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About Me

Plastic Yank write and perform intelligent music, spanning many different categories. Their songs are melodic and their lyrics are clever. Jeremy's song writing is inspired largely by where he is from, the Canadian prairies, and the angst of living in a place so different from there.

Plastic Yank are an alt-folk indie rock band fronted by Jeremy Hainsworth, a Canadian, with British boys Dave Hartup on drums, Vinnie Ison on keyboards and Andy Gill playing bass. In the early part of 2005 Jeremy, Andy, and Dave lived in Chorleywood and knew each other as friends when they realized they had the makings of a band and formed under the alias The Weather. Some songs were written, recorded and performed. Those who were in on the secret liked what they heard. A year later they added Vinnie on keyboard and became Plastic Yank. Since then they have played numerous shows in and around London.

Their recent five track EP, Descriptions and Pictures, is available to preview on myspace and other internet sites. It is available from the band members.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/23/2006
Band Website: coming soon
Band Members: Jeremy Hainsworth - guitar, vocals

Vinnie Ison - keyboard

Andy Gill - bass

Dave Hartup - drums

Influences: The Weakerthans, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, The New Pornographers, The Shins, Neil Young, Wintersleep, Stars, The Strokes, The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Tegan and Sara, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Grant Lawrence and CBC 3, Johnny Cash, Immaculate Machine, Goldspot, The Consumer Goods
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Slice the Pie Showcase

Breaking news...We signed up with this new website a few months ago called slicethepie.com. It is kind of a mini stock market where fans can invest and finance bands that they like and think could mak...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:40:00 PST

Plastic Yank Facebook Fan Club

Join the Plastic Yank Fan Club on Facebook. Just go to the Groups section in Facebook and search for 'Plastic Yank'. Keep up to date with all the latest Plastic Yank gossip.BTW - This is an advertis...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:27:00 PST

CD out soon

We have been getting lots of questions about the availability of a CD. So in case you are wondering: The four tracks currently in our myspace player are pre-releases from our new five track...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:04:00 PST

Descriptions and Pictures EP on Myspace

Hello there. The finished tracks arrived in the post today after a long mixing and mastering process. I have uploaded them to our myspace and two of the tracks are downloadable.Track listing:1. Desc...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

Descriptions and Pictures EP almost out

Hey Everyone,The tracks are being mastered at the moment. We are expecting them to be completed next week. Sorry about the long wait. As soon as we have them we will upload them to this site. The ...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:46:00 PST

The Descriptions and Pictures EP

The recording for our new EP entitlied 'Descriptions and Pictures' is complete. It is now in the mixing and mastering stages. As soon as we have the final versions we will put some of them up on our...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:48:00 PST

Recording EP Soon

Howdy folks. It may appear that Plastic Yank have not been very active lately. Don't be fooled. After much planning and we are heading into the studio this weekend to start our new EP. We will let...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:13:00 PST

Plastic Yank Live in Bristol - Flyer

We are playing at The Fleece and Ferkin in Bristol on the 7th of July at 8:30. This flyer gets you £1 off. Make sure you say you are there to see PLASTIC YANK.Hope to see you there!...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:14:00 PST

Track of the Week - babyboomrecords

Hi FansOne of our tracks "England" has made 'Track of the Week' on BabyBoom Records!Check it out at www.myspace.com/babyboomrecordsThanks for dropping byPY...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:23:00 PST

The new name

Hello. Well, after much stalling we have finally changed our name. You may remember us as The Weather. Turned out there were too many other The Weather's in the world. So here we are as Plastic Ya...
Posted by Plastic Yank on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:56:00 PST