorded their third album Crystal Lake’s Legacy , which was released in 2001, before breaking up.
From August 1998 and April 1999, the band recorded their second album at Lowfold Studios in Lancaster , which would be released under the name 13th through Armed with Anger and Six Weeks records. Wright was asked to leave the band soon after due to his addiction to heroin ,…
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Voorhees recorded a John Peel Session for BBC Radio 1 at Maida Vale studios in London in March 1995, which was first broadcast the following month. The session was then re-recorded for a split EP with Stalingrad. At the beginning of 1996, they had their first US headline tour, supported…
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The band recorded their debut album Spilling Blood Without Reason at Studio 64 in Middlesbrough with producer Matthew Burke. They had originally written sixteen tracks for the album, but because their name was based on Friday the 13th, they decided to write an additional ten tracks so that each side…
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Taking on the name Voorhees, in reference to Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise, the band played their first performance in September 1991 at the Durham Rowing Club in support of punk band Sour Face . Soon after, the recorded their debut demo Everyone’s Good at Something… Except…
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In the late 1980s, vocalist Ian Leck and guitarist Sean Readman were members of Durham straight edge hardcore band Steadfast. In 1990, while still in Steadfast, Leck began a brief side project, called Know Your Enemy, which was heavily inspired by Judge with bassist Buzzard, who had recently been released…
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