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The Colt .45s

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Debut album "Let's Have An Accident!" OUT NOW!
12 track album including remixed versions of single tracks.
Recorded/mixed/mastered at C90 Studios. Packaged in Digipak.
NOW ONLY £4 (inc. p+p)
Praise for Let's Have An Accident!
"Album of the Month: Packed full of potential singles, from electro fused punk to addictive pop gems" - The Crack Magazine, Jan 2008
"Uncomfortably fun" - Rockbeatstone.com
"From the bleak and sinister to Casio fuelled electro punk... Refreshingly youthful; magnificent" - The Devil
 "Something special waiting to be heard; it doesn't disappoint" - Norman Records
 "They demand attention. A giant slab of concrete brilliance covered in chocolate" - Tasty Fanzine

Limited debut single "LHR EP003" OUT NOW!
Split 7" The Star Fighter Pilot vs. The Colt .45s
£4 (inc. p+p) - LIMITED COPIES REMAINING!
Praise for LHR EP003
"Pretty magnificent; snarly and fuzzed up" - The Cuckoos Press
"Unique and creative" - DJ Gene, WRIR 97.3FM (USA)
"This single sets me on fire" - Magasin Magazine (France)
"Hauntingly original" - Durham21.co.uk
"Carving out sparse yet coolly blank despondency for the masses... Somehow we think you need this" - Losing Today
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Dot 45 Presents... Planet Durham
Durham music scene compilation CD featuring exclusive tracks from over 20 bands and artists + full colour glossy A5 fanzine with articles and interview with To My Boy
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Biography:
We are a 4 piece from Durham. We play clatter-pop!!!
We've played nealy 100 gigs across the UK from London to Glasgow including Edinburgh Fringe Festival, had radio play in the UK, Germany, Spain and the USA, supported fantastic bands like Neils Children, Das Wanderlust and The Chapman Family, played Oxjam and other charity gigs, released a 7" split single and an album, and Mr Rezistor made a class dance remix of our track Dry London Gin. Stockholm Syndrome was no. 4 in The Devils Top 10 Tracks of 2007 and our LP was Album of the Month in January's Crack Magazine. As well as some great live, demo, single, EP and album reviews in the UK we've also had press in Paris and done interviews for The Talk Magazine and Scenesters.co.uk. Members of the band run club nights and DJ at Durham venue Fish Tank and are currently launching a DIY/indie record label and local bands compilation CD titled PLANET DURHAM!

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Member Since: 4/27/2006
Band Members:

Leeanne, Andy, Keith and Anne-Marie. The happy family.

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Sounds Like: Demo reviews

Sounds like the sort of tunes Sonic Youth used to make before their creativity crumbled to pointless self-indulgence... A requiem to dead-end suburban lifestyles, with zigzagging drums and sharp guitar lines peppering the melodies with a Cure-tinged claustrophobia. Whoever says geek can’t be chic needs to swiftly revise their opinions
- Metro

Very DIY-Garage; it works really well... Good stuff indeed
- Sohostruts.co.uk

Obscure, feisty electro-punk... Like a couple of kids who’ve unwrapped a Smiths album and a Casio keyboard on Christmas morning, indulged in too much of their selection box and presented the end result to their pissed parents as they watch the Queens speech... [Cut My Hair has] an ace, pissed-off punk riff matched with a tale of scenesters wearing ripped jeans
- The Crack (Nov ’06)

Crazily lo-fi... Just really great... Very very fine indeed
- James Clark, BBC Radio Newcastle

The Colt .45s = the finest demo I’ve received in 2007. Love it, love it, love it!
- Filthy Little Angels

The Colt .45s chant over a broken break-beat...Clang! Clang! Clang! Butter wouldn’t melt in their dirty little mouths... The kind of record that all the crap record labels wouldn’t touch with someone else’s stick. That’s what being truly independent is all about: taking risks!
- trakMARX

