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About Me

Infectious, intense, low-slung rock, GIN PANICâ€™s hugely dynamic and colourful sound has been finding itâ€™s fractured, twisted way around the UK since itâ€™s inception in 2000. The band have developed a sound that mixes the jerky paranoia of New York punk and the fractured distraction of angular post rock to produce an exciting, heavier than hell sonic assault.
In 1999, GIN PANIC swept through a sleepy neverland town and found Alex Robertson (voice and guitar), Kerrie McEvoy (bass and voice) Adam Richards (guitar) and Mono (drums) whilst they were staring into the sky. During the next year GIN PANIC made home here and the four were only too happy to accommodate. It grew with them; it added members, lost members yet always forging a new direction. The direction was distorted, uncomfortable and still hazy but it drove forward never the less.
It wasnâ€™t until 2001 that GIN PANIC truly came alive when the road it had been building for a year led the three intrepid followers to London where the line-up was completed with the addition of Kate (guitar and voice), Alexâ€™s sister. Early sightings of GIN PANICâ€™s arrival into London were documented on radio stations across the city, including airplay of the bands 2003 EP on Xfm.
By the end of 2004, GIN PANIC was enticed into Grouse Lodge studios (Muse, Doves, Bloc Party) in Ireland with producer Julien Whyte, who had watched the band closely after working with them on previous recordings. In early 2005 the band released their debut album â€œMoved By Remoteâ€. After the release, guitarist Adam Richards left the band and the four remaining members headed back into their favourite damp, dark cupboard in the deepest depths of what legend calls â€œWaterlooâ€, to continue writing the follow up record.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/24/2005
Band Website: www.ginpanic.com" ginpanic.com
Band Members:Alex Robertson - vocals/guitarKate Robertson - guitar/vocalsKerrie McEvoy - bass/vocalsMono - drums
Influences:Kerrie likes - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Therapy?, Pixies, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Les Savy Fav, Part Chimp, Shellac, Trans Am, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, QotSA, Soundgarden, Nirvana, dEUS, Mono, Dirty Three, Sonic Youth, Faith No More, Arcade Fire, AC/DC, The Divine Comedy, Velvet Underground, At The Drive In, Led Zepplin, Elliott Smith, Mark Lanegan, Motorhead, Weezer, David Bowie, Stanton Warriors, Amon Tobin, Broken House.
Alex - dEUS, Shipping News, Part Chimp, Can, Neu!, MÃºm, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Mono, Melt-Banana, Trans Am, Slint, Shellac, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Fugazi, The Mars Volta, At The Drive In, Television, Talking Heads, The Beatles, Scott Walker, Tom Waits, QotSA, BjÃ³rk, PJ Harvey, Godspeed You Black Emperor! Damo Suzuki, Battles, Radiohead, Family Guy
Kate - therapy?, CKY, Ani Difranco, Peaches, The Smiths, Dj Shadow, Elliott Smith, Melt Banana, Queen Adreena, Shellac, Tomahawk, Faith No More, Grandaddy, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Ladytron, Weezer, QOTSA, Mars Volta, YYYs, The 5678s, Johnny Cash, Breakbeat Motown Flamenco
Mono - Neil Diamond
Sounds Like:Intense. Yup. We'll sock it to ya.

Record Label: Self releasing
Type of Label: None

My Blog

GIN PANIC on last.fm

Morning all...I thought I'd just link everyone up with our Last.fm page which has a few more tracks up than MySpazz if you wanted to listen to some older stuff. I still can't get my head around the wh...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:03:00 PST

WE NEED YOUR VOTE!!!!

Yo yo!Just in case you weren’t listening to 6 Music last night, Punching Numbers Into A Machine was played by Tom Robinson on his Introducing show. WELL....if you did miss it you can hear it aga...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:40:00 PST

Launch Party line-up....

GIN PANIC EP launch @ The Fighting Cocks, Old London Road, kingston THIS SATURDAY 2nd FEB '08Hey all,Just a quick reminder about the launch party for our new EP, Punching Numbers Into A Machine, this ...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:32:00 PST

Video uploaded from The Fly gig 26th Jan 08...check it...

Hey ya,I've just uploaded a video of a new song we've been bashing out for a couple of weeks. It was filmed at The Fly on 26th Jan '08 at a rather good Badge Of Friendship gig. Its called You Will Go ...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:55:00 PST

NOOO EP!!

I can't actually believe it. Punching Numbers is finally with us. I am holding one in my hand right now....see?....It's very pretty.Alex
Posted by GIN PANIC on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:03:00 PST

In the beginning there was.....

Some bullet points worth noting...The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Gin panic have been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.Gin P...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:13:00 PST

Kates paintings for sale

Hello this is Kate, guitarist in gin panic hijacking our myspace to tell you i am selling some of my artwork through my myspace page:myspace.com/katekamikazeOne of the paintings I am selling is a vers...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:32:00 PST

Badge Of Friendship Summer Festival TICKETS NOW ON SALE!!

Man 'O Man 'O Man are we excited about this! :DTo get your tickets click below to be whisked over to the SeeTickets site. Apparently there are none on the door so you'll have to get beforehand. http:/...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:33:00 PST

TourDates.co.uk and other shinanigans....

Hello,Everything seems so lazy after coming back from a festival weekend. Even though All Tomorrows Parties happened 2 weeks ago I can't help but feel I have left something behind there, like I've per...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:29:00 PST

Rough Trade CD's

Hello,Just a quickie...For everyone who's been asking for a copy of Moved By Remote, we've just found out that Rough Trade have a few copies left in stock. Click 'ere to be whisked over to the Rouch T...
Posted by GIN PANIC on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:26:00 PST