Flat Pack Heroes

Music:

Member Since: 31/01/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/flatpackheroes"www.myspace.com/flatpackheroes
Band Members: Jamie Hyde - vocals, centre forward, visionary and showman
Lewis Gadd - inspirational guitar, midfield general and shouting
Mike Wynn - bass, left wing, poetic genius and dictator
Joe Turner - drums, central defence and heart throb

Influences: Sex Pistols, Bromheads Jacket, Lily Allen, Johnny Cash, The Libertines, shit jobs, being drunk, The Clash, Bloc Party, Dizzee Rascal, Blondie, Iggy Pop, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam, Al Baker, Oasis, Buzzcocks, being young, being British...
Sounds Like:
NME - "... a slice of clattery, dancey, British punk rock, fully-equipped with epic stage invasions and proper pop choruses..."
JAMES JAM (NME NEW MUSIC EDITOR) - “... a damn good band, sound like they've just discovered punk rock and simply enjoy making a bloody good racket...”
ROB WEBB (NME GIG REVIEWS) - "... Sunday night in Sheffield - a cold, damp one at that - and initially this 'warehouse party' is threatening to turn less into a rave and more an undead ball... but spirits are soon raised by plucky part-local punks Flat Pack Heroes, whose Buzzcocks-ish riff-a-rama descends into an unlikely strip show as singer Jamie Hyde and guitarist Lewis Gadd discard their tops. A cross between Sex Pistols and The Chippendales perhaps..."
ANDREW MARSTON (PRESENTER, 'THE FRIDAY SESSION', BBC HEREFORD AND WORCESTER) - "... a young four-piece from Hereford who put total commitment into their live shows; their songs take a satirical look at life around them, with tunes in the tradition of The Clash, Buzzcocks and The Others..."
"... like nobody else. Raw, raucous, and all things rebellious..."
ANDY O'HARE (GIG REVIEWS, 'THE FRIDAY SESSION', BBC HEREFORD AND WORCESTER) - "One of my favourite local outfits... they've got an explosive Pistols-feel... and you're welcome to invade the stage for the last couple of numbers as well..."
"The Label's first Hereford gig was at The Imperial so it was only right that their reincarnation, Flat Pack Heroes, make their home-town debut here as well. A few techie niggles but the pure Pistols-like energy hits you from the start, helped by having a cartload of cracking songs under their belt like 'Big Orange Ball' (which has got to be the best shut-up-and-look-at-us opener), 'Skank' and 'Fortune'."
"...unfiltered powerpop with no effects pedals – ‘Insult To Britain’ compares to The Clash’s ‘Capital Radio’..."
"...cut-down but equally anarchic... excuse brand loyalty here, but this lot write some of the best tunes going and 'Thursday Afternoon' has to be the most memorable and hummable song I've heard this year. A couple of numbers performed catchingly as a duet with vocalist Jamie heavy with the Lydonesque snarls and sarcasm in equal measure - it worked for me, lads..."
"...a string of thrashtastic catchy numbers... loads of attitude from charismatic frontman Jamie... I swear this lot are the nearest thing you'll get to what the Pistols should have been and a bludgeoning outing for their jangly songs..."
BBC HEREFORD AND WORCESTER 'THE FRIDAY SESSION' WEBSITE - "Flat Pack Heroes are four fine young gentlemen playing colourful, good time, clattery-dancey indie-reggae-British-punk rock. Packed with youthful manic energy, a bit of swagger and famed thunderous live shows, Flat Pack Heroes are a blast of fresh air, and pride themselves on playing music for you and your mates and your missus and your missus' mates to dance, cry, scream and fall over to."
For our BBC page, visit...
www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/ articles/2007/02/19/flat_pack_heroes_group.shtml
Flat Pack Heroes on BBC Hereford and Worcester's Friday Session at...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/realmedia/friday_s ession/flat_pack_heroes_session.ram
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE (THE DAMNED) - "... Flat Pack Heroes are great!... a band well on the way up... maybe they can give us a gig?!... Proud To Be Young is a top tune!..."
EDDIE ARGOS (ART BRUT) - "Flat Pack Heroes - Top Of The Pops!"
ANGUS (LIARS) - "... nice one, guys!"
DOMINIC MASTERS (THE OTHERS) - “... I played the damn demo... and it's fucking brilliant!...”
WRECKLESS ERIC (*legend!*) - "... I really like your tracks..."
CHRIS (THE MARTINI HENRY RIFLES) - "... checked out yr stuff on myspace, it's cool..."
TELETEXT NEW INDIE DEMO REVIEWS - "... an elusive and unpredictable talent... with the spirit and anger of original punk, truncating their fire into a 2 minute yell that has rabble rousing ability... buzzing guitars, which Bloc Party would admire!..."
SHEFFIELD STAR (newspaper, by Omar Soliman) - "... angry, razor sharp guitar lines. Blitzkrieg drums. Mouthy, unabashed songs and a lead singer with that stage dominating prowl, manic eyes and electric shock blonde hair. The Union Jack may be missing but this might as well be 1977 and Sex Pistols in their pomp but this is Flat Pack Heroes... one to make you believe in punk rock again...."
RADIO COMA (magazine, Sheffield) - "... it started with 'bah bah bah', and ended with a 'la la la', sandwiched between furious modern punk... I can't fault an angry young front man who strips off his shirt and wipes the sweat from his flesh with a crumpled Union Jack flag... Flat Pack Heroes never reversed out of top gear and drove their set of tunes home like an amphetamine fuelled claw hammer!..."
THE POP LEAGUE (website, curated by ex-Stiff Records artist Richard Filaccio) - "... demolishing boring music with great songs!... great songs, lyrics and attitude... one gutsy band with a lot of drive to match their driving songs..... assault rock, punk rock, in your face, blast of freedom... "Big Orange Ball" twists the usual pop song "la-la-la" and shoves it in your face.... like the offspring of a re-inspired Sex Pistols, this 21st century version of post-post punk feels like something exciting has just started over again for the first time...but better!..."
KNOW YOUR ONIONS PROMOTIONS (promoter, Sheffield) - "... the dog's bollocks!..."
THE CITIZEN: UNPLUGGED (newspaper, Gloucestershire) - "... hotly tipped upstarts... a good time blend of punk/reggae!..."
EXPOSED (magazine, Sheffield) - "... an able indie punk pop collective!..."
PERFECTPRESCRIPTION.COM - "... energetic... reminded me of Wire circa-Pink Flag..."
MUSIC OF THE STREETS (fanzine, Gloucester - edited by Demob's singer Andy K) - "...tuneful melodic punk but with a wicked, naughty boy flavour... reminding me of the early Roxy years sounds... simple songs with easy to learn lyrics, the sort of songs once you give an ear to several times you’ll be whistling the tunes in no time. but what I really like about these guys is that they sound like they are having a fooking good time and having a laugh, stay that way lads and it will always stay fresh... "
THEDAMNED.COM (The Damned's official website, review by Grant Macabre) - "... a great support slot... sound like the Small Faces might have done if they had been a punk band, and they have a charismatic singer, some sharp and amusing lyrics, and bags of energy!..."
'THE SAM AND RORY SHOW' (podcast, Cheltenham) - "... brilliant band, great music and awesome live!..."

Record Label: Unsigned