Live reviews

The Colt .45s would probably be more at home playing in a sweaty underground warehouse at 3am. Whilst not the most popular band this night, their loud lashings of electro-punk make them the most interesting. The apathetic ferocity of What A Difference may as well be directed at their less than perfect PA, as they proceed topple amps and fling mics with abandon
-NARC

The band blast straight into a set of electro fused shouty punk. Dance beats clatter into pop moments, punk attitude meets battered Casio keyboard melodies... Playing their unique brand of pop; it’s a catchy lo-fi pop which is shining out in a stagnating indie-centric north-east scene
- The Crack (June ’07)

Fast making a name for themselves in the North East scene; programmed electro beats meets DIY punk. Catchy shouty vox, and the short sharp electro punk is an exciting proposition. The crowd loved them as they ripped into their hits. They stand out in a boring North scene with their progressive attitude to genres and their lack of boundaries
- Badrobot.co.uk

...Like The Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing Fisher Price toys
- Cherry Bomb Disco

Richard was blown away by the talent on show which included The Colt .45s
- The Evening Chronicle

The Colt .45s have been ripping up the north east music scene... Not to be missed by any music lover
- Scenesters.co.uk

Record Label: Unsigned/Filthy Little Angels/Leaving Home Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Photos from Manchester, bloody LOADS of gigs, plus VOTE COLT!

First things first, another polite (slightly desperate) request for you to vote for El Col-tos to get us some air play on BBC 6MUSIC this weekend via the lovely Tom Robinson. Follow this link and...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:21:00 PST

Cut My Hair gets play on BBC 6MUSIC by TOM ROBINSON!

Hello Colty fans! We're very happy to let you know that over the weekend our track Cut My Hair got played by Tom Robinson (ex The Fall, who we love, and The Tom Robinson Band) on his BBC 6MUSIC show, ...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:49:00 PST

Poster for Manchester gig / mini Easter tour...

Here is the *new* poster for our coming Manchester gig at The Castle on Friday March 21st: £4 or £5 with a sampler CD included. This gig is part of our mini Easter tour this March bank holiday t...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:26:00 PST

Live review from The Bridge, Newcastle, Sat 16th Feb 08

Hello, The lovely Jon Jo from Deltasound spotted this nice review of us from a gig we played a couple of Saturday's ago at The Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne for Too Far North Promotions. http://www.s...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:25:00 PST

ANOTHER review of the album this week, from uber cool Screaming Tarts!

Check this out. Is this the best review we've ever had? Well, it's certainly up there with the Metro and Plastic Ashtray. Thanks to Steve Rudd and Martyn at Screaming Tarts "Innovative genius"... Fi...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:35:00 PST

Album reviews- The Link fanzine and Sohostrut.co.uk

Couple of cool reviews of Let's Have An Accident! First from the january edition of north east based fanzine, The Link. The album cover featured on the cover as well: Second from the cool cats at Soh...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:05:00 PST

Colts get a mention on Radio 1

The Colt .45s got a mention last night on Radio 1.Steve Lamacq read out a text message from someone called Sophie saying we were amazing on Saturday night in Newcastle.Thanks to Sophie and Lamacq, and...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:53:00 PST

Cracking album review in The Cuckoos Press...

http://www.thecuckoopress.co.uk/site/?page_id=72comment-59 Thank you Debbora! Also, someone listed us as one of their favourite Newcastle bands on Drowned in Sound. We're more Durham than Newcastle, ...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:46:00 PST

Dont call it a come back! Photos from Thursday @ The Globe and vids/reviews from Sunday @ 7EVEN

Hello, We had an excellent time at our gig last Thursday at The Globe, so thanks to everyone at Stripped for putting us on. The sound was just perfect and it was cool getting to play a few e...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:25:00 PST

Review of the album from Norman Records in Leeds

One of the coolest indie record shops in Leeds, Norman Records, who are stocking our album, had this to say to entice your custom: Read the whole thing, and buy the album from Normal Records, using t...
Posted by The Colt .45s on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:37:00 PST