Before signing their first record deal, Tokky Horror's original members, who came from the three cities of Leeds, Birkenhead, and Bristol, had never met. The punk collective was founded during a pandemic. They amused themselves by exchanging demos online, giving rise to the tongue-in-cheek genre term "virtual hardcore." BBC 6 Music, Radio X, and Kerrang! all praised the band's debut single "Girlracer," describing it as "a drum n' bass electro punk hybrid with enormous Atari Teenage Riot vibes." The subsequent release of Covid isolation era home demos, appropriately titled "Home Recordings 2020-2021," was the next song. The London hip-hop punks Nova Twins and Riot Grrrls Dream Wife both supported the release, choosing to sample "Girlracer" for their compilation records that also included Kathleen Hanna (Le Tigre, Bikini Kill), Sleigh Bells, Shirley Manson, The Big Moon, and other artists. Nova Twins selected Tokky Horror as their artist pick for their Reprezent Radio takeover.

With official remixes for artists like Wargasm, Courting, The Subways, and She Drew the Gun, it is clear that Tokky Horror are equally at home in the worlds of rock & roll and rave. Since Enter Shikari chose the band to support them on their Music Venue Trust performance and the band has shared stages with artists like Turnstille, Lynks, Scalping, and Girli, it makes natural that other genre-mashing artists would support them..

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