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