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Recording.... recording.... recording....

About Me

THEY ARE
Five men and one robot, needle-down rock & soul from outer space to your inner ear. They play with a fierce right side of the brain and are all about "ungh, yeh" and "heeey!". They don't understand why you are crying. They don't care why you are crying. They just want your sandwich.
COPTER'S DEBUT ALBUM STRANGEST TALES IS HERE!!
Copter's debut album 'STRANGEST TALES' was recorded by Matt Verta-Ray (Madder Rose/Speedball Baby/Heavy Trash) in 1 week at his NY Hed Studios on Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, New York City.
Strangest Tales has the honour of being the last album to be recorded at NY Hed, a place with a rich underground rock 'n' roll heritage... Andre Williams, Mick Collins (Dirtbombs), Blues Explosion, Kid Congo Powers (Gun Club/Cramps/Bad Seeds), Dolemite.... and the punk rock and soul history can definitely be heard and felt on the album too.
11 tracks clocking in at under 24 minutes, the high octane recording features guest appearances by Verta-Ray, Christina Campanella (Parker And Lilly/ Heavy Trash ), Ali Smith (Speedball Baby/The Oubliettes), Big Bang , Cameron Blain ( Bakelite ) and Mr. James Chance (The Contortions). Strangest Tales, from outer space to your dancing feet via your brain at 5000 mph. Dig it!
OR BUY THE MP3s!
WATCH THE MAKING OF STRANGEST TALES!
READ ALL ABOUT THE MAKING OF STRANGEST TALES!

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Member Since: 2/4/2005
Band Website: coptercentral.com
Band Members: Stevie Copter (Preacher)
David Evans (Guitar)
Warren Szpalek (Bass)
Stef Grindley (Guitar)
Mark Aldridge (Drums)

Influences: Parliament, James Brown, Otis Redding, Stax and Stones, The Silver Surfer... and all of these great bands we have played with...
Blues Explosion, The Dirtbombs, Viva L'American Death Ray Music, Heavy Trash, The Hunches, The Soledad Brothers, Weird War, Mr. Airplane Man, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Speedball Baby, Bob Log III, The Sugars, Kid Congo Powers, The Woggles, The DT's, The Ponys, Rocket Science, The Dexateens, The Mistreaters, Dan Sartain etc.

Sounds Like: SHE SAID
"It's all about primeval garage rock with dirty blues riffs and a singer that doesn't just talk the talk, but walks the walk and then some. This is the kind of band that would kick start that early morning house party come riot that memories are made of." Capsule

"Copter are great. .. doing that kind of rock 'n roll funked up stuff that ties up James Brown soulful strutting with grimy rock. Class." Delia Dansette, Artrocker Magazine

"They come from Mars via Birmingham, dress in uniforms, have a fully functioning android that takes the lead on some songs and a preacher cum front man who spends most of his time in the audience or on top of the speakers." Wyldman, Artrocker Magazine

"Some bands are all gimmicks and no musical substance, not so with Birmingham's Copter. High energy, dirty low down rock and roll that sits nicely next to the headliners (Blues Explosion). The crowd clearly love every storming, shaking minute of their set." Eliza Henshaw, Sandman Magazine

"Like The Hives from space - or The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion if they were androids - intergalactic soul rockers Copter make the soundtrack for house parties at the edge of the universe. And with a fierce live show and a talking robot with a Theremin for a head, Copter is one of the most exciting new bands on the planet." David McComb, Bizarre Magazine

"Preacher/singer Stevie writhes on the floor like a man possessed by the spirit of James Brown, Jon Spencer & Iggy Pop while MILO, their droid, interjects and heckles with quickfire wit while cherrypicking the potential groupies for aftershow robo-human relations.
Copter thrive on this toe to toe, eyeball to eyeball, hand to hand musical combat. They're an out and out party band which would grace anyone's gig, wedding, birthday, bar mitzvah, or wake, where they'd most probably wake the dead.
It's high octane, adrenaline pumped, yet slinky, fleet footed entertainment." Velvet Sheep

"Dirty, dirty, dirty sounds like an evil Alvin Stardust fronting the Makers…." Losing Today

"Sci-fi theatrics morphed with soulful rock 'n' roll from a six-piece who feature a robot droid called M.I.L.O among their numbers. Bonkers, but in a totally brilliant way." NME

Record Label: ColdRice Records, Brainlove, Static Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SXSW DIARY

THE PRINTABLE ACCOUNT OF THE COLDRICE 9 AT SXSWBy Stevie CopterMonday:My esteemed colleagues in Copter and I hooked up with The Big Bang and Swampmeat (Dan, Scott, Matt and T-Bird) at Gatwick and The ...
Posted by Copter on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:33:00 PST

Thank you, SXSW riders

Wow.Thanks to everyone who came and partied with us at SXSW, thanks to FUSED MAGAZINE and LADYFINGERS for putting us on their stages, our good buddies THE DEXATEENS (go and download their amazing new ...
Posted by Copter on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:39:00 PST

SXSW!

We're off to SXSW!FUSED MAGAZINE are having a showcase and 3 COLDRICE bands will be rocking the party, us along with brothers SWAMPMEAT and THE BIG BANG.Fused have created a SXSW DIARY.We're also play...
Posted by Copter on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:16:00 PST

A New Day Begins

Happy New YearWe've uploaded a rather apt new song, a very early sneak preview of album number 3.loveCopterxxxx
Posted by Copter on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:34:00 PST

Remembering M.I.L.O this Christmas....

Lest we forget, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.Here's hoping for his safe return in 2008.xxx
Posted by Copter on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:27:00 PST

NEW YEARS EVE TICKETS ON SALE!

Monday, December 31 at 8:00 PMNEW YEARS EVEBloomsbury Bowling - Bones Brigade NYE Extravaganza featuring Copter & Swampmeatat Bloomsbury Bowling LanesResident trouble makers The Bones Brigade head a v...
Posted by Copter on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:14:00 PST

COPTER, LIVE, B’HAM, FRIDAY NOV 16TH

Next Friday we rock the return of ColdRice.You know we don't like the big sell but we'd really really love it if you came and danced with us. It would make our year, straight up.Friday 16th NovemberTh...
Posted by Copter on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:05:00 PST

Copter meets Dirty Sanchez

OH YEAHTotally forgot to tell you that we've provided the theme tune for the latest series of DIRTY SANCHEZ, plus a caseload of our songs are played during many of the episodes while crazy cats hammer...
Posted by Copter on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:18:00 PST

THIS SUNDAY! HEAVY TRASH!

SUNDAY OCTOBER 7THColdRice presentsHEAVY TRASHfeaturingJON SPENCER (Blues Explosion/Pussy Galore) & MATT VERTA-RAY (Speedball Baby/Madder Rose)CLICK ME TO HEAR THE UPCOMING HEAVY TRASH ALBUM!COPTERTHE...
Posted by Copter on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:54:00 PST

THE LESS-IS-MORE TOUR: JUST ONE COPTER SHOW A MONTH UNTIL 2008!

Greeting EarthersWe are embarking on a "Less Is More Tour" and will be rocking once and once only each month for the rest of the year.So if you want to see us flash by, here's the dates...SUNDAY SEPTE...
Posted by Copter on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:38:00 PST