Joeyfat

The thing known as Joeyfat began about sixteen years ago in a place called Tunbridge Wells, in the darkest recesses of southern England.
The band spent the early '90s releasing music with a number of independent labels including the well-respected Fierce Panda and Love Train and toured with a variety of bands including Green Day, Ligament, China Drum, Scarfo and Jawbox, leaving a name for themselves wherever they went...
In early 1996 Joeyfat gave birth to Unlabel, by choosing to release their own material rather than signing with anyone else and the Un imprint has grown considerably since then and is run by two members of the band.
All in all, only a tiny amount of Joeyfat's early work was ever held down to vinyl before they went their separate ways in 1996 to pursue other projects, which included The Club Giants, Unhome and Cove.
Four years later along came 'The Unwilling Astronaut' CD on Unlabel, a 16 track collection of studio, live and session work spanning the years 1991-'96.
Joeyfat reformed and played a handful of live shows to promote this album in the summer of 2000. They have since remained together and have been playing gigs at a steady rate and releasing occasional tracks with people they like.
The 13 track album, entitled 'You Can Change People's Lives With Your Mouth / The House of the Fat' was released on CD and limited edition vinyl in July 2003 on Unlabel.
Also in July of 2003, Joeyfat recorded a John Peel Session for BBC Radio 1.
In April 2004 a split single with Part Chimp was released on Awkward Silence Records and a launch gig with both bands playing live was held in Tunbridge Wells. Joeyfat have continued to play live and cause chaos alongside bands as diverse as Bilge Pump, S*M*A*S*H, Clearlake, Lords, Dartz, Art Brut and Trencher.
The Joeyfat project is constantly evolving and new material is being written and recorded at the present time. Expect a new EP or album in 2007.
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Discography (in order of release, newest first):
Joeyfat Releases:
Part Chimp / Joeyfat - split 7"
Format: 7"
Label: Awkward Silence
Cat. No. Awkward 17
Released: 17th April 2004
Tracks: 'Five-Minute Watch'.
Notes: Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Part chimp play 'Crash The High Octave' on Side A.
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Joeyfat - 'You Can Change People's Lives With Your Mouth / The House of the Fat'
Format: Vinyl LP
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un014lp
Released: 18th July 2003
Tracks: 'Cartoon Lions', 'Waiferville', 'Drake Breaks Rank', 'Sneakthief/Charlatan', 'The Fall of the House of the Fat', '....Blast Those Dogs....', 'Home Dream', 'We Need More Stars', 'Hogshead', 'S.M.L.', '(My Life) As A Counter Puncher', 'Last Checked 13:15', 'Down Periscope'.
Notes: Limited edition of 111 numbered copies in metal-sealed bubblewrap sleeve.
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Joeyfat - 'You Can Change People's Lives With Your Mouth / The House of the Fat'
Format: CD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un014cd
Released: 18th July 2003
Tracks: 'Cartoon Lions', 'Waiferville', 'Drake Breaks Rank', 'Sneakthief/Charlatan', 'The Fall of the House of the Fat', '....Blast Those Dogs....', 'Home Dream', 'We Need More Stars', 'Hogshead', 'S.M.L.', '(My Life) As A Counter Puncher', 'Last Checked 13:15', 'Down Periscope'.
Notes: With a choice of titles and interchangeable back-to-back covers.
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Joeyfat - 'The Unwilling Astronaut'
Format: CD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un005
Released: June 2000
Tracks: 'Little Big Man', 'Colin The Man Who Became A Country', 'The Swiss', 'It Cleans As It Cleans', 'Cherub/An Arm', 'Too Clever To Have A Good Time', 'Perfumery Incendiary', 'Piecemeal', 'My Name Is Sue Testament', 'The Day I Realised I Was God', 'Kidnapped By Robert Louis Stevenson', 'Lyn Faulds Wood', 'Big Dumb Ape', 'The Dribbler', 'Gin Rummy For Beginners', 'S.M.L.'.
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Joeyfat - 'Gin Rummy For Beginners'
Format: 7"
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un001
Released: May 1996
Tracks: 'Gin Rummy For Beginners', 'It Cleans As It Cleans'.
Notes: Limited edition of 300 numbered copies.
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Joeyfat - 'Little Big Man'
Format: 7"
Label: Love Train / Fierce Panda
Cat. No. PUBE001 / NING 9½
Released: 22nd May 1995
Tracks: 'Little Big Man', 'A Cherub/An Arm'.
Notes: Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies.
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Joeyfat - 'God E.P.'
Format: 7"
Label: Something Cool
Cat. No. JOE 01
Released: 1993
Tracks: 'The Day I Realised I Was God', 'Windscreen', 'Cushion Fed'.
