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The Comply Or Die 10-track debut is now available to buy from our store at www.complyordie.bigcartel.com.The cd costs £5, with £1 postage & packaging.

Alternatively you can download the bad boy from complyordie.bandcamp.com if you don't want to be bothered with cds, jewel cases or royal mail. Only £5 and high quality download options!!!! Go Get it!!!!
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Some Nice words that people had to say about the album are below!

“The whole record is an exercise in jagged, percussive rage. Michael shouts, Ian screams and Matt batters his kit senseless almost for the entire 43 minutes” - David Roy / The Irish News

“This self-titled slab of wax features razor blade guitars that sound like a hammer to the love spuds and riffs that bring on more thunder than the Mighty Thor himself. File under 'R' for 'Rockin'” - Edwin McFee / Alternative Ulster

“If it’s pretty melodies and booty shaking grooves you’re after, Comply or Die are not the band for you. However, on those wretched days when you feel like smashing your head through a wall, they ably provide an ideal soundtrack to your impending unconsciousness” - David Roy / The Irish News


Comply or Die formed in Spring 2008 and comprise:
Drums – Matt Crothers - ex Coda ;
Guitar & Vox – Michael Smyth - ex Snakecharmers, This Kiss Kills and Los Cabras ;
Bass & Vox – Ian Pearce - ex Los Cabras, Dangerfields, Snakecharmers, This Kiss Kills
To date the band has recorded and released their first album and played with local acts such as Yakuza, The Evangelists, Black Bear Saloon, These Are The Clouds, Before Machines, Gacys Threads, Burn The Canvas and The Continuous Battle of Order. Along with supporting The Black Diamond Heavies and Rise Against.
With the record now on release it has been well recieved by audiences and in the press, receiving great reviews in The Irish News and Alternative Ulster. The Big List have helped to champion the band with interviews and inclusion on the bill of their 1st 'Big Gig'. The record is getting some airtime on Across The Line and also on Queens Radio, who were kind enough to invite the band in for an interview recently.
The band are now looking toward the future which holds a support slot with Joe Lally (fugazi) and writing for the next Comply Or Die album which is due to drop late 2010. Expect weighty sludge and vicious punk rock. As always, the Comply Or Die juggernaught rolls on!
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Member Since: 06/04/2008
Band Website: diecomply.com
Band Members: Ian Pearce - Bass/Vocals

Michael Smyth - Guitar/Vocals/Drums

Matt Crothers - Drums/Synths

For booking & information please contact: [email protected]
Influences:

icarus line,drive like jehu,melvins,murder city devils, gvsb,pegboy,shellac,nomeansno,helmet,mastodon,hawkwind,NIN,p lanes mistaken for stars,iron monkey

Sounds Like:
The band for the seventh circle of hells dinner party (with veggie option).

Love Under Will - from Comply or Die

Negative Two - Live @ Big List Big Gig

Baptism Of Fire - Live Curfew 09


Record Label: THE DEVILS FAVOURITE SON RECORDS

My Blog

Joe Lally support

Hey people.I know we're meant to be taking a break to songwrite, but as we're hammering them out of late and this show came up, we couldn't really say no. If you want to hear some new tunage then come...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:25:00 GMT

Comply Or Die


Posted by on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:11:00 GMT

The Facts

After much nonsense and playing a few pretty fucking good shows were finally getting round to updating and deciding whats next for this band. So heres some facts pop pickers: ONEWe have a show in ..D...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:08:00 GMT

Comply Or Die CD available at Bandcamp

Yup, as it says in the title, our cd is now available through BandCamp (not the one referred to in American Pie).We've been having some problems with our paypal link, so please don't order through the...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:35:00 GMT

An Update Of Sorts

Just to let you folks know that inbetween nursing rock&roll injuries, home diy injuries, writing 10minute plus progpunk songs, stroking cats of both pedigree and domestic persuasion and re-discovering...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 14:09:00 GMT

Comply Or Die - Polluting the Airwaves and Gigging it to the max

TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 8PM ON QUEENS RADIO 1134MW OR WWW.QUEENSRAIO.ORG WELL BE PLAYING TRACKS OF OUR RECORD ASWELL AS ANSWERING THOSE BURNING QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.IN OTHER RELATED NEWS..WE STILL HAVE 'L...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:43:00 GMT

nEwS NeWs nEwS!

Howdy folksMore news from the Comply Or Die camp - We're in this months Big List magazine due to being involved in their Big Gig at the Spring and Airbreak on Friday 24th April. Us, the mighty Black B...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:53:00 GMT

Lovely Reviews and Forthcomming Shows

As maybe a few of you may have noticed, we received a great wee featurette/review by the lovely Dave Roy in this weeks Irish News Scene detailing how kick ass our new record is."Onward to another trio...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:25:00 GMT

New Music & New Shows

Okay People - we've a new track up called 'Like A Snake' from our forthcoming album which we recorded in two days in December with the lovely Rocky at Start Together. Go Check it out and leave some fe...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:29:00 GMT