Matty "Six Solo's" - Vocals/Lead Guitar
Tom "Bass Master General" - Vocals/Bass
Alex "Lord of the Snare - Drums
"and" Stef - Vocals/Guitar
Influences
Rancid, Descendents, Pennywise, The Distillers, Capdown, RBF, Whitmore, Less Than Jake, Dropkick Murphys, 4ft Fingers, Howards Alias, The Fight, NOFX, Alkaline Trio, Lightyear, Five Knuckle, The Splitters, Anti-Flag, Propaghandi, Millencolin, Catch 22, Dead Kennedies, Sonic Boom Six, Leftover Crack, King Prawn, Mad Caddies, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, MXPX, Ramones, The Clash, The Ruts, The Disasters, Sex Pistols, The Peacocks, Pogues, Bad Religion, Lagwagon, The Offspring, The Filaments, Adequate Seven, Antimaniax, Belvedere, Bombshell Rocks, Bullets To Broadway, Captain Everything!, Da Skywalkers, The Foamers, Hard Skin, Hostage Life, John Holmes, Kenisia, The King Blues, The Planet Smashers, Red Lights Flash, Satanic Surfers, Suicide Bid, The Take, Thinktank, Ye Wiles, You Me And The Atom Bomb, Mighty Mighty Boss Tones, Goldfinger, Wagstaffe, Tsunami Bomb, Hundred Reasons, Hell Is For Heroes, Funeral for a Friend, The Used, AFI, Allister, The Explosion, Rise Against, 7 Seconds of Love, The Specials, Fandangle, Big D and the Kids Table, Rock-it-Dogs
Sounds Like
"Rancid rocking out to Less Than Jake" - The Punkscene
Rancid, Descendents, Pennywise, The Distillers, Capdown, RBF, Whitmore, Less Than Jake, Dropkick Murphys, 4ft Fingers, Howards Alias, The Fight, NOFX, Alkaline Trio, Lightyear, Five Knuckle, The Splitters, Anti-Flag, Propaghandi, Millencolin, Catch 22, Dead Kennedies, Sonic Boom Six, Leftover Crack, King Prawn, Mad Caddies, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, MXPX, Ramones, The Clash, The Ruts, The Disasters, Sex Pistols, The Peacocks, Pogues, Bad Religion, Lagwagon, The Offspring, The Filaments, Adequate Seven, Antimaniax, Belvedere, Bombshell Rocks, Bullets To Broadway, Captain Everything!, Da Skywalkers, The Foamers, Hard Skin, Hostage Life, John Holmes, Kenisia, The King Blues, The Planet Smashers, Red Lights Flash, Satanic Surfers, Suicide Bid, The Take, Thinktank, Ye Wiles, You Me And The Atom Bomb, Mighty Mighty Boss Tones, Goldfinger, Wagstaffe, Tsunami Bomb, Hundred Reasons, Hell Is For Heroes, Funeral for a Friend, The Used, AFI, Allister, The Explosion, Rise Against, 7 Seconds of Love, The Specials, Fandangle, Big D and the Kids Table, Rock-it-Dogs
Accidental President are a Ska Punk Rock Band based in Leicester, UK.
Back in 2001 the band were just a 3 piece punk rock band playing for
fun. As time went by and they started to write more songs and play more
gigs, they have developed into the "Hard Hitting blend of Punk and Ska"
they are today, as described by the Punkscene.
With powerful guitar riffs, sharp ska tones and dirty vocals provided
by Stef Ashwell and Matt Williamson, bouncy walking baselines from Tom
Foyster and Alex Fox with the beats keeping it all together, Accidental
President are one of Leicester's best Ska Punk bands, being referred to
recently as "Ska without the Daa".
To date the band has produced 3 CD recordings. The first named "Too
Ugly to be a Pop Punk Band" (TUTBAPPB) way back in 2003 when the band
looked and sounded very different - and as such is now no longer
available. The second and most successful to date is the 2005 release
"I Don't Need This" featuring 4 songs from just after their transition
to the Ska Punk genre. "Who Cares, It's Live" is the latest offering, a
live recording from 2006 featuring a 7 song set. Both "I Don't Need
This" and "Who Cares, It's Live" are available from their website: http://www.accidental-president.co.uk
Since the release of "I Don't Need This", they have secured support
slots with bands such as "Fandangle", "The Fight", "Whitmore" and
"Howards Alias". The band has also been noticed by "The Punk Scene"
website, "Demon FM" and "A bloke from Nottingham Evening Post".
During the summer of 2006 the band were featured on Radio 1's Lock Up
show, making it to the final 5 of their Battle of the Bands competition.
At the time of writing the band are preparing to go into the studio for
the third time, this time to record their debut album. Be prepared for
more in-your-face ska punk rock in the near future!
you guys really still kick ass and i love you soo much! still haven't let anything out in the US then, huh? i'm gonna get a job soon so i can buy yer stuff. no one wants to hire a bitchy 16 year old.
Hey guys been a while since we played together should be fun! Also pretty sure we spied some of you in the Bulls Head in Cosby a coupla weeks back top boozer!
The Convolution Rooms are offering a 16 track live gig recording service to artists and bands in the Leicester / Nottingham / Derby Areas.
For £99 the whole of your set will be recorded on 16 separate channels and mixed back at the studio through our collection of preamps, compressors and effects.
We can also do some overdubs or tidying up afterwards if needs be. We then Master it onto CD, and deliver it within three days of the event.
Take a look at our profile for more information...
Chuffed you are supporting spunge in October. It will be worth the trek from London to Leicester but at least I finally get to see you lot. Are you supporting them in any other shows, or playing down south at all this year? Take it easy fellas