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Various Artists EPs, compilations and other things:
Various Artists - 'Total Loss Farm - A Weekend in the Life'
Format: CD album
Label: Trash Aesthetics
Cat. No. TACD002
Released: 27th July 2007
Joeyfat play: 'D'Ye Ken'.
Notes: Avalaible at the Total Loss Farm Festival held at Brixton Windmill between Friday 27th and Sunday 29th July 2007. Also includes tracks by John George Cooper, The Colonies, Wet Paint, The Tailors, Napoleon III, The Old House, Julian Donkey Boy, Radio Lxnbrg, Treecreeper, Avida Dollars, Lawrence Arabia, It Hugs Back, Mi Mye, Rosie Taylor Project, Fireworks Night, The Tap Collective.
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Various Artists - 'Hundrum [a twenty track unlabel compilation]'
Format: CD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un046
Released: 23rd December 2006
Joeyfat play: 'Know Thyself . And Suffer'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Headquarters, Hunter's Loaf, Black Black, Haemostatic Picnic Races, Dead Boy Racer, Elks, Collides In Arc, Kyote, Unhome, Everything For Miles, I Coelacanth, The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, Belt Motel, Cove, Tom Williams, Matra, Furniture Sound, The People's Choir of Berlin, Eiger.
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Various Artists - 'un40rmulated' [a forty track unlabel compilation]'
Format: 2xCD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un040
Released: 23rd December 2005
Joeyfat play: 'But My Legs Belong To Daddy'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Nub, Headquarters, Die Munch Machine, Belt Motel, I Coelacanth, Dead Note Songbird, Paul Taylor & Kevin Tomkins, Matra, The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, Hood, The Monochromat Fixation, Last of the Real Hardmen, That Fucking Tank, Hunter's Loaf, S*M*A*S*H, Alexander Tucker, Rebus, Shink, Jason and the Astronauts, Songs of my Lap, Kyote, Montana Pete, Camelion, Billy Mahonie, The Tailors, Clearlake, Sarandon, iForward, Russia!, Part Chimp, Quack Quack, Black Black, Blue House, Unhome, Sutcliffe Jügend, Hunting Lodge, Moth, Bilge Pump, Cove, Sstres.
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Various Artists - 'Minus 27 and Counting...' [a twenty-two track unlabel compilation]'
Format: CD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un027
Released: 23rd December 2004
Joeyfat play: 'D'ye Ken'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Headquarters, Ship's A Going Down, Matra, Kill Yourself, Rebus, Lords, 30 Day Hex, The Monochromat Fixation, Camelion, Eric, Songs of my Lap, Cove, The Ship of the Sun, The Wow, Hunter's Loaf, Hey Colossus, Unhome, Jason and the Astronauts, Shit and Shine, Moth.
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Various Artists - 'Silver Rocket SR50' compilation
Format: 2xCD album
Label: Stupid Cat
Cat. No. SCAT11CD
Released: Summer 2004
Joeyfat play: 'Valréas to Villard de Lans (180 km)'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Cove, Princess Headbutt, Part Chimp, Montana Pete, Todd, Econoline, Hey Colossus, Reynolds, Magoo, Wolves! (Of Greece), Twinkie, Stanton and many more...
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Various Artists - 'un23 [a twenty-three track unlabel compilation]'
Format: CD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un023
Released: 23rd December 2003
Joeyfat play: 'Drake Breaks Rank'.
Notes: Limited edition of 500 copies. Also includes tracks by The Ape Choir, Jason and the Astronauts, Montana Pete, Hunter's Loaf, Headquarters, Matra, Unhome, Camelion, Songs of my Lap, Box, Moth, Querelle, I Coelacanth, The Ship of the Sun, Planquez, Alexander Tucker, Noizreverzion, Method Sent, Princess Headbutt, Bilge Pump, The Monochromat Fixation, Charlottefield.
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Various Artists - 'The Twominutemen' compilation
Format: CD album
Label: Jonson Family
Cat. No. JFR011
Released: August 2003
Joeyfat play: 'Waiferville'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Grover, Hirameka Hi Fi, Left Hand, Perturbazione, Reigns, Jet Johnson, The Oedipus, Short Wave TV, Aqua Vista, Econoline, Southall Riot, Reynolds, Billy Mahonie, Cove, Stanton, Stef Giaccone, I'm Being Good, Bilge Pump, The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg, Cat On Form, Montana Pete, Old Time Relijun, Twinkie, Meets Guitar, Maquiladora, Charlottefield, Poplar, Jay Anderson/Wolf Colonel, Lo Fi Sucks, Fupper, Gatto Ciliega, Monster Bobby, Sam's Hot Car Lot, Thread, The! Lights! Alive!, Ships A Going Down, Trencher, Lords.
