Crispy Ambulance are an English post-punk band, formed in Manchester in late-1977 by Keith Darbyshire (bass), Robert Davenport (guitar), Alan Hempsall (vocals), and Gary Madeley (drums).
[1] They had been inspired by the Sex Pistols' second gig in the Lesser Free Trade Hall, in addition to the bands Magazine and Hawkwind.
During 1981–1982, Crispy Ambulance played several dozen live dates in the UK, as well as a short European tour with Section 25.
A further posthumous album, Frozen Blood, included their 1981 BBC radio session for the John Peel programme.
The double CD edition, released by Factory Benelux, came with an expanded version of the Record Store Day album Compulsion.