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OLLIE MCCORMACK / WARREN HIGGINS
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TOM TAAFFE
BOOKING AGENT: ITB

HEATHER / LEAH
NATIONAL PRESS: SAINTED PR

HOLLY
REGIONAL PRESS: CHUFF MEDIA

ANDRE
ONLINE PRESS: WORK IT MEDIA

HAYLEY
RADIO PR: CHUFF MEDIA

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Press
MTV2 - "Tips For 2009: No.6"

Clash Magazine - "Tips For 2009: Undoubtedly one of the best live bands currently operating in the UK"

Q Magazine - "Incoming 2009: Queens Of The Stone Age riffs and punchy, staccato melodies"

Drowned In Sound - "obvious tips for the top in '09"

Irish Times - "EUROSONIC 2009: Man, I loved Baddies. They tore the Vera club apart - high-energy post-punk with more angles than a bunch of architects signing on for the first time"

NME – 8/10 Single Review - "A quadrant of straight-cut gents wielding a handy line in dizzying throat pop"

MUSIC WEEK – “Switching between twisted pop sensibilities that scream Talking Heads and a bass driven heft that takes more than a little from Queens Of The Stone Age"

ARTROCKER - "On a mission to make The Futureheads look lethargic"

BBC ONLINE – “Like Franz Ferdinand coming out of prison and losing faith in humanity"

RECORD OF THE DAY – “If In The City 2008 ‘belonged’ to any one band by virtue of how excited people were by them, then Baddies were that band"

ROCK SOUND - "Band of the month"

CLASH MAGAZINE – “Take note! Baddies RULED In the City. This four piece, epic riffing, balls to the walls, snarled up and punked out sonic adventurers are going to be BIG. Very soon indeed”

Q MAGAZINE - “Hyperactive music that jumps between Talking Heads style vocal antics and the bass driven heft of vintage Queens Of The Stone Age”

THE TIMES - "Baddies' debut single Battleships is like the Beastie Boys have challenged the Pixies to a sing off while Klaxons woo woo the fight along from the sidelines. And they're all loving it"

THE GUARDIAN - "full of muscular riffs and meaty choruses, delivered energetically and with a determination to encourage audiences to work up a sweat"

THE FLY – “They hurtle through a 90-mph set of Futureheads meets klaxons-if-they-replaced-the-electronics-with-more-guitars taught angular tunes. They’re the best band of the night by far”
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Jul 9 2009 8:00P
HULTSFRED FESTIVAL HULTSFRED, SWEDEN
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
BILBAO BBK LIVE BILBAO, SPAIN
Jul 12 2009 8:00P
LOUNGE ON THE FARM CANTERBURY
Jul 16 2009 8:00P
I BAR BOURNEMOUTH
Jul 18 2009 8:00P
MELT FESTIVAL BERLIN, GERMANY
Jul 19 2009 8:00P
GURTEN FESTIVAL GURTEN, SWITZERLAND
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
OMAS TEICH FESTIVAL GROSSEFEHN
Jul 26 2009 10:00P
CAMP BESTIVAL DORSET
Jul 29 2009 8:00P
KOKO GORILAZ CARDIFF
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
Y NOT FESTIVAL DERBY, Midlands
Aug 1 2009 1:00P
NOZSTOCK FESTIVAL HEREFORDSHIRE
Aug 1 2009 8:00P
LEOPALLOOZA FESTIVAL CORNWALL
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
OPEN FLAIR FESTIVAL ESCHWEGE
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
HALDERN FESTIVAL HALDERN
Aug 14 2009 8:00P
OYA FESTIVAL OSLO, NORWAY
Aug 15 2009 8:00P
ROCKO DEL SCHLACKO PUETTLINGEN, GERMANY
Aug 16 2009 8:00P
SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL LEICESTER
Aug 20 2009 8:00P
PUKKELPOP FESTIVAL HASSELT
Aug 21 2009 8:00P
FREQUENCY FESTIVAL SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
Aug 22 2009 8:00P
HIGHFIELD FESTIVAL HOHENFOLDEN, GERMANY
Aug 23 2009 8:00P
AREA 4 FESTIVAL DORTMUND
Aug 27 2009 8:00P
ESQUIRES BEDFORD
Aug 28 2009 8:00P
LEEDS FESTIVAL LEEDS
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
READING FESTIVAL READING
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
BAR BLISS LEIGH, LANCASHIRE
Sep 10 2009 8:00P
HAMPTONS SOUTHAMPTON
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
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This is the band biography for Baddies. I’m sure you’d like to hear all about the band… how they started, what they’ve done, what people have said about them and what the band have said about themselves. That’s okay. That we can do.

Cast your minds back to January 2007… where were you? What were you doing? Well, if you’re name was Michael Webster (and let’s face it, your name probably isn’t that, but please… work with me okay) you were hatching a scheme, a fiendish plot, a devilish desire… to start DUN-DUN-DUUUUURRRGHHH… A BAND! Yes! A band with guitars and vocals and drums and bass. Holy mother of fucking shitballs! Mike had the guitar and vocals, so far so good… but where do you go from there? Well, if you were Mike you’d go to see your twin brother who just so happens to be a fricking awesome drummer and ask him and guess what? He said yes. Brilliant. But that’s not where the fantastic train stopped… no sirree bob, those Webster twins kept a right on rollin’ and they picked up a Simon Bellamy and a Danny Rowton on guitar and bass respectively. So that was nice.

So there they were. One. Two. Three. Four. And they called themselves Baddies. Not The Baddies, just Baddies. Got it? Good.

