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Crippled Black Phoenix

ENDTIME BALLADS

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FACED WITH COMPLETE FAILURE, UTTER DEFIANCE IS THE ONLY RESPONSE
Crippled Black Phoenix are currently recording two albums, they will be active during 2008.
"Crippled Black Phoenix have, in their relatively short life, generated many rumours and script, but at the heart of it all is something quite special. Drawing musical influences from an eclectic range of sounds old and new, yet standing alone in a genre that's not quite been defined.
Starting out life as Justin Greaves, then with the help of some old friends, CBP have now become a solid and active live band, whilst keep their feet firmly planted in the studio experimenting with modern and antique sounds. With a pedigree of such bands as Iron Monkey, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Mogwai, Gonga, North Sea Navigator, Team Brick, Pantheist, Thought Forms and Electric Wizard, they have come up with a sound that is hard to call, some are hearing prog-folk, some hear mournful balladry, but whatever their take on it, it has certainly had the public and critics scrabbling for words, and Crippled Black Phoenix are happily oblivious to it all.
Having released the debut album "A Love of Shared Disasters" in 2007, CBP are now working on the next part of the plan. Also to keep things oiled Invada Records are to release an E.P. featuring songs that have been on the setlist for the past months of touring.
Now continuing on the "Endtime Ballads" theme, the band are ever expanding and have shown they're not afraid to stick out their neck to create some timeless, decadent and progressive music. Guitars coated with strings and piano, striking with the most emotional yet subtle sounds that could drag forever across a universe, seeming somewhat at odds with the current climate. With songs which revisit a time this modern world has forgotten, lifting the listener out of reality, or songs that just captivate sheer sadness, the impact that haunts CBP's music hooks the inner emotions, only felt with the passing of something, so close and yet so distant, the soundtrack to saying goodbye".
PRESS UK:
Emma Ransley - Empress/Invada - [email protected]
PRESS US:
Amy Lombardi - Callgirl PR - [email protected]
LABEL, & RELEASE INFO:
Paul Horlick - Invada - [email protected]
BOOKING MANAGEMENT:
Jeannette Andersson - [email protected]
You can also contact the band direct through this profile.
UPCOMING SHOWS
RELEASES
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Full-length 78 minute album "A Love of Shared Disasters", the first in the trilogy, available from 2nd April (UK) May (US) on 2x12"Gatefold LP & Digi-pack CD. For pre-ordering and to get the limited 12"x24" screenprint poster go to the Invada shop .
Limited 10" featuring two (2) different mixes of "Sharks & Storms/Blizzard of Horned Cats" and "My enemies i fear not, but protect me from my friends".
Out now on Invada Records.
Go to the Invada shop for purchasing.
ALBUM 2 RELEASED SPRING 2008.
For more banter go to the CBP message board

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Member Since: 9/15/2005
Band Website: crippledblackphoenix.com
Band Members:
the merry band of bastards -

Justin Greaves - Electric guitar, Drums, Saw, Keyboard, Acoustic guitar, Banjo
Joe Volk - Voice, Acoustic guitar
Dominic Aitchison - Bass guitar, Effects
Kostas Panagiotou - Piano, Keyboards, Harmonium, Accordion
Charlotte Nichols - Cello

(live band and recording contributers, past and present)
Nial McGaughey - Guitar
Andy Semmens - Voice
Charlie Romijn - Electric guitar, Bass guitar
Matt Williams -aka- Team Brick - Synth, Hammond organ, Effects, Accordion, Clarenet, Voice
Thomas Elgie - Drums, Harmonica
George Elgie - Guitar
Mark Ophidian - Electronics, Voice effects
Dave Greaves - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar
Max Milton - Trumpet, Violin, Viola
Jon Attwood - Guitars
Jack Rampling - Violin
John E Vistic - Trombone
Guy Metcalffe - live Drums
Geoff Barrow - live Drums
Harry - Trumpet

Influences: Sharks and storms
Sounds Like: Confusion, with a whiff of the macarbe.

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Record Label: Invada Records / Domino
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Let freedom ring with a blast on a cig!!

OKBeen a while since we had any news....and ye be foolish in thinking there's any change! Actually, that's not entirely true. We started the final mix on both albums, as usual, it's happening in short...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:04:00 PST

Kubica WINS!!

OH YES!!! At last, Robert Kubica has done what he has been threatening to do all season and wins the Canadian F1 Grand Prix. All credit to him, he drove a absolute blinder, keeping out of trouble and ...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:32:00 PST

I are so smrt

OKI can see the first glimmers of light at the end of the long tunnel. Hopes are now high that we'll see this enormous bastard of a recording finished and out soon. There has been progress, some new t...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:19:00 PST

There shall be a massacre

OKFirstly, thankyou for the interest.Secondly, there's been alot of new people on here and some very kind words been said, it's appreciated. So forgive me for not replying to everyone, or leaving comm...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:28:00 PST

Come not, when i am dead

Come not, when I am dead,   To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,To trample round my fallen head,   And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save.There let the wind sweep and t...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:10:00 PST

CBP need driver and organ.

OKIf you are interested in driving CBP for five (5) French dates (see listings), and you have the correct license etc....drop a message through this profile and we’ll give you the details. Also,...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:07:00 PST

TOUR DE FRANCE

OKWere on for five (5) dates in France, a shorter tour than we hoped but due to the usual bollocks, we're going to do what we can...which is....APRIL5th - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, w/Efterklang6th - La...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:45:00 PST

Don’t under estimate the sneakiness of the situation...

OK. For those bothered, there's a new song posted on the player, it's a rough mix (see previous blog post for more ranting about the recording)....but anyway, there you have it. "Whissendine" (n.) ...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:21:00 PST

NIGHT RAIDER

Work. Work work work work......funny thing is, i would and should be doing this everyday, although the past two weeks have been tiring and a little stressful, i am happy and looking forward to gettin...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:36:00 PST

three days a week in a large brown box

I read somewhere that i now hate doom.......don't be so fucking retarded! The music i am making now has no way changed me, still an idiot and still involved with heavy music....why do i bother writing...
Posted by Crippled Black Phoenix on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:01:00 PST