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Koala

"Oral Hygiene is very important"

About Me


Psychedelic-Glam-Punk-Pop band Koala started life in the midlands as a collaboration between school friends Martin Cadwallader (guitars/vocals/keyboards) , Gaz Evans (bass/vocals/samples) and occasional computer geek, Tim Paul. Moving to South London they were joined by swiss drummer Daniel Strittmatter (ex-High Llamas, Mike Scott, Ian McNabb) where they cemented their love of Husker Du, Beach Boys, Slade and the Flaming Lips into one very loud noise. After thieving as much free time in any studio they could find, Koala have completed their debut album, the mighty 'DO NOT BE AFRAID', and signed to the gigantic multimedia conglomerate CO-POP records for the album's December 6th (2004) release.
DO NOT BE AFRAID is available to buy across the UK and parts of Ireland in all major record chains - Virgin Megastore, HMV, Tower, and can be ordered at all good independent record stores - Catalogue No. CO-POP0012 Wrasse/Universal
...or online at most album selling websites:
Amazon.co.uk , hmv , Blah , WHSmith , Sainsbury , Rough Trade , 101CD , Action Records , Key Mail Order , Virgin Megastores , Tesco Extra , Woolworths
Koala are currently working on their second album, due for release late 2006. New material should be appearing through the mighty Koink Records prior to the album's release. More news as and when it arrives!
CO-POP - Making and selling records in a democratic fashion since January 2004. You bet your ass.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/7/2004
Band Website: planetkoala.com
Band Members:
Martin Cadwallader - guitars + keyboards + vocals
Gaz Evans - bass + vocals
Daniel Strittmatter - drums + keyboards + vocals
Moss O'Brien - guitars + keyboards + vocals
Influences:
Husker Du, Beach Boys, Slade, Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, Beta Band, The Flame, De La Soul, Cornershop, Marc Bolan, Super Furry Animals
Sounds Like:
"a mad mixture of Slade and lo-fi indie pop" John Robb, Playlouder.
Record Label: CO-POP Records:
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Somebody stop the whistling in my ears

Right lets try this again! A mighty big thank you to all of you who came and gave up their hearing in the name of Koala. Lots of good buddies came, Tim, Andy, Dawny B, the mighty Paul Mosley of Moses ...
Posted by Koala on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:36:00 PST

Aaaaah

MySpace eats all my fucking blogs! I am going for lunch. I shall attempt to post again later. Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Posted by Koala on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:26:00 PST

Blog Jam

Hi all, Sorry about the long gap in posts. I did post just after getting back from the Truck Festival (which was ace by the way, I went as roadie to the lovely Shimura Curves, who were wicked. You may...
Posted by Koala on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:30:00 PST

Bummer

Adios Syd - Shine on etc etc as no doubt all the obituaries will say tomorrow. Sad news.
Posted by Koala on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:50:00 PST

Change Yr World

Hello all, just a quickie to say we were in the Koink studio at Bethnal Green on Saturday and recorded 'Change Yr World' in full glorious technicolour, which we demoed earlier this year and it wa...
Posted by Koala on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:19:00 PST

Friday 21st July is Go! .. and other assorted stories

Yes, its official, we're going to play a fookin' gig this year! Hurray! And not just any gig either. It will be a full on multi-media extravaganza at the Montague Arms for the fine people of I Love Ne...
Posted by Koala on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:11:00 PST

Art Brut! Top Of The Pops!

Hello all, hope you are all fine and dandy and all that. More on what we're up to in a sec but first go here and sign this and get the mighty Art Brut on Top Of The Pops before its taken off the air a...
Posted by Koala on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:32:00 PST

Everything takes fucking ages

Alright all, Hope you are all well. We are. Sorrry we've been a bit quiet of late. Myself and Martin Koala had a fabulous trip to America where we took in Dallas, Austin and SXSW Festival and rounded...
Posted by Koala on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:24:00 PST

8 Miles High

Hi all, we're trapped in Minneapolis awaiting a connecting flight home to London after a fantastic week in Texas. We'll post a big long update on what we've been up too when we get home but in the mea...
Posted by Koala on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:21:00 PST

2006 - Crawling On Our Hands And Knees Towards The Future

Alright, hello and all that stuff. We're sort of slowly getting ourselves together to deal with the new year on the face of things. If you've come here from Planetkoala seeking news and gigs and stuff...
Posted by Koala on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:58:00 PST