After quickly writing a batch of songs, Baddies had discovered that not only were they: (a) pretty darn good thank you very much, but they had (b) discovered their sound. Yep that’s right sound in italics. So what exactly is the sound of Baddies? Hmmm, right okay… well, imagine this… Talking Heads (Good) + Queens of The Stone Age (different, but also good) + being from Britain and all that entails (???) = the Baddies sound (its okay to say ‘the’ there I think?)

The band worked hard. They gigged. They recorded some tracks, “Tiffany, I’m Sorry” and “Battleships” and before long industry types heard them and got all hot and sexy at the very prospect of the band, and industry types love getting hot and sexy, don’t you?

Within months the band were in hot demand, everyone wanted a piece of that Baddies pie. ZOOM! They played Eurosonic in Holland. WHIZZ! They played London Calling in Holland, again! KABLAM! They played In The City in Manchester and shitting crikey they went down a storm! “I love them” said one guy, “Fuck me! That was good” said another. Which was great y’know, that’s what Baddies wanted all along, the diabolical little tinkers.

So what would you do? You’re in this band, everyone’s spaffing in their pants because you’re so damn good, where do you go next? You release a single right? Yeah, a single! On vinyl, limited to 500 copies and then you sell them all. Yeah sold out. Can’t get it any more. Sorry. But that’s not enough for Baddies, no no no. You make a video too right? Not a big expensive thing, just a little performance video. Film it, discretely put it out there… see what happens… get to number 1 on the MTV2 / Myspace chart with like zero promotion. That’s what you do if you’re Baddies anyway.

Now Baddies face the next phase, second single and then the debut album which Mike describes as “an insight into 'the struggle' of getting to where we are now”. The album is their autobiography, a collection of songs that tell the tales of the everyday and then dumping them on their heads and laughing at them in a sort of You’ve-been-Framed kind of way.

Just like all the best bands, Baddies are a gang… a group… a gaggle. They are united. They wear uniforms that say this is us, this is what we do, we are here to do a job. Do the job.

 
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Jul 11 2009 2:41 AM

"Handshake" on my radio show, The British Breakfast on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond, Virginia USA and streamed live on wrir.org Saturday (today) between 2-4PM.

Cheers,
Gene
The Backdoors / The Doors Tribute from Hamburg





Jul 10 2009 11:48 AM

IS EVERYBODY IN?
IS EVERYBODY IN?
THE CEREMONY IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!

Thanks for the friendship!
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Jul 10 2009 10:56 AM

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Jul 8 2009 9:32 PM

Hey thanks for adding us!
 
Tom,
The Trips
 
H O O D L U M S





Jul 8 2009 6:30 PM

Well done on the NME peice....your the best rock band in the UK so bout' fucking time.

Love Vaingloryhorse.

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Jul 8 2009 2:04 PM

Heyyy! Try and get down to the shed tomorrow night from 7pm onwards, celebrating Ryan Dunn's birthday with some great Leicester bands. x
Jessica





Jul 7 2009 7:19 AM

You are pretty amazing. Looking forward to see you at Hultsfred
x
REBECCA CRESTA PHOTOGRAPHY





Jul 6 2009 9:22 PM

Wot no blogs? Your adoring fanbase wants to know how the tour is going and how your Glastonbury debut went. x
EXIT_INTERNATIONAL *NEW DEMO ONLINE*





Jul 6 2009 3:10 PM

Hey guys!
Cardiff end of the month - we're joining yous!
Tell Warren he owes Scott a blowjob hahaha!
Road Sign





Jul 6 2009 12:05 PM

Hey guys
Nice show at Metropolis yesterday
We were the guys in the front singing along
looking forward to your album

Greetings from Road Sign
SOUNDMANJIM





Jul 6 2009 10:33 AM

petrilll
B.





Jul 5 2009 12:47 PM

Your gig at Rheinkultur was really awesome! Love you guys!:D
janey





Jul 2 2009 3:25 PM

Nice sound you have there. I will be back!

ROMANO NERVOSO





Jul 1 2009 12:27 PM

You are the best rock band from the moment. Can't wait to see you guys in Belgium (15 october in Brusssels). We hope to be your support act that day ! ROMANO NERVOSO
The Welcome Committee





Jun 30 2009 8:49 PM

loved the glasto set!
ClubKick





Jun 29 2009 2:54 PM

Thank you for the add, And special thanks for your energetic music your making ! : ))
Science Of Eight Limbs





Jun 25 2009 9:42 PM

Look Forward to playing with you guys again 2moro night!

Will be a good one!

BIG LOVE

SO8L
Kimmy





Jun 25 2009 3:40 PM

Greetings from Kimmy!

sophie





Jun 25 2009 3:04 PM

Just a comment to say thanks!

Liz





Jun 24 2009 12:25 AM

www.elizabethharrisphotography.co.uk

Baddies pics now online!

x
REDTRACK- (BROWNSTOCK-2:30 PM)





Jun 23 2009 9:47 AM

Killed it last night lads!


The Railway is going to be a massive, thanks to this week!


See you soon!


Big up


Billy

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Jun 23 2009 8:11 AM

see you at glasto, give some bollocks! Joey
Lions





Jun 23 2009 7:30 AM

Southend. SLAYED IT.
Roll on Bournemouth!
Garçons d’étage





Jun 22 2009 9:11 PM

oui !! merci pour le friendship !!
Smith





Jun 22 2009 4:30 PM

Please do a gig in Manchester after the festival season is over!
We love you up here :)
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