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Hey Colossus

"we're all old misserable bastards"

About Me

"It's the return of British sludge bludgeoners Hey Colossus, whose prior releases, including a split LP with Japanese doomsters Dot [.], we've recommended. Rhythmic and rumbling, this band plays a heavy hybrid of noisy punk and post rock, clearly conversant with both the unlikely extremes of krautrock and death metal. On Project: Death, the influence of the latter results in parts of such tracks as "On The Pleasure Of Hating" for short stretches approaching the pummelling tranciness of the Boredoms' Super Roots 3 (to reference a reissue recently reviewed). Shouting vox and down-tuned guitars also put these guys in league with such not-metal-but-even-scarier acts as Burmese and Unsane, their grinding grooves awash with an almost psychedelic level of FX (someone in the band plays nothing but Korg Kaoss Pad, apparently!). Menacing, murky, massive, murderous." www.aquariusrecords.org

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/30/2005
Band Website: heycolossus.com
Band Members: people
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Shifty-Blinddate-JF-Underhill-Rimbaud-Wakusei
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

LP Number Four is finished

This should be out in the latter part of this year. As yet we only have song titles for 2 tracks and no name for the actual record. Please feel free to send us ideas. Other news, although James Parker...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:08:00 PST

Julian Cope

knows his shit: http://www.headheritage.co.uk/addressdrudion/106/  
Posted by Hey Colossus on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:05:00 PST

Hey Colossus / Tractor Glasgow gig now in Dundee 22nd Feb 08

..> Hey Colossus / Tractor Glasgow gig now in Dundee 22nd Feb 08 Sadly the venue cancelled on us in Glasgow as the local community was worried we would scoff all their lovely Scotch pies and leave...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:18:00 PST

piss+shat

hey ho turns out we don't play much. in fact we haven't played london in 11 months now. hopefully something'll come up soon. but we do have some gigs coming up - brighton, leeds, glasgow, edinburgh. ...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:52:00 PST

newsong

might not be here tomorrow
Posted by Hey Colossus on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:44:00 PST

new music released

There's a silver rocket 100 compilation with shed loads of great bands on it, and it includes the new track from us called - HMS Colossus. Search for the silver rocket people and buy it. Fire Up the t...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:30:00 PST

Spain Tour diary by James Parker age 45 and 3 quarters

This is the tour diary written by James Colossus whilst sitting in a smelly van driving round Spain. Hey Colossus Tour Diary  France/Spain October 2007(James) Tuesday 16 OctoberAfter a prettty relaxi...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:49:00 PST

Yorkshire and stuff

Great weekend in sunny Sheffield and Sunny Leeds. 2 Great shows with some nice people and good bands. Some may have noticed that we were playing a 4 peice. We may become a 5 piece again soon, we don't...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

long long long

was recorded for a radio one programme a while back. the other tracks were: Aoki Takamasa - 'I Will'The Pathways - 'Savoy Truffle'Mark Mulcahy - 'Blackbird'Bedouin Soundclash - 'Why Don't We Do It In ...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:23:00 PST

more reviews + important news RE: Notts gig

There's been more reviews but I can't be arsed to type them out, despite one of them only being 6 words long (thanks Uncut).   The Gringo Notts alldayer. GET TICKETS IN ADVANCE. Over 100 have bee...
Posted by Hey Colossus on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:00 PST