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Tin Pot Dictators

5 equally hot, but different shaped potatoes

About Me

Things we know about tpd:

* they hail from east Lancashire & the Isle of Wight
* the CIA has got them pushing too many pencils
* they don't know what is what
* they are best in show
* they have two left feet
* they were having a drink then
* they are here for a good time, not a long time
* they wanna be in your gang, your gang, your gang
* they've just been round their neighbours house to borrow a drill, but he wasn't in so they ate his fishtank
* they weren't even hungry

Our, surnames they all,
start with an A or an M,
What you say to that?
....Garth, that was a Haiku. Alright.
UP THE DICTATORS!
"tin pot dictators"
- Marc Riley (on BBC Radio 6)
"One of the most unusual bands I've seen in a while but one of the most intriguing, watch this space."
-Sandman Magazine Live Reviews 2008
TPDI Was at...
Myspace Editor
Pimp MySpace

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/12/2007
Band Members: Peter Ashcroft - Vocals;
Inspired by ~ Jacques Brel, Paul Smith, Lennon Vs Jagger

Phillip Aspden - Guitar;
Inspired by - Orange Juice, The Pixies, Kate Bush, The Cure, The Smiths, PJ Harvey, Jack White & New Town by Life Without Buildings

David Mathias - Delicious Bass;
Informed By - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, The Cure, Warp Records

Richard Maung - Guitar;
New Order, The Smiths

Donald Murphy - Drums;
Samples, Electric Whirligigs, Synthesisers and the Cosmic Key off of Masters of the Universe
Influences: Phil Cooper,
Hospital Dramas,
Blue Thunder,
Jingo Warriors,
The Screaming Swiss,
Argentine/German Shepherds,
"Don't Look At Me",
Dazed & Confused,
Noteworthy Skies,
Coming Up For Air,
Sounds Like: A starfish liquefying your soft parts.

The Cover -

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Mars oh 8 - Sofia and Archie Bronsons Outfit

It is March ’08 and tpd thought it time we updated our blog... "Sweet Jesus, AT LAST!" i hear you cry. 1st thing’s 1st - We had an awesome time last week in Camden - the gig at Bullet Bar ...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:04:00 PST

TpD on the Radio

We are to get some radio play tonight and monday... imagine that!The Orange Radio Show Saturday at 11am and Monday at 8pm on:www.rivergibbsfm.com 2 hours of new and rare tracks from unsigned bands fro...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:05:00 PST

Hitting 2008 running

Goood Day myspace... Happy new year and all that Jazz   We have for you news of our next gig, a favour to ask and the offer of a trip to Eastern Europe...   GIG First thing's first - we're ...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:01:00 PST

Last Saturday and updates

Good day Last saturday saw us play our first gig (but hopefully not our last) at Dry Bar in Manchester's northern quarter... despite a poorish turn out (thanks to th hardcore who turned out) and ...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:08:00 PST

TPD VI at the Lass

Hello We are Tin Pot Dictators and our 6th show was at the lass o gowrie, then spar, then monsoons, then outside odder. Facts are we got pissed waiting to go on, had a bloody good time whilst up there...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:36:00 PST

TPD IV & V

A round trip of the capitals of the north (excluding Liverpool) saw the TPDs play back to back shows in Manchester at Night & Day and then Leeds in Verve, in what cna only be described as a minima...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:41:00 PST

TPD III @ Manchester Night & Day

On Friday August 10th 2007 more than a few dreams were fulfilled as Tin Pot Dictators took to the stage at Manchester's famed Night and Day for their biggest performance to date as part of a four band...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:38:00 PST

TPD II a la Ritz

Thursday 12th July, The Ritz, Manchester, 10.30pm, a gloomy and altogether unassuming night, but a night which nevertheless saw the Dictators take on the 'Manchester Unsigned' challenge in an attempt ...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:40:00 PST

TPDI Over and done with

A large Tin Pot thankyou to all you of the dictatorship who braved the showers, the sweat box, the leaking roof, the thieves in Matt and Phreds and general harsh conditions on Satu...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:50:00 PST

Now we've broken the ice...

Friday 18th May witnessed a beautiful thing. Tin Pot Dictators emerged from the primordial broth of the manchester music scene with the same kind of determination and sense of purpose  a naked au...
Posted by Tin Pot Dictators on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:39:00 PST