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About Me

The Fast Camels explosive blend of 60's psychedelia has been turning heads and opening minds in their native glasgow since their formation in early 2005. the band have clocked up over 60 live appearances including 3 shows at glasgows' premier live venue 'king tuts wah wah hut' and an appearance at liverpools world famous 'cavern club' when invited to appear at the international pop overthrow festival 2006. late 2006 saw the camels put pen to paper on a contract with neon tetra records and the debut single 'like a magic optician' gave the group their first wave of national airplay as the year ended on a high..into 2007 and the Camels released their debut album "The Magic Optician" which has been selling all over the globe ever since! So the band have spent the best part of the year gigging all over the UK including the IPO festival again in Liverpool attracting attention from certain US record labels. Late summer the fc's were invited to play MAIN STAGE at the famous MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL in California for it's 40th aniversary but had to withdraw from the line-up due to being let down at the last minute by a former member. Since then the Camels haven't looked back and have added former Owsley Sunshine member Joe Kane.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/28/2005
Band Members: Drew, - Vocals, Guitar. Mark, - Lead Guitar, Vocals. Stephan - Drums. Joe - Vocals, Bass.
Influences: The Byrds, The Jefferson Airplane, Love, The Kinks, The Who, The Zombies, Syd Barrett, Julian Cope, The Beach Boys, The Strawberry Alarmclock, Neil Young, The Beatles, Blur, Tim Buckley, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Gene Clark, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, Wohllebe, Supergrass, Moby Grape, The Monkees, Bob Dylan, Julie Driscoll, The Pretty Things, The Electric Prunes, The Hollies, The Left Banke, The Animals, Country Joe and the Fish, The Chocolate Watch Band, Crosby, Stills and Nash
Record Label: neon tetra records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

David Bash top 125 albums 2007 (Shindig)

David Bash's Top 125 Albums of 2007 David Bash is both a top notch journalist as well as the man behind the ultra-coo International Pop Overthrow series of concerts that go on from Liverpool to Vanc...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:04:00 PST

COMPANY OF THE MONTH

COMPANY OF THE MONTH JAN 08 1 MITCHELL (the driver) 2 MORSY 3 JOE K AND CUNT OF THE MONTH ..........NICK D(lack of help wae the piano)...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:40:00 PST

Aural Innovations Review

FAST CAMELS "The Magic Optician" Neon Tetra Records tetra-009 2007 From Aural Innovations 36 (May 2007) A '60s-styled Brit-psyche combo...from Britain!The opening track is a slow heavy chug-riff th...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:28:00 PST

COMPANY OF THE MONTH DECEMBER 07

COMPANY OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER 07 1 OMAR 2 JOHNNY (NAE DANGER HOWLIN') MCGOWAN 3 BIG T CUNT OF THE MONTHCLIFF RITCHARD...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:32:00 PST

COMPANY OF THE MONTH!!!!!!

..> COMPANY OF THE MONTH!!!!!! Body: JUST 2 DAYS TO GO TILL THE CAMELS' COMPANY OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER AWARD!!!!!!!IT COULD BE YOU!Cunt of the Month will be cancelled this Month due to the fact...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:18:00 PST

POWERPOPAHOLIC ALBUM REVIEW (The Shindig)

The Fast Camels "The Magic Optician" This was the top album on rock critic David Bash's top 2007 list and I think it deserves some attention. The Fast Camels are unapologetically rooted in the fea...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:29:00 PST

LINE UP FOR MONTEREY 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Performing on the John Phillips Memorial Main Stage are: ..> The Riders On The Storm - Sun, July 29th Robbie Krieger & Ray Manzareks' latest version of The Doors also includes Brett Scallions...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:24:00 PST

Skinny Album Review

4 star review in new issue of The Skinny: If Glasgow's THE FAST CAMELS were a beverage, they'd be a cup of coffee laced with hallucinogens. Alternatively at times, concurrently ethereal and drivi...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:20:00 PST

COMPANY OF THE MONTH

THE CAMELS COMPANY OF THE MONTH RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER 2007 ARE: 1. RICKY (FROM THE SCOTIA) 2. NEPHEW 3. MORSY AND CUNT OF THE MONTH........ JOE MAC ...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:16:00 PST

Staying out for the Summer...Dodgy support, London

HELLO ALL... The votes were finally counted on Sunday night and we got the good news today that we have won the support with Dodgy in the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. The gig takes place on ...
Posted by The Fast Camels on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:30:00 PST