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About Me

The band was put together in 2002 by Dave, Andy and Pete who wanted to have some fun playing the music they all loved. After a time sharing bass duties, they added Phil to the line up and started using two guitars. Pete had been singing and drumming, and decided to concentrate on the vocals while bringing Colin in on drums. So it remained until Pete left and the band recruited Jonnie as frontman in 2006. Since then the band has played with Stiff Little Fingers/The Adicts/The Briefs/UK Subs/Bad Manners/The Grit/The Cute Lepers/Koopa/The Beat, and many more, including our Ippo buddies Red Flag 77 and The Ballistics. Pete has been back at times, sharing drum duties with Colin. We've also had stand-ins from Red Flag bassist Fanny and ex Extreme Noise Terror drummer Dazzle....confused ? I know I am !!!

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Music:

Member Since: 2/3/2008
Band Website: You're looking at it !
Band Members: Dave Suspect - punk rock electric guitar... Andy Anonym - guitar hero geetar... Suspect Phil - skankin' bassmeister... Jonnie Learjet - lead vocal and loud shirts... Col and Pete - skin bashing and cymbal smashing.
Influences: Obvious innit ? All the stuff we grew up with...Pistols/Stiff Little Fingers/Buzzcocks/Jam/Sham/Ruts/999/Subs and many more, but foremost & forever....The Clash !

Sounds Like: A bunch of old punks and misfits having fun !
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Dave Suspect's adventures with The Adicts...

On Sunday, our guitarist Dave is off to the States to meet up with The Adicts and act as 'road manager' for them during their tour over the next three weeks. They visit Venezuala, Chile, Argentina and...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:23:00 GMT

Time for an update

Well, it's near the end of October and we have a break from gigging for a few weeks, so I thought I'd take stock of whats happened over the last couple of months. Firstly, the suspect device t-shirts...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:36:00 GMT

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS in Ipswich

The mighty SLF play the ICA in Ipswich on Saturday 18th October!! Supported by us and Red Flag 77. Its bound to be a very special night, last time they played Ippo was in the early eighties! Tickets a...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:59:00 GMT

SD Merchandise!!!!!!

Well, we finally have something to sell you lucky people ! Badges have arrived, they're available in two equally lovely designs, 1 inch diameter, and are absolutely top quality! We should also take de...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:14:00 GMT

This Saturday

Our bass player Phil is gonna be a busy boy....He's playing our set ( obviously) although as were playing as a four piece he has to help cover my dodgy guitaring!  and then later on he's standing...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Steamboat Extravaganza!

..TR> Gig 1...Sat 31st May - All day charity event. 12 bands being recorded live for cd release. Each playing half hour sets. Val's famously wonderful food available at £1 a plate !!! Only £3 ent...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 00:51:00 GMT

Update from Suspect HQ

Well, I thought I'd let ya know whats occuring....We lost the videos on our site when the old one they were linked from was deleted ! DOH! I'll sort it out (hopefully) and get em back soon. Satu...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:46:00 GMT

We have music !!!!!!!

Well, I finally got hold of some recordings of the band and after resizing the mp3s and such like you can now have a listen !! All three tracks were recorded live at the legendary Steamboat in Ip...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:36:00 GMT

Better say Hi

So people, I'm sitting here at home in Leiston, the undisputed home of all things rock n roll ( alright, I exaggerate )I'm listening to Bob Marley and drinking cheap Irish cream, and the thought strik...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:54:00 GMT