New Carpettes Page Added At IsoundThe Carpettes (GB) on iSOUND.COMTrack list: Nothing at All / Steal Your Thunder / I Don't Like You / Heddy / Taking It Bad / Stop Me . Black/White/Wrong/Right? / Next to You / Waiting For The Dark / Always Wrong / The Way It Is Today / Perfect Girl / Don't Throw It Away
2005 reunion of The Carpettes, who were a popular late 70's/early 80's punky pop band in the vein of The Boys, The Vapors and The Vibrators in England. They had a few albums out on Beggars Banquet and lots of singles and EP`s. Well, here they are back together in 2005 recording 13 pretty exciting, rocking and shiny vibrant rock 'n' roll that is reminiscent of early 80's Ramones, Psychotic Youth and, on the more recent front, The Groovie Ghoulies. Imagine Chuck Berry playing The Ramones and that sort of grabs where they are coming from. It's punky in spirit, straight ahead rocking in sound and always obsessed with finding catchy choruses and melodies in the verses. They call themselves a band that is"Power Pop For The Punk Generation" and that is dead-on. Like the bands listed above, The Carpettes master a blazing, blisteringly fast style of rock 'n' roll, but sharply crisp guitars, biting melodies and sing-a-long choruses.CARPETTES APRIL 2006 EUROPEAN TOUR DATESThere have been a few changes but this is the final schedule15.04.06
D / Giessen / AK4416.04.06D / D/ Schwbisch-Gmnd / Esperenza17.04.06Aus / Innsbruck/PKM18.04.06
Aus / Vienna/ Movimento19.04.06
D / Chemnitz / AJZ20.04.06D / Dusseldorf/Pretty Vacant21.04.06
D / Lbeck / Treibsand22.04.06
D / Berlin / Roadrunners Paradise*Supported on all dates by Berlin bandTHE NOT AMUSED......................................................
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DN RecordsArtist: The Carpettes
Title: The Carpettes
Cat. No.: NDN 42
Format: CD/LP
Other: 13 new tracks, recorded in 2005THE CARPETTES - BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!The Carpettes are back with The Carpettes, their brand new and first States-side released album.This is one of those rare cases where a band gets back together and is as good, if not even better than before (Alan Wright, Cosmik Debris).Having started in the now magical year of 1977, The Carpettes all but invented pop-punk, debuting on the Small Wonder Records label with the classic 77 7 How About Me And You. After a couple of albums on Beggars Banquet, the group eventually split up in 1981.Having played some festivals and the occasional gig, The Carpettes released Fair Play To Em (2002), their first album in some 2 decades, on a small Japanese label.Fair Play To Em gained critical acclaim from all corners of the globe and The Carpettes suddenly found themselves with a new lease of life. Fans in droves, new and old, tuned in to the super catchy pop-punk sound that has always been the bands trademark. Make no mistake about it, The Carpettes invented the sound that put Green Day & Co. in the charts.The Carpettes, named so as the band believes it perfectly captures everything they stand for, comprises 13 new self-penned songs.Mick Mercer: Its funny. The Carpettes still have all the bounce and commercial verve they always did during halcyon Punk daze, but you might say that lyrically they are finally coming to terms with matters of age. Matters of dignity. As guitars crunch melodically and the rhythm hums along, George does a light snarl through Dont Throw It All Away. Cheerful buggers. Oh, it all ends on a slightly more defiant note, but really! And youd be wrong to think theyd changed with age, as theyve always had a cynical view. A Yeah, whatever, you bastard-view on life, and thats what still crackles through the new tracks on offer. Thats one of the reasons theyre one of my favourite bands, still.What might strike people as a familiar style, listening to this, wasnt actually something terribly common back then. And The Carpettes did the Punk and Pop thing better than the other UK punk bands because it was all Punk energy. They didnt make the songs lighter or jolly because they were a Punk band suddenly doing a poppy number. And they werent weak shite like the Powerpop rubbish of the time.The Carpettes is produced by the band themselves:George Maddison: Bass, vocalsJimmy Devlin: Guitar, vocalsSkinny Cosgrove: Drums
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