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Peppermint Vandals

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myspace - GENERATE YOUR OWN WORLDMAP NOW!As the clocks ticked down to the final few months of the 2006th year of Our Father, the world seemed finally united by the alliance of, originally, 4 heroes of epic, nay, collosal proportions. Of these four none could be singled out as the leader or the better man. A marxist authority appeared prevalent in each heroes soul, captivating each in the mystical goal they all yearned for....................the absolute power of music. Of these four perhaps the first to truly embark was that of the Ginger Ninja (known to his Mum and Dad as Jamie...) who picked up his magical sticks of wrath and found to his delight that the ability of effortless double-time drumming emerged from the tips of his fingers upon his pounding drum-kit. Trust me when I say that it was a beautiful thing, equal to a RON JEREMY porn extravaganza.....tasty. Anyway, on with the story, Ginger Ninja embarked upon the good vessel Newton's Downfall borne from the planet Duck-tron to create some marvellous music which was only interrupted by the evil magnetic pull of the dreaded.....UNIVERSITY DEGREE!!!!!. However, previous to the end of Newton's Downfall another hero appeared alongside the Ginger Ninja; that of the perilous visage of...... the Guitar Guru (known to his Mum and Dad as Josh, known to his mates as 'Benfield'). The Guitar Guru had dabbled in the black magic of Guitar playing since his 9th year of being (8 years old for you dumbasses) finally pulling the proverbial finger out of his ass (...well not THAT proverbial) in order to create the beautiful music with various members from his tribe Sonic Pilgrims. After ploughing the fields of RAW-K with their grooves, the Guitar Guru decamped to Duck-tron in order to acclimatise himself with even more grooves. Following hours of relentless tutelage under the watchful eye of his Master, the Ginger Ninja, they emerged with a telekinesthetic understanding of one another.....scary eh?. As such they decided the need for another addition to their rapidly forming but as yet unnamed band....Sir Reed-Alot!!! Now this guy was the real deal...standing at over 6 feet (compared to Guitar Guru and Ginger Ninja this guys a fuckin' giant) and touting his effortless Bop which would make him famous, he laid down a bass groove of such immense proportions that GG and GN let out a bit of wee...(well alot of wee, but whatever). The less said about Sir R-A the better, he's a scary fucker!.................(not that scary....sorry Lloyd! (As Sir R-A is known to his Mum and Dad)). The final addition to this clan was that of the monolith of love, funk, lust, sex and fluff known as.....NIGE!!! Quite simply one of the greatest beings known to man; NIGE (Adam to his Mum and Dad..and teachers) set a precedent amongst his kind (the Funkatronics) for effortless brilliance when faced with the initiation test of playing the saxamophone for 2 hours without breathing! being the jammy bastard he is he managed 5 hours...........prick. Rising from the ashes of Get-Out Clause, NIGE demonstrated sooooo much skill that the 3 aforementioned heroes had to take hold of him and suck him into their heavenly abyss (?!) Sure the first phase of Peppermint Vandals was created. However, our intrepid heroes were not happy bunnies, the pull and desire for better music sucked them towards the brass exploits of Bones Maloney and J to the A to the C to the O to the B (yes ladies that is his real name!). Fleeing from their mothership based upon the planet WD-GRN, the two men (although this term cannot describe their majesty) became one with the Peppermint Vandals. So my fellow followers we have the Succulent Six who have placed themselves upon the plate for you and i think you will agree that with Ginger Ninja's magical sticks, Guitar Guru's majestic Guitar, Sir Reed-Alot's empowering Bass, NIGE's soaring Sax, Bones' booming Trombone and J to the A to the C to the O to the B's sparking Trumpet; these 6 present a fulfilling meal- fuck the starters people...go straight to the main course of the four songs from their quite frankly Gorgeous EP. Much Love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Member Since: 08/11/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/peppermintvandalsmusic
Band Members: Josh Benfield: Guitar/Vocals
Lloyd Reed: Bass/Backing Vocals
Adam Laister(Nige): Sax
Jamie Gilks: Drums
Ryan Moore: Trombone
Jake Brett: Trumpet
Callum Hughes: Is a random flapjack that ran on stage and played with us once, if you see him then give him a shoe to walk in.

Influences: Madness, RHCP, Reel Big Fish, Adequate Seven, Less Than Jake, Shootin' Goon, The Specials, Everything around us.
Sounds Like: Chuck Norris wrestling a tiger with gonorrhoea. Think about it...

or this :)

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/178907 http://venuesandbands.com/bands/Peppermint_Vandals
Record Label: one that doesnt force you to sell out as a band

My Blog

Recording Again

After a few months of not doing much and after an absolutly amazing gig on friday we are more excited about recording again than ever. We have spent time working on and writing a lot of new material a...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:50:00 GMT

E.P

After a few months of Jamming we have decided to unleash our tunes (properly recorded this time) in the form of our debut E.P which is yet to be named. Every1 should b able to catch a listen in late f...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:32:00 GMT

Trumpet or Trombone players we need you!!!

Can you play Trumpet or Trombone? If so, and your intrested in joining Peppermint Vandals, leave us a message and we will sort out a jam to see how it goes.
Posted by on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:43:00 GMT

Planning to record EP

Oh yes, you heard it hear first. We are planning to record our first EP (should be bo!) All we need to do s find a studio we all agree on then record a.s.a.p Peace and Love Peppermint Vandals x x...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:54:00 GMT