The swing of Max's Kansas City era New York punk... the primeval brutality of Iggy and the Stooges... the seedy glamour of 70s glitter trash... the caveman stomp of garage rock... fist-in-the-air anthems that would make Joan Jett proud... Formed in late 2006, Bubblegum Screw are a new, hard-edged London glam punk band. We're on a rock'n'roll mission and we take no prisoners.
Our debut EP 'St Valentine's Day Massacre' has SOLD OUT! So please don't place any orders for now. We may make a second pressing with bonus material, otherwise please wait for the full-length album, which is due later this year.
In the meantime, we've posted the EP online for you all to download for FREE!! In fact we even encourage you to send the link to you mates to get them downloading too. The link is below, and you won't even have to register or do any bullshit like that to get it. The download even contains the 'Love is Inspiration (Pirated Love)' remix.
http://rapidshare. com/files/199520777/St_Valentines_Day_Massacre. zip
So c'mon and get happy. Music is made to be heard.
We keep adding new stuff to this site - photos, music, show dates, and more... so keep checking back!
So long, Bubblegum Screw
"Nothing will ever impress us more than a band that plays their rock'n'roll honest, original and inspiring. Nothing. But a band that doesn't only play that shizz, talk the talk and wear it well, but one like Bubblegum Screw that really lives and breathes what it projects on stage.. now that's something special."
(BUBBLEGUM SLUT zine)
"A mixture of New York Dolls and the Stooges all in one. Very "Glam trash" is the best way for me to describe them. Very Velvet Goldmine meets CBGB, this EP is fabulous! Singer Mark Thorn is amazing with his vocals and the guitars make you wanna get drunk and go nuts! After hearing this CD I now MUST see them live. Very original with heavy influences at the same time makes this EP one true AMAZING album! Perfect from first to last track I can safely say I'm a huge fan!"
(PUNK GLOBE)
"Just imagine that you’re in the audience seeing BUBBLEGUM SCREW for the first time... like in a dream you'll think that you’re actually looking at Johnny Thunders and Dee Dee Ramone rocking the stage.... but thank God, Mark, Zuri, Johnny, Rich & Mike don’t live in a ghost world... on the contrary, they are genuine London rockers who grew up listening to The HEARTBREAKERS, The DEAD BOYS and HANOI ROCKS... these British cats went shopping at the glam punk sleaze counter to offer us delicious meals that could have been cooked by the best chefs in town... they got it all, despite their young age... their willing victims will turn up their stereo with a smile on their faces."
(VEGLAM zine)
"I have to keep checking the info on this disc to make sure I am getting this right. This is a new release, and this is not from New York or Detroit. I swear to God man, between the production, writing style, singing, everything, you could make an argument for this being a lost 1979 New York Underground band. Yeah, this would have been big at Max’s Kansas City…no doubt. There or the obvious choice of CBGB’s. Heck, this actually sounds like outtakes from We Have Come For Your Children by Dead Boys in the production department and Mark Thorn does a pretty good Stiv. If this thing had come out in 1979, make no mistake about it, the final track “Rock N Roll Loser” would be the anthem for many. Power, attitude, swagger, it has a lot going for it. If you need some Trash, give the Bubblegum Screw a shot, I’ll bet ya a piece of Bazooka that you’ll be happy you did!"
(SONIC RUIN)
"Imagine amalgamating Iggy & the Stooges, Faster Pussycat, The Orphan Punks and The Damned and you'll be one step closer to the reality that Bubblegum Screw truly are. There really was no stopping the onslaught of sleaze infused punk. But whatever you do, do not think of this band as being just another re-hash trying to make it in different form. They're in a class of their own! "
(GLITZINE)
"I am comfortable in saying that Bubblegum Screw is carrying on in a grand rock n’ roll tradition, borrowing liberally from 70’s punk and glam and spitting it up in serio-comic chunks. The drummer sounds distracted, like he’s watching the door, looking out for the pissed-off boyfriend of whatever chick he’s banging. It gives Bubblegum Screw’s sound this hurried, desperate feel, like they wanna finish before the fists start flying. Cool. Anyway, this EP’s got four tracks, all of ‘em wobbling somewhere between Hanoi Rocks and solo Stiv.
Closer “Rock N’ Roll Loser” is the clear winner in the pack, a corrosive little JAMC-meets-Bowie gem of pop-snark and self-deprecating cool. If it were in a
movie, there’d be tits onscreen. And they’d be awesome tits."
(SLEAZEGRINDER zine)
"London's own Bubblegum Screw (no, we don't know what it means) have been knocking 'em dead since 2006 with a searing glam-punk sound that's equal amounts New York punk, London glitter and LA sleaze. They're young and skinny and teenage girls love them. The band say they're "on a rock'n'roll mission and we take no prisoners!" Which is exactly the same kind of crazy shit Axl Rose would yell at people in 1985. So, good start. Okay, so their signature song is called Rock'n'Roll Loser, but who says it's about them?"
(CLASSIC ROCK magazine)
"An action packed rock 'n' roll rollercoaster fuelled with an American punk attitude - Iggy, Stooges etc, with a big wide streak of rock 'n' roll running through... occassionally theres a hint of early Damned... their chaos is always controlled...just! A real powerhouse of an act... the songs are very riff driven and can have a dark, urgent tone at times, but raunchy solos always arrive to glitz things up... this is one act you need to see live...trashy, crashy punk 'n' roll that hits the spot - they're gonna kill ya."
(NEON PROMOTIONS)
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