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BLACK MAMBA BEAT!

About Me

FORMED IN BALLITO BOWL DOWN THE N2 TO DURBAN
AND ACROSS THE GLOBE TO TOTTENHAM
TO GET THE BEAT
THOUGH WE KNEW THE BEAT
REMEMBER THE BEAT
FROM WHEN THE BEAT
FIRST GOT HIT

1st GIG, 23rd APRIL '08, CORN ROCKET CLUB - RYANS BAR,
"DIRE STRAIGHTS" & "EXPLAIN MYSELF", CHEERS TO J.BiRD . . .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/10/2007
Band Website: SHABEEN-SCENE.BLOGSPOT.COM
Band Members: DRUNKS . . .

chappy: vocals, guitar, banjo/producer on recordings

rosie: foot action, rhythmic beatz, percussion

mouse: 4 fat strings/gut, back-up yelps

(+ guest appearances by manuel asparagus and the drone bear)
Influences: SNAKE SKIN
DOPPIN'
JAMMIN'

BEING BORN IN THE MOTHERLAND; having shitty jobs; certain San Pedro Legacy; 'Mats; DEVO; The Boss; Beat Happening; flannel; 60's/70's/80's/90's movies; 80's HxC - L.A./D.C.; riot grrrl; Olympia,Seattle&Chicago90's; Quarts; T.R.O. - The Real Ouens[R.I.P.]; MODERN SOUTHERN AFRICAN ELECTRONICALLY REMIXED BEATZ; dub; hüsker dü; RAP; ZOL/DAGGA; 70's FUNK; CCR; descendents; BLACKlips;BLACKtime;BLACKflag; HOTsnakes; D.I.Y.; skating; meatpuppets; MissionOfBurma; TheJesusLizard; Shellac; murdercitydevils; WIRE; B-52's; X; The Germs; the Human Race and it's Culture; FRIENDS and good times; peace, but not hippies..........

Sounds Like: A SATERDAY NIGHT AT M(USWELL)MBA HQ ,WITH KWAITO PUMPIN', ZOL SKUIFIN', LOTS OF DRINKIN' AND POGOING, A BIT OF TEENAGE ANGST, GUITAR NOISE AND HARDCORE (ATTEMPTED RHYTHMS)
LYRICS ABOUT BEING OFF THE BOAT IN THE 1ST WORLD
Record Label: SHABEEN Scene Tapes
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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SHABEEN-SCENE.BLOGSPOT.COM
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:59:00 GMT

TERMINAL BOREDOM REVIEW

V/A Black Mamba Beat / Work That Skirt! split cassetteThe Black Mamba Beat side of this is totally killer UK-DIY-ish shuffling stuff, perhaps the offspring of some C86 band and the Mae Nurse (or early...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:03:00 GMT

Happen'n's

WE WILL BE TAKING A CHILL AS DRUMMER, ROSIE, WILL BE HAVING AN OPERATION ON BOTH HER FEET! SO WE WON'T REALLY BE PLAYING FOR AWHILEWE HAVE BEEN RECORDING AND HOPE TO MIX AND PUT OUT ANOTHER TAPE WH...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:21:00 GMT

.........more tapes

HOWZITsecond edition of tape split w/ chappy's other side-project, Work That Skirtto anyone who already has this hope yr enjoying itand to those who want one, just message uswe hope to maybe re-record...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:50:00 GMT

BLACK MAMBA TAPE ALBUM/TAPE LABEL

HEY MAMBA MAMBAS Well with the newly aquired 4 track,pastrami,sm57 us the mambas have decieded to record an album and release on cassette tape format ....under our own tape label namely...Shebeen Scen...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:57:00 GMT

MY FIRST RECORDING /TAPE RECORDING

So as some people know,I(chief mamba) got a 4 track for my birthday(big up asparagus and B) and this bank holiday weekend the mambas and myself deceided to give it a bash.The results are satisfactory ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:52:00 GMT

4-track

so i know loads of bands say and do this, yudda yudda, new sawngz cummin' at ya..... chief mamba just purchased one time's > so when we sober up and get our asses into gear, maybe we'll have better ve...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:28:00 GMT