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The Outbursts

About Me


We're a garage punk band, playing 3 chord songs like our lives depend on it. With the spirit of '66 and '77 tattooed across our collective arses, we sing songs of love and fury, sex and hate, disgrace and drugs, Old Spice and Benylin - we used to be such nice boys!
Our individual histories are littered with crap bands, bum deals and missed opportunities. We've been there, bought the t-shirt, got nugget burns on it, ripped the arms off it and used it to clean the car. Old enough to know better?? SO WHAT !! !!
We got together sometime in 2007 with Ian joining in Jan 2008, since then we've played a shedload of gigs including The Dublin Castle, The Dirty Water Club (RIP), The Liar Liar Club (three times), both London Callin' & Bonnie & Clyde's at The 12bar Club in Denmark Street (we love it there !!), What's Cookin' in Leytonstone, The Buffalo Bar, The Standard in Walthamstow (loads of times), The Bridgehouse 2, The Fiddlers Elbow in Chalk Farm (twice), MONTO Water Rats Theatre in King's Cross.
Here's an incomplete list, in no particular order, of the people we've played with (some we liked a whole lot more than others) during the last year or so: GIRLS ON TOP, ATOMIC SUPLEX, 14 CARAT GRAPEFRUIT, PUNKS NOT DAD, THE PACK A.D.,THE HATEFUL, BLACK DANIEL, THE STEAKNIVES, STUPIDITY, THE SPIVS, THEE VICARS, WILKO JOHNSON, JENSEN & THE INTERCEPTORS, BADTOWN, THE DARLING BUDS, TRAD ARR, VIVA LAS VEGAS, THEE LANDELLS, VINNY VINNY, BETTY WOZ ERE, THE VINYL STITCHES, KISSING KALINA, STEVE WHITE, THE FENDERS, STASH, THE TINY GODS, OFFSIDE, LOUD HOWARD, THE PLAGUE, BOOTLEG BLONDIE, MALONE
Now you know what we look and sound like, give us a gig or our bass player will come over and sit on your lap!!!
Kill - Live 13th August 2009

What other people think of us


"You genuinely sound like you never gave up your punk ideals and you learned to play properly! Good work!" - Spoon, Odd Wednesdays etc.
"Garage punk with menace" - Toby, Rock-Til-You-Drop
"Madly rad and speed fuelled 70s punk... The Clash via The Saints via the Pistols... worst recording in the world" - Bugbear Bookings
"Let's face it, you're a bit punky" – Mand', The Standard
“There's nothing worse than a man in his late 40’s sweating through 3 minute punk songs behind a drumkit” – Peter Curran Radio 4
"You boys can come back anytime" - Tina, VAS
"…stripped down scratchy messy basic lo-fi punk that’s all London mouthy and 70’s … they like these Outbursts down the Dirty Water Club and they know what they’re talking about...Old punks who should know better, growing old disgracefully... bloody good attitude, we all like a good outburst don’t we if we’re honest, they got off their arses and sent it in… more than just another bloody annoying MySpace band having an outburst when they don’t get the attention they want, good luck to ‘em we say..." - Demo Review, www.organart.com
"You can't play THAT on the acoustic stage!!" – James, Givingaclick Festival organiser

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/10/2007
Band Website: www.theoutbursts.com
Band Members:

Ian Breslin - Suit & Vox
Neale Muldowney - Guitar & Vox
Mark Levermore - Drums & Vox
Matt Russell - Just Bass - we don't let him sing

And BIG 'thank you's to our Number One Fans - Pat and Jo - who've never missed a gig and took all the lovely performance photos and filmed us too - we love 'em, they're gorgeous!!

Whatever Happened To Me

Influences: Chocolate Watch Band, Nomads, Standells, Godfathers, Hoodoo Gurus, Sex Pistols, Damned, Stooges, Pretty Things, 13th Floor Elevators, Urges, Inside Minds, Atlantics, Sonics, Shadows of Knight, Third Bardo, Gentlemen Callers, Muddy Waters, Monks, Electric Prunes, MC5, Pink Fairies, Miracle Workers, Spinal Tap, Modern Lovers, Seeds, Count Five, DMZ, Saints, Lime Spiders, Exploding White Mice, Sonny Vincent, Died Pretty, Screaming Tribesmen, Lyres, Scientists, Hitmen, Celibate Rifles, Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias, Lipstick Killers, Fun Things, Deviants, Ramones, pre-Robbo Motorhead, Syd era Pink Floyd, Feelies, Radio Birdman, Amboy Dukes, Creation, Monks, any band that played 'Louie, Louie' and meant it, Pirates, Wilko era Dr Feelgood, Dream Syndicate, Smithereens, Rain Parade, Bongos, Cramps, Ruts, Vibes, any band that played on the edge of their skill/capacity (and kept it together......just !!)
Sounds Like: a proper racket !!

Cos I Sed So - Live 13th August 2009

The most anger you can have in one evening without bursting a vein in your skull!

Record Label: Polymer Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this event: Our first bloody gig in 2 months !!

Hosted By:Club FabulousWhen:19 March 2009Where:The Fiddlers Elbow, Camden1 Malden RoadLondonNW5 3HSDescription:Another night at The Fiddlers Elbow, come on down and see.........US !!Click Here To View...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:16:00 GMT

Tonight The Liar Liar Club, next week The Dirt Water Club, next month THE WORLD !! !!

I  bumped into John from The Fabulous Penetrators yesterday who told me that The Liar Liar Club is a really nice place to play with a good crowd. I can't wait !! We're on at 10 pm ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT