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Mean Poppa Lean
Rock / Funk



Brighton
United Kingdom

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   Mean Poppa Lean: General Info
Member Since12/30/2005
Band Websitewww.meanpoppalean.com
Band MembersChristian Jennings Barnes - Front Boy Wonder
Danny Bass - Balls Out Bassman
Grills - Hulk Drums
C-Dogg - Prancing Guitar Hero

& The Horny Brassholes - Trumpet and Trombone
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Record LabelLive Bookings: Tom Barnard (tom@insanitygroup.com)
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
Zenith Bar Islington, London and South East
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
Prince Albert Brighton, South
Jul 26 2009 8:45P
Redfest - Main Stage Redhill, South
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
MERC Clothing (In-store) Carnaby Street, London and South East
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
O2 Academy Oxford Oxford, London and South East
Aug 9 2009 8:00P
unknown supporting Just Jack London
Aug 14 2009 8:00P
BEEKSTOCK!!!!! A field in Somerset
Aug 21 2009 5:00P
V FESTIVAL, STAFFORDSHIRE - Strongbow Stage Staffordshire, Weston Park, Midlands
Aug 28 2009 9:00P
BEACHDOWN FESTIVAL - Brighton Stage Brighton
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
Rock The Pavilion - Warm Up Tour Date with Floors & Walls Chinnor, Oxfordshire, South
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
Private Party Secret Town
Oct 1 2009 8:00P
FLOORS AND WALLS + MPL OFFICIAL UK TOUR. BOOKING DATES NOW!! EVERYWHERE

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MPL '09' FESTIVALS: Great Escape, V, Isle of Wight, Beachdown.  (view more)

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   About Mean Poppa Lean




Mean Poppa Lean are a band.


With a hint of 6ix Toys, a dash of Red Hot Chili Peppers and plenty of good humour Mean Poppa Lean were the discovery of the weekend. The quartet (sextet if you count their trumpet and sax [er, trombone? - C-Dogg] duo the Horny Brassholes) already have a polished their live show: call and response tracks, getting the crowd to go down low and “a little more bacon, a little more sausage,” quips from the singer trying to get the drummer to hit the high hats more, which added a tongue-in-cheek twist to the set. There were parts of Smoove and Jacko during ‘How Times How Hot’, Flea basslines lurking underneath ‘The Pash’ and with great showmanship to boot, MPL need to be caught to believed.

tiscali.co.uk, Great Escape review


In the Prince Albert the rammed audience are treated to the funk hilarity of Mean Poppa Lean. Christian Jennings Barnes’ soulful vocals at times sound like Michael Jackson, while ‘Ginger Assassin’ C-Dogg comedy gurns his way through guitar solos and asks the crowd if they have ever seen a musical instrument played with a live animal. He then proceeds to strum his with a ‘Shark Stimulation’ sign from the wall. During final song ‘Hot Times How Hot’ the crowd answer the call and response chorus and drummer Grills plays a drum solo as Jennings Barnes conducts, saying, “Give me some bacon! Now give me some sausage! And give me some eggs!” 8/10

VirtualFestivals.com, Festival Reviews (The Great Escape)


It was Mean Poppa Lean in the Prince Albert, however, who were by far the most entertaining gig of the evening. Their Red Hot Chili Peppers sounding funk drew a big crowd in the small pub as the lead singer split the crowd in two for a good old ‘which side is louder’ sing off.
Backed by a trumpet and saxophone [it's a fucking TROMBONE!! - C-Dogg] duo, named the Horny Brassholes, the band played a ten minute version of ‘Hot Times How Hot’ during which the guitarist played his guitar with the shark sign from the pub’s wall.

Tiscali.co.uk, Festival Reviews (The Great Escape)


"Like the Chili Peppers with Faith No More's Mike Patton on vocals, with maybe some Foals and some Friendly Fires thrown in for more contemporary measure, this is clearly a band on the cusp of national arena adoration."

Brighton Source Magazine.


"Eccentric Brighton Funk lunatics, Mean Poppa Lean, are without a doubt the most recognisable band in performance due to their refusal to adhere to any currently known school of thought when it comes to stage wear. These boys are all genius and are heading for greatness"

You Got Papped Mag.


