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Bloody Tourists

Pixies inspired garage punk rock

About Me

Lee Elkins (roomfulls of scattered lyrics and a newly acquired bass guitar) and James Cradock (love for the blues and a cheap second-hand squier) frequented the live music scene in Bath to find a drummer and discovered Dave Lawson (drums go bang and fag in hand).

A month after forming Bloody Tourists we came a very close second in Baths Battle of the bands and followed this accomplishment by winning a weekend recording in Brixton in Londons Battle of the bands.

From this point on we used these recordings to get gigs all over the South of England from Portsmouth to Central London. Other awards include a 1200 first prize from a vote on littlebazzar.com as well as reaching the No.1 slot in the World Charts on extraplay.com.

After a year of gigging to all and sundry we were eventually spotted by Killingmoon Records who later created a double A side 7 vinyl featuring two of Bloody Tourists tracks. It wasnt long before we were playing alongside some notable bands including ShitDisco and New Yorks finest The New York Howl.

The Tourists live set has been described as outstandingly shameless and abrasive as well as resembling that of the lovechild of The Velvet Underground and The White Stripes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/14/2005
Band Website: WWW.BLOODYTOURISTS.NET
Influences:
The Pixies

The Fall

Velvet Underground

JOIN TODAY AT WWW.BLOODYTOURISTS.NET

Sounds Like: The Pixies, The Fall, The White Stripes, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, MC5.
Record Label: Bloody Tourists
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Giving it all away for FREE - songs, t-shirts, vinyls


Posted by Bloody Tourists on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:29:00 PST

Check out this event: Bloody Tourists to play in Bath

Hosted By: Bloody TouristsWhen: 12 Feb 2008, 21:00Where: St. James' Wnie VaultsSt. James SquareBath, BA12TWUnited KingdomDescription:Bloody Tourists Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:51:00 PST

Happy Bithday to us

THE WUNDERBAR 12th JANUARY 2008 - U.K  The Wunderbar, as you already know, was the first venue who gave us a chance to play. A chaotic first gig, highly charged with attitude and energy. A point ...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:29:00 PST

Better than the White Stripes?

The reviews just seem to get better. Let me know your thoughts Billing themselves as the "Velvet Underground meets the White Stripes", Bath UK's Bloody Tourists are doing themselves a large disservice...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:07:00 PST

Album of the month in Romsford!!

Ok, before you say 'where the hell is Romsford', I don't know (I think it's Essex way). The point is a chap who bought the album happened to be the editor f a monthly magazine ingeniously titled Romsf...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:12:00 PST

Bath’s answer to the Arctic Monkeys - VENUE MAGAZINE

Hi All The editor of VENUE MAGAZINE has just written a review of our debut album 'KINK'.I have included it below for your viewing pleasure, let us know what you think. She gave it 5 stars From the bac...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:27:00 PST

KINK : Free money back guarantee

The is very little worse than buying an album based on a couple of songs you've heard and loved only to find the rest of it is filled with pointless crap. In a hope to further expand our music to reac...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:31:00 PST

Free Garage Punk 7 inch vinyl

We have just updated our site so you can now join up for a chance to win our album 'KINK' and a double A-Side 7" vinyl. There's nothing like a bit of free garage punk. Check out our myspace or www.blo...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:07:00 PST

Check out this event: The Ivy House, London

Hosted By: Bloody TouristsWhen: 09 Nov 2007, 19:00Where: The Ivy House40 Stuart RoadLondon, London and South East|66 SE153BEUnited KingdomDescription:Bloody Tourists Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Bloody Tourists on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:32:00 PST

Check out this event: FREE BADGE and a FREE TUNE

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Posted by Bloody Tourists on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:35:00 PST