Cuddly Shark

Cuddly Shark is a do-it-yourself, plug in and play Rock McCombo. Idiosyncratic lyricism and odd anti-melodies combined with foot down pedal-to-the-metal performances.
Forming in early 2006 the band consists of two boys and one girl, Callin' Colin on guitar and vocals, Jables Sexual on drums and Hoofbert on bass guitar. Born and bred in the bonnie highlands of Scotland the band found themselves magnetically drawn to the rain-soaked musical hotspot that is Glasgow to hone their sound. Things seemed to twitter along very quickly and Cuddly Shark found themselves with a bunch of songs with winning names like ‘The Punisher of IV30’, referring to the Elgin post-code where the band members grew up and if pushed could tell you a horror story or two!
Cuddly Shark will never have an ounce of pretentious hip fat on them and their live shows have seen favourable comparisons made to Husker Du, Minor Threat, Ween, Fugazi and The Presidents of the USA.
Rock solid with the minimum of fuss, the songs stem from an anarchic and free spirited unique romanticism. Whether an ode to the inability to resist the gratification of one’s own self indulgent whims and desires as summed up in 'Jamie Foxx on Later With Jools Holland' or the crunching riffage of '12 Months', where a mans desparate need to be sexually pleasured has never sounded so brutally demonic.
March 2008 sees the release of Cuddly Shark's debut single, 'The Punisher of IV30' backed by live favourite, 'Hails of Bay' and the soon to be anthem that just rolls off the tongue, 'Jamie Foxx on Later with Jools Holland'. The single is the first time the band have ever graced a studio and it only goes to show that Cuddly Shark is a blistering romp of rock’n’roll carnage and dischord-inspired punk, firing as loud as they can from a post-rock cannon.
“Arty and angular, Cuddly Shark possess some sharp hooks and a dark post-punkintensity - like Birthday Party being thrown down some stairs with Wire”
Subba-Cultcha
“…like what Young Knives would have sounded like if they had traded geekdom for good old fashioned fist fighting as children.”
The Plastic Ashtray
“…like an ADD teen with a bottle of Sunny D in one hand and an AK47 in the other.”
Is This Music?
“…they have the punk strut of The Stooges, The Cure and The Cramps ... the musical expanse of Fugazi and the humour of early Roxy Music.”
Daily Record
“Capturing the gui-bass sound of The Presidents of the United States of America, the slacker rock of The Pixies and the eclecticism of both”
The Mag
“As befits the contradictory nature of the band name this lot can bark like a nutcase at a bus stop”
New Noise
“Cuddly Shark sound like a cross between the 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster and a bear-baiting mountie.”
Gigwise
“…do-it-yourself White Stripes-style rock, experimental punk and rye Scottish humour”
Playing Out Loud
“Cuddly Shark serve up a platter of US influenced discordant garage rock of the Lou Reed / Iggy Pop variety, delivered with a John Lydon spittle.”
Get Ready to Rock
“…a likeable, quirky diversion from the serious world of mass-market music.”
The Skinny