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Always seeking to outdo themselves, Ghost Club (David Mitchell - guitar, vocals; Denise Roughan -bass, drums, vocals and Jim Abbott - bass, drums) recorded their brand new album, Suicide Train over just a single day in the basement of a derelict Victorian pub in Hackney, North London. This quick, no-frills way of working successfully captures the immediacy of the bands live performances with which Ghost Club have made their name. "It doesn't always work and that's the gamble", says David. "You've got to treat a recording as a little snapshot, and if it does work I find, even if it's slightly flawed, you can look back at it and get a quite immediate picture of where you were at that stage".David and Denise were both members of hugely popular The 3Ds, on the legendary New Zealand Flying Nun label. In 1996 David and Denise formed Ghost Club in Dunedin, New Zealand, relocated to London the following year where they hooked up with Jim Abbott .The trio have a wealth of experience under their belts - following a number of 7s and appearances on compilations, the bands first album Ghostclubbing was released in 2001. Recorded in two days under a South London railway arch, it was a loud, chunky and raw with a melodic backbone. Following the albums release, the band were nominated for a BNET music award in 2002 and went on to play shows with Barbara Manning, Unsane and Preston School of Industry, to name but a few. In addition to the music David is also responsible for all the band's artwork, which he curiously draws with his left hand despite being right-handed. This off-kilter approach to the act of creation sums the band up perfectly. "Nine times out of 10 I don't understand what these songs, stories or pictures are about". explains David "They're just as weird to me as anyone who's hearing them."Packed with songs thrillingly ragged and harmonically muscular, a ride on the Suicide Train is undoubtedly a trip worth taking.
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Member Since: 1/13/2006
Band Website: ghostclub.co.uk
Band Members: David Mitchell, Denise Roughan, Jim Abbott Suicide Train

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Influences: Look Blue Go Purple, Exploding Budgies, 3Ds, Renderers, Goblin Mix, Plagal Grind
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Record Label: Flying Nun / Hausmusik / Hellsquad
Type of Label: Indie

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Ghostclubbing CDs & vinyl available

Update: No vinyl left now. CDs will be available in NZ via Trademe. Otherwise SmokeCDs should have some. Thanks to our good friend Wolfgang at Hausmusik we have copies of Ghostclubbing on CD and scarc...
Posted by Ghost Club on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:10:00 PST

Check out this event: Ghost Club, Screaming Tea Party & Minisnap

Hosted By: Stolen RecordingsWhen: 25 Apr 2008, 20:00Where: The WIndmill22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton,London, London and South East|66 SW25BZUnited KingdomDescription:Stolen Recordings Click Here To Vie...
Posted by Ghost Club on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Upcoming gigs

Final London gigs...06 Apr 2008, 8pm - Catch 22 Kingsland Road, Sh...
Posted by Ghost Club on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:49:00 PST

NZ Alt Radio

Paul at NZ Alt Radio says listen in hear loads of Ghost Club & 3Ds tracks and more! Go hear - NZ Alt Radio...
Posted by Ghost Club on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:34:00 PST

Suicide Train review from Sleazegrinder

Ghost ClubSuicide TrainHellsquad This London via New Zealand trio may have hauled ass to howl 'round the hinterlands of the hungry underground but sidestep the Shoreditch hip-breeze parade with t...
Posted by Ghost Club on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:40:00 PST

Ghost Club live review on Frequency Squared

The nice folks at Frequency Squared posted this live review...
Posted by Ghost Club on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:24:00 PST

Ghost Club + Bird Nest Roys + Cash Guitar

Hosted By: Ghost Club When: 02 Jan 2008, 20:00Where: Rising SunK RoadAuckland, New ZealandDescription:Ghost Club Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Ghost Club on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:54:00 PST

Ghost Club NZ tour 2008

Posted by Ghost Club on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:23:00 PST

We got hacked

It looks like we got hacked - Ghost Club do not endorse Macys (we're not even sure what it is), nor do we recommend the enlargement of genitalia . Apologies if you were disturbed by this gross m...
Posted by Ghost Club on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:56:00 PST

Suicide Train CD now available in the UK

The CD is now available in the UK!You can get it from Rough Trade or through Amazon ...
Posted by Ghost Club on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:10:00 PST