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'TURN TAIL' RECORDED LIVE TO VINYL IN STUDIO DOCUMENTARY
'TURN TAIL'- THE BRAND NEW VIDEO!

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'UP ALL NIGHT'

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THE MAKING OF... 'UP ALL NIGHT'

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THE BAND ANSWER *ALL* OF YOUR QUESTIONS...

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Terra Firma:
The Decision Video:
The Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer) Video:
The She's Attracted To Video:
The Rumour Mill Video:
ABOUT US. A brief History:
Henry and The House of Lords are Brothers. Oliver met Henry in Technology and Control GCSE lessons at Ashby School. All three boys liked to "show off". They started to play in a band in the attic of Oliver's house. The band was named "Simple Pastoral Existence", this was not a good name.

Their first recorded gig was at The Bull's Head on Ashby de la zouch high street. The date is not known. Their second gig was Loughborough Battle of the bands in South Park, Loughborough, August 3rd 1997: SPE came third and Henry and House's mum made Spagetti Bolognaise for everyone.

A gap. Then at the end of 1999 The band reformed on the outskirts of Oxford. They were then called "Ponyclub". They bought a vocal PA and some Microphones and practiced upstairs in the local village hall. Downstairs there would often be other organistations meeting: Tuesday was the Morris Men (The same morris men as seen in TYK's "Hollow line" video), Friday was Bowls, Monday would be Amateur dramatics and Wednesday would sometimes be The wildlife organisation who would have slide shows about Herons and St John's wort.

The first gig was in Oxford in 2000 at the Jericho Tavern, supporting a band called "Mattress". There were 21 paying punters. Arguably Ponyclub's best song was called "Picky Sticky", The chorus went "She left food on the table" - it was about a girl with an eating disorder.

In 2001 Ponyclub were offered a small record deal (ie, no money at all but some recording time) with Oxford's indie label Shifty Disco. At this point Ponyclub were forced to change their name and became "The Young Knives" because there was a man with a proper record deal and album calling himself "Pony club" (with a space).

In April 2001 they recorded a 7 track mini album called "The Young Knives ...Are dead". NME gave it 6/10 and nothing more was said. Shifty Disco ran out of Money and TYK were left to fend for themselves.

They started playing Gigs wherever anyone would have them. Their favorite places were "The Grapes" in Sheffield; "Royal Park Cellars" in Leeds; "Moles club" in Bath and "The Bull and Gate" in Kentish Town.

Then in 2004 they released their own demoed album "Nolens Volens" as it looked like no record label would ever had them. Then in 2005 they were got a manager and he tricked Transgressive recirds into signing them. Then it became now and there was rejoicing.

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Member Since: 7/9/2005
Band Website: theyoungknives.com
Band Members: Henry Dartnall, The House Of Lords and Oliver Askew

Sounds Like: RUN AWAY
Record Label: Trangessive Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

*Young Knives* - Play tonight. The11th June @ The Star Of Bethnal Green Pub

Hello Everyone, Hurray, The Young Knives show is tonight! The venue is very small, 160 people MAX therefore make sure you get there early to avoid any disappointment.  In support is a band cal...
Posted by The Young Knives on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:27:00 PST

Young Knives play pub in London - secret show!

Hello Everyone,The Young Knives have never been a cool band, in fact we have actively rallied against all things trendy, happening and London centric. We are also massive hypocrites and it is in th...
Posted by The Young Knives on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:34:00 PST

WIN!

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO HOST A PRIVATE YOUNG KNIVES GIG AT YOUR GLASTONBURY TENT WITH Q MAGAZINE & Q RADIO! Q Magazine and the brand spanking ALL NEW Q Radio officially invites you to dig out your well...
Posted by The Young Knives on Fri, 30 May 2008 02:49:00 PST

’Turn Tail’ Maida Vale footage

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Posted by The Young Knives on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:21:00 PST

More tickets released

Hello friends, So as some of you may know we are supporting Kaiser Chiefs this Saturday 24th May at Elland Road, Leeds. What you may not know is that some extra tickets have now become available which...
Posted by The Young Knives on Tue, 20 May 2008 03:00:00 PST

Turn Tail single out today!!!!!!

Hello chums and chumettes   Our new single Turn tail is out today. So get down the shops and buy one. They are very reasonably priced and look great on a coffee table next to the latest Coldsno...
Posted by The Young Knives on Mon, 19 May 2008 04:30:00 PST

Festivals

Hey everyone,Summer is coming and our festival dates are coming thick and fast.As always we are trying out some new festivals so I hope we see some of you there.LOOK! There is even one at a zoo4th May...
Posted by The Young Knives on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST

Help get TURN TAIL played on BBC Radios Pick n Mix

Each week, Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie pick four new songs on their Pick 'n' Mix radio show that you can vote for. The track with the most votes will be played every day the following week. It j...
Posted by The Young Knives on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:42:00 PST

Win tickets to exclusive Young Knives gig!

On the evening of May 6th, The Young Knives are heading back home to Ashby De La Zouch for a one off gig courtesy of Gaymers Grassroots Gigs.Not only will Young Knives be playing to a very intimate cr...
Posted by The Young Knives on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:43:00 PST

Vote For Turn Tail

Hey all, Please make Turn Tail the most requested video on MTV2 by clicking the image below. Now get voting! xx...
Posted by The Young Knives on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:53:00 PST