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The Bobbed Haired Bandits

About Me

"Don’t ask me whether I’m afraid of pistols. My mind is on my make-up now. In a few minutes, I’m going to make my entrance in New York City…"
The Bobbed-Haired Bandit

Taking their name from a feisty female gangster, the Bobbed Haired Bandits came together at Manchester’s Tiger Lounge. The leopard-print wallpaper, Bettie Page portraits and £5 bottles of wine made for a merry night and by last orders, they’d already planned world domination. A cake-fuelled summer of band practices followed and they soon had a clutch of perfect pop songs to rival Britney, Well, almost…

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/05/2006
Band Members: Beck sings, Helen plays the drums, Karen plays the guitar, Sarah plays the bass, and Vic sings, plays the keyboard and shakes the maracas.
Influences: L7, Joan Jett, The Gossip, Hole, Bikini Kill, Transvision Vamp, The Eyeliners, Sleater-Kinney, Babes in Toyland, Elastica, Be Your Own PET, The Long Blondes, The Slits, Raincoats, Dinosaur Jr, Gravy Train, The Ramones, The Aislers Set, Siouxie and the Banshees, Shirelles, Lunachicks, Julie Ruin, Shampoo, Patti Smith, Bangs, Help She Can't Swim, Lolita Storm, Hanin Elias, The Distillers, Huggy Bear, The Shangri-Las, Lady!Die, Bratmobile, Bis, Heavens to Betsy, Team Dresch, Kenickie, Partyline, House doubles, The Retro Bar, Ladyfests, Bettie Page, Pin-ups, Maud Allen, Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Bette Davis, John Waters, Stephen Fry, Marlene Dietrich, Twin Peaks, Josie and the Pussycats, Lee Miller, The Fall, Anais Nin, Nico, Cecil Beaton.
Sounds Like: Past shows:
5 June 2007 - Violator Disco @ The New Penny, Leeds
2 May 2007 - Female Trouble Present Partyline @ Retro Bar
17 April 2007 - Tuesday Tony Presents @ The Thirsty Scholar
15 April 2007 - Ladyfest Leeds @ Josephs Well
Record Label: Not Just Boys Fun Records (Wilder Than Oscar EP)

My Blog

New Songs!

New songs! Yesterday we spent the day at the Voodoo Suite in Manchester recording these new songs. We had a lovely time recording, drinking cider and playing on the Playstation. Thanks to all the Vood...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:00:00 GMT