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Cissy

About Me

We got all the game.Leeds is where it started. Cellars. Unreliable electrics. Polyrhythms on Ludwig drums. Hammond B4 and mikroKORG arppegiator. Angular guitar, sometimes fucked up on purpose. The bass guitar is in your stomach and feels FUNKY.Cissy Tag Team DJs for your party.Cissy includes people who also currently play, or have played, in The Dragon Rapide, Tigers!, The Lapse, Origami, Hey Little Cobra!, Factotum and Beards.Cissy has played with some other ace bands, such as James Chance et Les Contortions, Cryptacize, Cowtown, Das Boton, Fulborn Teversham, Origami, 7 Hertz, The Violets, Experimental Dental School, etc...I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 10/09/2006
Band Website: chinchillaweb.co.uk/CHINCHILLA-BANDS-CISSY.htm
Band Members: Mathew Dixon (guitar, shouting, cowbell, claves, Vox AC30) Gavin Montgomery (guitar, bass guitar, shouting) Katie Moore (midi-controller, mikroKORG, shakey things, hand-claps, dancing, shouting) Matthew Woodward (Ludwig 'Club Date' drumset)
Influences: East & West BBC Radiophonic Workshop Donuts Coffee Amphetamines Cats & Dogs The 1970s The 1980s Colours Sounds Peoples Fela Kuti Kraut Rock Electro Kisses Jumping Dancing Fun Zombie flicks
Sounds Like: A party you dont wanna miss!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

NEW CISSY RECORD AND TOUR PLANS!

Yo!We have been in da studio this weekend, maxin, chillaxin and playing one off, not to mention eating lots of donuts and drinking all the coffee the studio could provide for us. Matt Peel (Cottage Ro...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:41:00 GMT

CISSY on the IRON WAGON blog!

Yo, check out this piece, written by Hayley Avron (Plan B magazine / Prom Knight / ex-Ghostfleet cool laydee).... It's on the new Iron Wagon blog, which I think has some association with the new Natio...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 10:32:00 GMT

OUR TOUR WITH DAS BOTON WAS ACE!

A MASSIVE SHOUT-OUT AND THANKYOU TO ALL OUR FRIENDS, BOTH OLD AND NEW, WHO PUT A GIG ON FOR US AND DAS BOTON ON OUR RECENT TOUR, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND THE GENERAL LEVEL OF HOSPITALITY WAS TOTALLY AWE...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:36:00 GMT

RECORDING NEWS INNIT?

CISSY HAS RECORDED FIVE SONGS FOR OUR SPLIT LP WITH DAS BOTON, TO BE RELEASED SOMETIME IN 2009 ON THE SIXGUN LOVER LABEL, RUN BY JASON BUTLER AND BASED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. JASON ALSO DOES AN ACE SHOP, C...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:09:00 GMT

CISSY ON THE RADIO IN OSLO!

CISSY ON THE RADIO IN OSLO!!One of the songs featured on a radio show on a station in Oslo, from the 'Recipe Book' compilation cd. The Recipe Book is an ace DIY collective based in the Netherlands. ov...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:05:00 GMT

DAS BOTON (US) and CISSY (UK) TOUR APRIL 2009 and split LP on SIXGUNLOVER RECORDS

GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS!!! LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SET UP A SHOW, DO A FEATURE, PASS ON SOME CONTACT DETAILS ETC....DAS BOTON (US) and CISSY (UK) TOUR APRIL 2009 and spli...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:31:00 GMT

CISSY front page and centre spread in LEEDS STUDENT newspaper

....Piece from 'Unearthing The Goods' feature, Leeds Student Newspaper Friday 21.11.08 Written by Sarah and Clare at Leeds Student Newspaper.Four-piece post-punk electro party outfit Cissy have the p...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:47:00 GMT

CISSY on the Stench of Muscle compilation cd

'STENCH OF MUSCLE' compilation album out now!!STENCH OF MUSCLE is a Leeds gig collective run by Steven and Gus (from Mucky Sailor). They've put tons of ace bands on and this cd featurs a song by every...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:17:00 GMT

CISSY in the studio!

OCTOBER 10, 11, 12 - HALL PLACE STUDIOS. We recorded five songs for our split album with Das Boton on Six Gun Lover Records. Richard Formby, who has engineered and produced records by bands such as H...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:37:00 GMT

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US......

"Funk-punk punk-funk fun punks from Leeds to remind you of the Meters, Funkadelic and the Contortions. Hammond organ, melodic drums, bass riffs and guitar hooks combine to form an organic, orgasmic, s...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:49:00 GMT