Their main influences come from the West Coast sound of 1960s bands such as Moby Grape, Buffalo Springfield and Love.
Three Psychedelic Filberts tracks were released – a cover of The Byrds' "Lady Friend" on the Obscure Independent Classics Volume 2 album; a cover of the Beatles' "Rain" which was included on Yeah Yeah Noh's final release, the Temple of Convenience EP; and "Atlantis 1968", which appeared on the He Didn't Even Draw A Fish on My Shower Curtain compilation album.
Rick Willson was a young guitar player and had his own studio in Barkby Road where the band started a long period of writing and recording.
It began to get airplay on late night radio shows and word of mouth about the band started to spread, and the Food label was acquired by EMI.
"Boy on Top of the News", a song inspired by Brian Jones was released as the second single from the album and reached No.
[3] In contrast to Decency the album was recorded quickly and two singles, "Six Days to JuJu" and "The Cat's Still Scratching" were released.
Geoff Beavan had left the band prior to recording this album and was replaced by Ian Michie.
After the album's release the Diesels toured the country and then went home to Leicester to continue writing and recording.
The last album FreakGene had caught the attention of several major labels and subsequently Butler signed to Chrysalis Records for a solo deal.
In 1998, a new Diesel Park West album was released, HIPReplacement, comprising songs recorded around the time of "FreakGene".
To complete their deal with Thunderbird Records, a compilation of the demos from Shakespeare Alabama and Decency called King of Ghosts was released in 2002.
The Diesel's teamed up with Chris Kimsey again to record for a new album called Do Come In, Excuse The Mess released in August 2012 which has gained some radio play.
The Diesels released a new EP called You, You, You & You in May 2013, a collection of six new songs available initially as a download on their official website.
Rich Barton rejoined Diesel Park West in 2014 and he has played with the band in more recent gigs and festivals.
John Butler released his third solo album, Universal Stranger in July 2017 on Strataville, preceded by the single, A Little Misunderstanding in April.
In April 2017, a pre-order for Universal Stranger including a limited edition retrospective album A Backward Glance was announced on Pledge Music.
[5] Geoff Beavan took a break from the band for health reasons and Ian Michie rejoined on bass.
The new album has already been reviewed positively even in some UK press but most significantly has received an extremely warm reception this time in the American music media.
A new band has been put together featuring John Butler, Rich Barton, Darryl Hopper (bass) and Dave Bryant (drums).