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About Me

SHOPLIFTERS have been going for years; ages in fact. The current line up was completed by 4 lads from the welsh valleys. Bassist Rhys Anslow from Garndiffaith, who is studying for a HND in Music in Neath, was the last to join, in October 2006. Thats when the cog really started ticking. Joel Woodard is currently living and studying for a degree in French in Liverpool, and James Farror is reading Politics in Cardiff, where he now resides. Rhys Townsend is currently rediscovering his talent at football, and recently became a father to a bouncing baby boy named Tristan.
SHOPLIFTERS took their name from a Morrissey and Marr song. It's the music that counts though, and it's the music that has made the shoplifters a unique and diverse unit. They formed in an age where new rave was on the rise, and jangly guitar 'indie' bands sung love songs. They formed in an age where war seemed acceptable, and thousands of civilians and troops deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and many other war-torn countries, lost their lives, because of poor bureaucracy and diplomacy. They formed in an age where religion played an even bigger part in being responsible for most of the wars around the world.
SHOPLIFTERS are political junkies. They write, and will continue to write music about repression, oppression and discretion. Alienation, determination and admiration play a big role too.
SHOPLIFTERS come with a message: did justice ever come at a bigger price?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/7/2005
Band Members:

James Farror
guitars vocals

Rhys Anslow
lead/rhythm bass

Joel Woodard
guitars

Rhys Townsend
drums vocals keys

Influences:
Manic Street Preachers

Bloc Party

Joy Division

Radiohead

The Stone Roses

The Smiths

Suede

The Clash

Blur

Nirvana

Sounds Like: a peric victory
Type of Label: None

My Blog

School leavers to serve oath to the Queen...

Shoplifters are shocked to discover of Government plans to encourage school leavers to swear an oath to the Queen. This outrageous proposal indefinitly highlights the long out-dated nature of th...
Posted by SHOPLIFTERS on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:39:00 PST

Help Us Please!!!

Right! Here's the deal In the next month we need to get into the studio again to record a new song 'Camilla Windsor' We were hoping to have the money from Christmas, but it turns out that we didn't g...
Posted by SHOPLIFTERS on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:41:00 PST

Buy Shoplifter music! (Finally)

Thats right! :D 'This means war' and 'Into the void' are now available to buy through digital downloading "how much?!" you ask both songs are $1 Thats 50p! Just follow this link: http://www.unsungher...
Posted by SHOPLIFTERS on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:39:00 PST

New Material

Exciting times lie ahead for SHOPLIFTERS as new material is sounding better than before.CAMILLA WINDSOR is simple punk rock junk about the oldest and most absured institution in the UK - the Royal fam...
Posted by SHOPLIFTERS on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:13:00 PST

Songs

"This Means War" and "Into The Void" Produced by Shoplifters and Nick Byrne Mixed by Nick Byrne and Rhys Anslow Both Songs recorded at Roc-I.T. Recording StudioCheck out their myspace at: www.m...
Posted by SHOPLIFTERS on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:51:00 PST

Pull Out Of Tour

Hay all I'm sorry to inform everyone that we've pulled out of next months dragonflii records tour due very much to the fact we're stinking poor students and we cant afford to travel around the country...
Posted by SHOPLIFTERS on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:26:00 PST