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Driven by their love of raw back to basics rock music, new and old, the first incarnation of this Telford-based punk band was formed in February 2005 by guitarist Vinny Whyte and drummer Ben Newell under the name “The Lost Assesâ€. After exits from the other members, and the entrance of Dev Rox on vocals and Gregg Hudson on bass, the Lost Asses soon morphed into “The Part Time Punksâ€.
On May 9th 2006, PTP made their official debut at The Broadway in Norton Stourbridge and regular supports with the tribute band “Punk’d: The Spirit of ‘77†followed shortly afterwards. Momentum was building!
On July 14th, the Punks headlined the Shifnal Summer Music Festival, sharing the stage with fellow local bands Synapse, GI Jellybaby, Dead Pleasures, Ethergy and the notorious Uncle Shagnasty. All money made from this event was donated to charity and the Punks also used to this night to prove they were gradually becoming both a tight and visually exciting live band and were even boasting a small and loyal following of teenagers by this point!
In October, they competed in The Robin 2’s “Live Band of the Year Competition†in which they made the quarterfinals and played what were unquestionably some of their best live shows yet.
With their dynamic stage presence, somewhat off-colour humour, high-energy performances and tight stripped down raw songs rarely running over three minutes, the PTPs are undoubtedly an up and coming band who refuse to go unnoticed! ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________
