Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon)

About Me

Dirty Tux at Nottingham Social, Sat 24 Mar It would have been quite easy to just call it a day and head off home after viewing the national football team's latest shambolic escapades in Tel Aviv this evening.Certainly anyone would be forgiven for being slightly unenthusiastic about continuing the usual Saturday night pursuits, and even a few expensively glittery fireworks heralding the re-opening of Nottingham's Market Square can't raise a smile.Of course not everyone gives a toss about eleven overpaid â€˜sportsmenâ€™, and judging by the vigour and general excitement emanating from hyperactive frontman Craig Bishop, the word England probably means nothing more than a place of birth stamped on a passport. Once upon a time it would have been difficult to tell Dirty Tux apart from any number of countless Arctic Libertines, but over the past twelve months their development has been quite staggering. Where they'll be heading come 2008 is anyone's guess.Older songs like 'Complex Sex' and 'Regal' now sound more visceral, taking on a decidedly spiteful tone to rival their obvious pop stylings, even if they are essentially misleading as to the rest of the band's output.Because, quite simply, the four new songs given an airing tonight could each have been written by a different band entirely, from the Mary Chain-esque stomp of 'Nightmare' and the edgy-yet-random snarl of 'Martin' to the incandescent scenester-baiting set finale that is 'Columbian Marchin' Powder'. Everything suggests Dirty Tux haven't merely escaped the Britrock pigeonhole, they've boarded down the hatches and locked the shutters once and for all.Whilst it would be unfair to say Dirty Tux are the finished article, they're taking giant strides in the right direction. With a little more refining, the road ahead seems anything but rocky.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Members: Craig Bishop (bish) Guitar & vocalsRory Black Lead guitarGreg Baird Bass & backing vocalsLuke Damian-Grint Drums & backing vocals
Influences: First influenced by Nirvana.. leading to The Libertines,Kings of Leon,T Rex,David Bowie,The Strokes,The Stones,BRMC,Radiohead,The Who,Brian Jonestown Massacre. Will listen to anything, always looking for new influences.. the weird quirky wanted!
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

K-HOLE= new band announcment

New band announcment: http://www.myspace.com/annielennoxlewiskhole been a while on this but weve started a new band.........the Tux will still be alive but having a few months off and tryi...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:35:00 PST

of interest

hello its been a long time since anty of us have checked the old myspace properly but we are back on it again for a new step weve had a bit of shit in the band of late and anybody who came to the Roc...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:09:00 PST

WHERE DID IT GO??????????

Its been a haze the past few weeks........ i dont actually know where to start but im finally in touch with the outside world and this internet malarkey. It started off with a Battle of the Bands Quar...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:23:00 PST

NOVEMBER

Yo been i while since ive posted but here goes....... been a good couple of months at the tux hq weve had loads of gigs, dont think The Rascals like me after i dived on their drums but was fuckin mint...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:09:00 PST

REVIEW What dya think?

Dom Gourley Drowned in Sound Don't blame me, point your finger at that curly-haired kid from Fame instead. Surely you've seen the repeats on UK Gold? Well it's not exactly the best advertisement for s...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:44:00 PST

Murder She Wrote

It was like Murder Murder she wrote Ive never seen her Or ever read words like hers before. Like Lansbury she shows me things i don't want to see Don't mess with my makeup as your revealing the fake n...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:54:00 PST

gigs

02/21/2006 08:00 PM - The Grapes, [Edit] [Cancel]Trippett lanesheffield,UKCost: £3.00Description: its our first gig playing with The Gypos and other debutants The Chartists03/11/2006 08:30 PM - Poi...
Posted by Dirty Tux (New Band & Demo Coming Soon) on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:58:00 PST