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About Me

Cheapskates are Manchester's very own CLASH covers band. Not really a tribute as such, more a bunch of oddballs and drunkards playing CLASH songs and other carefully selected punk and ska classics and having a bit of a party at the same time. Well quite a lot of a party is the truth of the matter, in fact the more we get paid, fed and watered the longer we will play, only because there is a slight matter of amnesia due to alcoholism, other people like to call it Alzheimers but we are more than happy with the alcoholic status that has taken some considerable effort in attaining. We are not shy and are quite capable of holding our own in a slanging match, we will also applaud ourselves just in case the audience are too drunk to do it anyway. The Clash is obviously the major part of our contributions to the musical world but other bands such as SLF, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, the Ruts, The Specials, UK Subs, The Undertones and The Jam quite often make a welcome visit to our repertoire.bbccefefcc66f72ff56bc32a45e857f5

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Member Since: 25/01/2006
Band Website: band contact : [email protected]
Band Members: Band boss plays the bass, banddad plays the lead guitar, Band tramp plays the rhythm and sings and piecrust is the drummer
Influences: Joe Strummer, the Clash and various other punk and ska merchants
Sounds Like: a bit like the clash
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

At the Queens

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Posted by on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:37:00 GMT

The Queens in Colne awaits 4/9/9

Saturday September 4th 2009We are planning to make this a special event, to encompass Jill Lane's 40th Birthday, yes we cannot believe it either.We will provide the usual tomfoolery by playing Clash s...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:26:00 GMT

Our backdrop has gone missing!

Bugger... Our backdrop has gone missing!Its my best guess that in a drunken haze and despite our efforts at trying not to loose things (ie by asking randomly to whoever is nearest the van, "is that ev...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:33:00 GMT

Poster Archive

I've been sifting through some of my old files at home and realised there are loads n loads of Cheapskates posters/artwork that will only see light of day again whenever I move house or have a big sor...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:17:00 GMT

Cheapskates 19/01/08 the Lively Lobster in Sale

Cheapskates make their debut for 2008 at the Livelt Lobster in Sale. Free of charge so all you tightwads can get down there and witness the band trying to remember the set. Clash ska and other punkage...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:05:00 GMT

So Lancaster came around

mmmm ! It is not often that we are cajoled into doing as the crowd please but it happened ! I could not believe that the very nice people of Lancaster are in fact a bunch of control freaks and h...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:00:00 GMT

Altrincham, we did it for the dads ( it was father's day }

New territory, the Wheatsheaf Altrincham, new time Sunday evening. Strangely enough the banner that Sunday evening is the new Saturday night bore some fruit. We were made extremely welcome by the land...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:40:00 GMT

Strummercamp

Words fail me to explain the rock and rollercoaster that was Strummercamp. But I shall try. The whole weekend was everything that your mum told you never to do, there was drinking and loud music and d...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:38:00 GMT

The Cheshire Set at the Bike

Saturday 21st April. Our love affair withn the Bike n' Hound continues with no signs of it slowing down, our affairs with the clientele who go there are somewhat trickier than the mental image of...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:29:00 GMT

Charridee day out with Cheapskates at Colne

It is hard to believe that Cheapskates play anywhere other than the Queens in Colne but it is also hard to believe that there is anywhere better to play. We were delighted to add our name to the all d...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:43:00 GMT