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The Mooncats

The Mooncats

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorIf drab, unexciting, overcast Northern shipbuilding towns are your home...you’ll know just where The Mooncats are coming from! Based in the biggest cul-de-sac in England, the seeds of The Mooncats were sewn many years ago. Curwen and Pablo (The Bedroom band) performed at local pubs with their idiosyncratic observational songs about the town in which they lived.........after a hiatus of a number of years, Ben and Pablo began jamming (under the alias Wizards Sleeve) and recruited Jordan. This musical foundation needed a wordsmith, someone for whom language was a tool, and the microphone a means of deliverance.....who better than Curwen! Formed in May 2007, The Mooncats have already begun playing all across the North West after having become one of the front runners on Barrows ever growing music scene. As of December 2007, BAFMP voted us Best Newcomer and Best Live Band :)
During our recent barrage of gigging we’ve had the opportunity to work with and meet some fantastic acts both local and national. The Sevens, The City Royals, The Dead Class, The Media Monkeys, Carpathia, 43p Short, Murray Lewis, Nothin’ Less, Gear, Jon Byrne, Vinnie Peculiar, The Anydays, Miles Hunt (The Wonderstuff), Neville Staples
Heres what some music industry types have said about us that made us giggle:
New Noise indie contenders from Barrow, all bases covered!! - The Brickyard, Carlisle
Catchy As Aids - Manchester Academy 3
Barrows finest indie kids - The Canteen, Barrow
The craziest band in the UK - A590 Records
I would leave my family for The Mooncats - Ken
Artwork courtesy of Mr Bowlegs , word up to him!!
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We’re currently working very closely with Roberts Guitars for some exciting future developments!

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Member Since: 4/17/2007
Band Website: xfmuploaded.co.uk/themooncats
Band Members: Ian Curwen - Vocals
Ben Wilson - Guitars
Jordan Reuben Emms - Bass
Paul "Pablo" Williams - Drums/Percussion/Didgeridoo
Influences: Tight Top Terry - Live @ Manchester Academy 14th March
Shoot You Down/Bang Bang- Live @ Manchester Academy 14th March
Speedway Criminal - Live @ Manchester Academy 14th March
Miss What? - LIve @ Manchester Academy 14th March
Sounds Like: Nothing you've ever heard before
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Transit Tour Write Up - SCE Rock

Check this fella out that was written after The Transit Tour.......SCE Rock wrote this lil belter!!The Dead Class are coming back to Barrow in May!!!:D   I’m posting this now for a short ti...
Posted by The Mooncats on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:21:00 PST

Manchester Academy 3 - The Return Of The Mooncats

Think right back to our first visit to the Academy in January, if you’re still in a drink fuelled haze, then pretend you’re thinking right back. We’d gone there, took 40+ of you nutt...
Posted by The Mooncats on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:32:00 PST

The Brickyard, Carlisle - Feb 29th 2008

Feb 29th.....a special date...one that occurs only every 4 years, a date that is surrounded by mystery but also, the date that The Mooncats first visited The Brickyard!!The Journey....Barrow - M6The w...
Posted by The Mooncats on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:15:00 PST

Transit Tour 2008

I literally have just returned home from a weekend of total and utter, Mooncat madness!!!If the Transit van we hired could speak, the stories it would tell would be so debauched and ridiculously insan...
Posted by The Mooncats on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:55:00 PST