The Ethical Debating Society
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General Info
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Genre: Disco House / Garage / Pop Punk
Location London, Un
Profile Views: 26664
Last Login: 1/22/2013
Member Since 9/1/2008
Record Label Wasabi Blowjob
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
<p>We're uncool, untalented, unconnected and unconventionally attractive. If we're trying to prove anything, it's that music is for everyone to have fun with, not just a chosen few, yeah? Yeah</p> <p>"The Ethical Debating Society" began as the pseudonym for Tegan Christmas, who began writing anti-love songs on her hooty piano, but quickly blossomed into a full band, now with Kris-Martin on guitar, Rob Macabre playing pots and pans and Su singing her art out. 4 songwriters. 4 attitude problems. 4 adverts for national service: we are The Ethical Debating Society. Most of our heroes don't appear on no stamps. </p> <p>"Bangy garage drums and fierce shouty vocals.. In the wake of a riot genre revival, the Ethical Debating Society finds itself perfectly suited to a scene which is taking the original DIY principles and pushing them in all sorts of directions" Hackney Citizen</p> <p>"Raw, energetic, fresh riot grrrl punk rock fury - frontwoman Tegan has a wail that could wake the dead and this band is truly a force to be reckoned with" Pussy Whipped</p> <p>"This rules. Shouty aggro punk, rad male/female guitar interplay, exuberant and savage sounds from the UK with an urgent attack. This is gonna be your new soundtrack" Maximumrocknroll</p> <p>"a righteous racket, a confusion of good intentions and wonderful, garbled drumming" Everett True </p> <p>"a spiky and colourful mess of messthetics, pulling jagged lo-fi pop confections out of the purple air in a flurry of twin-guitar splinters" Nemesis To Go</p> <p>"Punky riot-femme shouting, nasty buzzing guitars, yelping, jagged aural pyrotechnics and pummelling aceness!" Brainlove</p> <p>"Spikey sexular art-punk noise pop. Delicious." Fever Fever</p> <p>"a wonderful, joyous, experimental, gleeful, shouty punk racket.. rough edges, humour and lots of tuneful noise" R*E*P*E*A*T </p> <p>"a brilliant, fierce, vermillion, shouty riot grrrl band.. they sound like bananas in a blender with a barrel of rum and a bit of ice" Squid zine</p> <p>"they do British Riot Grrrl more than enough justice" Slow Songs for Fast Hearts</p> <p>"A joyous lo-fi summer pop racket" Guided Missile</p> <p>"anyone who would seek to belittle the achievements of Riot Grrl (with capitals) as a valid musical and cultural movement need only take a look at London's Ethical Debating Society.. here's hoping they've got a happy future in store for them, splitting opinion and terrifying audiences the world over" Stereosanctity</p> <p>"I wasn't present at Huggy Bear's pivotal appearance on The Word ("This is happening without your permission!"), or there to see Courtney Love punch Kathleen Hanna for being more punk rock than she could ever dream of being.. or exchange vows with Heavens to Betsy (who later spawned Sleater-Kinney) or watch the drummer of an Australian thrash band being thrown down the stairs by Niki from Huggy Bear. I never saw the Modern Lovers perform, or saw the Nation of Ulysses set their sneakers alight. But I do know that all the above were major influences (one way or another) on those who followed: Nirvana, Bis, Comet Gain, Bloc Party, the Cribs, the Gossip, the Ethical Debating Society" Everett True</p> -
Members
Tegan: Throat & Guitar. Kris: Guitar & Tutu. Su: Eggs & Violins. Rob: Drum & No Bass. -
Influences
Knowing you can, even if you can't. Red lipstick for milk from the cornershop. Taking your time despite being late. Sugar in tea, and living for free. -
Sounds Like
Allison Woolfe and Falco having a fight.