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Various Artists - 'The Two Minutemen 2 E.P.'
Format: 2x7"
Label: Jonson Family
Cat. No. JFR009
Released: April 2003
Joeyfat play: 'Waiferville'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by I'm Being Good, Bilge Pump, The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg, Cat On Form, Montana Pete, Old Time Relijun, Twinkie, Meets Guitar, Maquiladora, Charlottefield, Poplar, Jay Anderson/Wolf Colonel, Lo Fi Sucks, Fupper, Gatto Ciliega.
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Various Artists - 'un17 [a seventeen track unlabel compilation]'
Format: CD album
Label: Unlabel
Cat. No. un017
Released: 21st December 2002
Joeyfat play: 'I Can't Wait To See Them Blast Those Dogs Into Outer Space'.
Notes: Limited edition of 500 copies. Also includes tracks by Planquez, Econoline, 100 Pets, The Monochromat Fixation, Unhome, Charlottefield, Lefthand, Cove, The Kicks of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Moth, Noon, The Ape Choir, Box.
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Various Artists - 'awkward 250502' goodie bag
Format: Cassette
Label: Awkward Silence
Cat. No. awkward 250502
Released: 25th May 2002
Joeyfat play: 'My Name Is Sue Testament (Live)', 'The Dribbler (Live)'.
Notes: Limited edition of 55 copies, given away for free at the Awkward Silence gig at the Notting Hill Arts Club, London. Also includes tracks by 100 Pets, Sturgeon White Moss and epic45.
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Various Artists - 'Disgusted!'
Format: CD E.P.
Label: SMG
Cat. No. SMG004
Released: 1995
Joeyfat play: 'Borriquito'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Sulphur, Greed, Mild Mannered Janitors and Suction.
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Various Artists - 'The Camden Crawl'
Format: CD album
Label: Love Train
Cat. No. PUBE 07
Released: November 1995
Joeyfat play: 'Borriquito'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Penthouse, Kenickie, Spare Snare, Scarfo, Nub, Bob Tilton, Bis, Pure Morning, Blumfield, Gallon Drunk, Quickspace Supersport, Donkey, Long Fin Killie and The Wedding Present.
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Various Artists - 'Suzi Quatro Lives in Chelmsford E.P.'
Format: 7" E.P.
Label: Love Train / Fierce Panda
Cat. No. PUBE 02 / NING 10
Released: On the Suzi Quatro Lives in Chelmsford Tour: 23rd May - 2nd June 1995
Joeyfat play: 'Big Dumb Ape'.
Notes: Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Also includes tracks by Ligament and Scarfo.
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Various Artists - 'Suzi Quatro Lives in Chelmsford Tour T-shirt'
Format: T-shirt
Label: Love Train / Fierce Panda
Cat. No. PUBE 03 / NING 11
Released: On the Suzi Quatro Lives in Chelmsford Tour: 23rd May - 2nd June 1995
Notes: Limited edition.
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Various Artists - 'Nings of Desire'
Format: CD album
Label: Fierce Panda
Cat. No. NONG CD01
Released: 1st May 1995
Joeyfat play: 'Piecemeal'.
Notes: 3,000 copies. Also includes tracks by S*M*A*S*H, Done Lying Down, These Animal Men, Credit To The Nation, Ash, Supergrass, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Tribute To Nothing, The Bluetones, Create!, The Weekenders, The Nubiles, The Flying Medallions, China Drum, Lush, Solar Race, Splendora.
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Various Artists - 'Built To Blast'
Format: 2x7" E.P.
Label: Fierce Panda
Cat. No. NING 04
Released: 28th November 1994
Joeyfat play: 'My Life As A Counter Puncher'.
Notes: Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Also includes tracks by Green Day, The Flying Medallions, Fabric, Understand and China Drum.
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Various Artists - 'Big-Bollocked Bonfire Blow-Up E.P.'
Format: 7"
Label: Ka Boom!
Cat. No. FLOP 01
Released: 5th November 1994
Joeyfat play: 'Perfumery, Incendiary'.
Notes: Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Also includes tracks by Fabric, Ligament, Wat Tyler, Hood and Emperor Julian.
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Various Artists - 'Amplified'
Format: CD album
Label: Abstract Sounds
Cat. No. AABT807 CD
Released: 1994
Joeyfat play: 'Too Clever To Have A Good Time'.
Notes: Also includes tracks by Done Lying Down, Thrush Puppies and Sonar Nation, amongst others.
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Personnel (in order of date joined, earliest first):
Dormon
Booth
Cole
Gamage
Taylor
Hoare
Lloyd
Richards
unjohn
Price
Pritchard
House
Roe
Wootton
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Evidence:
Joeyfat playing live on a small (and very low!) boat on the River Thames in London in December 2004.