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50ft Panda

About Me

50ft Panda are / were a 2 piece instrumental rock band based in Oxford with 2 records to their name. Now on hiatus due to various travelling things and both leaving Oxford it seems the days of the Panda are over. However Chris and I will hopefully do some more stuff together at some point but what and when is a mystery. Cheers to anyone who ever came to see us play, we've had an shit load of fun over the last 2 years.
So go and check out the EPs, both of which are available from the excellent www.tootingbizarre.org. and also delve into all the other superb albums available for download on there. Particularly, might I say, the Olid EP which features members of 50ft Panda, Mayors of Miyazaki and Thumpermonkey Lives!.
Have a good 2009 people, maybe see you in 2010.
Now available for FREE download from Tooting Bizarre!

1. Gen. Dinn
2. Polka Dot Pipe
3. The River Styx
4. Flight From Tartarus
5. The Caffeine Fairy and The Nicotine Nymph
6. Crows


The new Ep "The Tridunal of Mr Shout" is available for download from www.tootingbizarre.org and if it isn't it should be very soon


1. Twelve Is a State of Mind
2. Fission Mailed
3. Hyperspeed
4. Mr Shout


A cover of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is available on the iTunes Store as part of BBC Radio Oxfords 'Quantum of Covers' project in which 11 local Oxford bands have written and recorded covers of Bond themes and all the money goes to Children In Need.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/17/2007
Band Website: www.50ftpanda.com
Band Members: Tom Waters - Riffs
Chris Hutchinson - Rhythms
Influences: Rocking out. Hard. For ages.

Sounds Like: 50ft Panda maintain a strong grip on what’s important for a good live show: they rock, and they do so relentlessly and brilliantly.
Simon Minter - Nightshift Oxford Jul 07

From the outer limits of the metal orbit, a wibbling terrorcore instrumental 2-piece who mash face-shredding riffs over a carpet bomb beats, 50ft Panda will make you spit your drink out in that fun kind of way.
Andy - The Dragon's Ball

It’s all about the riffs, say 50ft Panda, and they’re not wrong. Frenetic but not frantic, intricate but not overly precious, heavy but not messily so, 50ft Panda are a whole heap of simple, bulldozing fun.
Demo of the Month - Nightshift Oxford Sept 07

The duo play a virtually uncategorisable mix of white noise, heavy riffing and insanely complicated drumming, made all the more terrifying by the fact that they introduce each song in such a quiet, unassuming manner. Intense stuff - definitely a band to look out for in the near future.
Sean Diamond, 23/05/08
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

50ft Panda’s last days

So it come to that time where we move on.I'm going for a year out and Tom will be moving to Leeds so 50ft Panda will be on indefinite hiatus.Our last gig is at the Cellar on the 15th Jan 2009 so pleas...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:50:00 GMT

Origional E.P FREE Download!

We have no CDs left of the old E.p so its now available as a free download from the free net label Tooting Bizarre. All mp3 and all at 320kbps.Enjoy!50ft Panda
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:23:00 GMT

Prodigy Cover!

New song for you, a cover of Hyperspeed by The Prodigy.Its on the forthcoming Ep now titled: The Tribunal of Mr ShoutSo its a teaser to entice you to come to the Carling Academy show and pick yourself...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:49:00 GMT

New EP!

We have recorded a new ep called "The Tribunal of Mr Shout"It'll be available soon and we're have a launch gig at the Carling Academy on the 1st November.ta*update* Its now available!!!
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:28:00 GMT

Charity James Bond Cover

Morning.So we're involved in a BBC Radio Oxford project where a bunch of Oxfordshire unsigned bands are doing covers of Bond tunes. They will all be included on a compilation that will be available to...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:24:00 GMT

TCT Music @ The Bully wt. Modey Lemon

HeelloI needed somewhere to post the ticket link and cos myspace is a big turd I'm putting it here. Its £7 and check out Modey Lemon they seem cool (http://themodeylemon.com/news) and come along. http...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:21:00 GMT

New live track!

Hello. I have put a new track up today. Its a live version of one of the newer songs called 'Twelve is a state of mind'. Its an alternative to "SLAGFEST!" cos its a bit strange for a song name and sti...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:58:00 GMT

May Madness!

Thanks you to all who keep offering us gigs. May has now become very booked for us, so much so that I'm tempted to call it the "50ft Panda Mayday! Oxford Tour" How this has happened I don't know so I'...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 05:52:00 GMT

Flight From Tartarus on BBC Download

Flight From Tartarus was on the BBC Oxford Download show on New Years Eve as part of Nightshift's top 20 local band songs of the year!!Its nice to have a lady with a sexy voice say the name of your so...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:47:00 GMT

VIDEO: Variations on a Stick

A video of a take of Variations on a Stick at Anthony Chapman's studio in High Wycombe. With some mistakes unfortunately as its not the take we ended up using. However, enjoy.Chris.
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:53:00 GMT