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Retrofin (RIP)

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Sleep little band, sleep!!!!

RETROFIN; think Ollie Reed in Aviators dipping his tattooed penis into your pint, with classic flick 'Invasion of the Bodysnatchers' projected onto a backdrop of crumbling Victorian brickwork, accompanied by rock n roll guitars, Jager fuelled vox and a dream to one day own a midget bar in Thailand... Now throw a few shades of Audioslave or Foo Fighters and you had Retrofin. Their album 'The Human Condition' is still available so get your copy (if you haven't done already!!) via iTunes, CDBaby, myspace or www.retrofin.com
Retrofin shared the stage with the likes of Gallows, Linchpin, Slaves To Gravity, Heaven's Basement, InME, Hell is for Heroes, Belisha, The Glitterati, all girl rockers Mcqueen and Chris Cornell even wore their T-shirt. The band's sound was described as "Audioslave meets Velvet Revolver; with strong vocals and a confident stage performance" and "the best kind of rock music, like drinking redbull with espresso chasers"...
Drummer Dave Cawthorne was picked by EA Sports to endorse their XBOX360 game 'Rock Band'.
if you liked Retrofin, you might aswell get you hairy little arses over to the new project being put together by former members Dave Cawthorne, Peter Hackshaw and Wez Woodward; www.myspace.com/selfassembledmachines

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/29/2005
Band Website: www.retrofin.com
Band Members:

Peter Hackshaw (Vocals), Dean Ford (Guitar), Wez 'Bird-taker' Woodward (Lead Guitar), Jacob Kalmakrian (Bass Guitar), David Cawthorne (Drums)


Influences: Audioslave, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Janes Addiction, QOTSA, The Doors, Billy Idol, Alice In Chains, Iron Maiden, Fuel, Guns N Roses, Eagles of Death Metal, RHCP (etc)
Sounds Like: RETROFIN - CIVILIAN SOLDIERSRETROFIN - THEY GET YOU WHEN YOU SLEEP -by matt watson of ravensbourne uniRETROFIN - BABY JANE (LIVE 22/09/07)RETROFIN - CIVILIAN SOLDIERS (LIVE 22/09/07)RETROFIN - JAGERMEISTER (LIVE 22/09/07) FEAT. METAL GREGG DOING THE JAGER-EYE-BALL!!!!

Retrofin - BBC van gets retrofind!!!

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Record Label: it's ours
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

sleep little band, sleep

The last Retrofin blog - from PeteWe don't need to go into detail about how/why (look at previous blog for all of that!) but this morning I'm recovering, slowly, with a face aching from smiling and la...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:13:00 GMT

SAT 14th MARCH - RETROFIN (RIP)

It is with mixed feelings, that we announce Sat 14th March 2009 as the last ever Retrofin show.... The band are parting on the best of terms as individuals go in new directions - we have had such an a...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:03:00 GMT

Dont Eat Earplugs

Don't do it... it's low on calories, but it's just not the way to impress people. I (Pete) live in a flat with arseholes for neighbours. The problem with this is the fact that i am one of those people...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:37:00 GMT

Civilian Soldiers Video Shoot...

Last Monday night we had the extreme pleasure of shooting our first professional music video for 'Civilian Soliders' with a couple of fellas who have worked with the likes of QOTSA, Foo Fighters, Iron...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Black sambuca and Polish bar maids...(blog from Pete)

I am sitting here with a substantial hangover. Nothing really to elaborate on with that other than the fact that we never learn do we?  At least I didn't lie to myself this morning and say the ol...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:31:00 GMT

Logan//Linchpin/Fightstar dates

Hi everyone - just to let you know, we've got some exciting things going on down in Retroville, (apart from the usual Jagermeister eyeball shots).... This Friday (27th) we are playing the legendary Cl...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:17:00 GMT

Fans EP on it’s way...any title suggestions?

hi guys - as mentioned before in blogs; we're putting an EP together for you, so you have even more Retrofin material to listen to in addition to our debut album 'The Human Condition'... We'll put thi...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:05:00 GMT

An update and a rant from the boys of Retroville...

So we finally put our debut album out independently with our management team after months of promises, near punch ups and missed deadlines!!... The Human Condition is here and if you haven't...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:36:00 GMT

little friendly interview...

Vocalist Pete had a brief interview with Myspace lunatic, Miss Lunatic; http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&frien dID=271059347&blogID=394564580
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 05:19:00 GMT

Our Debut album - The Human Condition

Our debut album 'The Human Condition' has landed; available from iTunes, CDBaby, Musictek.net, this myspace page and www.retrofin.com  If we pick up the reviews and response we're hoping for...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:23:00 GMT