"They are the best live band I have laid my eyes on in years, and will be playing every festival in the UK this year, I will make sure of that!"

Mark Chadwick - The Levellers.


"Mean Poppa Lean raise a big fat finger in the air to all the pretentious, self-indulgent, shoe-gazing, retro bands and a reminder that it really is okay to put on music and freak out without a care in the world as to what it all means!"

Southscene Magazine.


"Mean Poppa Lean clearly revel in their own funkiness, and when they proclaim ‘We Eat Funk For Breakfast’ I for one am not going to argue with them. If you’re after some mindless, pelvis-thrusting, crotch-grabbing, funky action, then this is your band!"

IsThisMusic.com.


"Mean Poppa Lean are a band to whom the word 'subtlety' means nothing. They deliver the kind of fun you once had in the playground. Some of these tracks (Smash & Grab E.P) are undeniably funny, the band parodying the genre and themselves throughout. They have the tongue in cheek humour of adolescent schoolboys and whilst this might all sound ridiculous and cliched there is something unavoidably infectious about this band."

Now Then Magazine (Sheffield).



"Smash & Grab" 5-track E.P is available now.

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Contact MPL:

Live Bookings - Tom Barnard (tom@insanitygroup.com)
meanpoppalean@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/meanpoppalean

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Jul 8 2009 5:54 PM

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Jul 8 2009 9:15 AM

Yes, we could get you gigs in the 2 local rock bars - the younguns would love you but we'd probably have church bells at noon for a week after for all the oldies that couldn't handle it.
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Jul 7 2009 3:45 PM

Yes yes boyz!! I think we can confirm those October dates now...
lookin forward to having you back!!
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Jul 7 2009 7:59 AM

listening to you again - you are brilliant. Caron
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Jul 7 2009 7:59 AM

Hello from Spain, hola.

We're new and need all the help we can get,

so thanks very much for adding us.

You'd cause quite a stir if you turned up here in our little village!
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Jul 2 2009 6:16 AM

you guys are awesome, hope to play with you guys someday. check out our rock funk too!

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Jul 2 2009 6:16 AM

how ar eu funstic boys keeping? been well i hope? i see youve got nuff gigs lined up this summer!!

Joe & Aalok x
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Jun 30 2009 3:12 PM

Asian Electric night @ RISC
9 till 1
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Jun 28 2009 7:43 PM

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Jun 25 2009 5:08 PM

yes boys! its gonna be phat!
already sorting it out dont you worry your little cottons about it!
you been alright?
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Jun 25 2009 9:09 AM

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Jun 25 2009 9:09 AM

Hello
  many thanks from France
for the add  it's a real pleasure
to be in the lot of your friends
it's a nice day for us
Long life at your and our music
Friendships
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Jun 21 2009 1:36 PM

hey i have all my songs up for download for free on my page! so if you got time go download them ! lol
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Jun 20 2009 2:18 PM

Hi Mean Poppa Lean

Have you ever noticed Phil Collin's Head looks remarkably like a potato?.....




Come to the gig 27.06.09 The Brunwick Hove AND PARTY!!!!!
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Jun 18 2009 5:54 PM

CHEAP SUMMER DEALS (PLUS 1 HOUR FREE)

Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.

OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.

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Jun 18 2009 12:04 PM

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Thanx for the add/request!
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Jun 15 2009 3:16 PM

phat weekend boyz! was great meetin ya all! and loved your set!
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Jun 15 2009 3:16 PM

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Jun 9 2009 4:27 PM

I will be at the front when you guys play...  I love the Mean Poppa Lean song =) There shall be pulling some serious shapes haha...  What day and time you playing??  You going to be camping?!  xx
Sound Frenzy





Jun 8 2009 11:11 AM

hi

Thanks for the friendship!
MPL in Germany? - thatd be awesome

see you then

cheers
sound frenzy
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Jun 8 2009 7:11 AM

Thanks for the friendship!! Keep rockin' and much love and success always!!

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Jun 3 2009 5:33 PM

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May 31 2009 3:43 PM

Hey!
How's it going?
Thanks for the friendship!
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May 27 2009 10:55 PM

Hi, thanks for the add xxx

Thanks for the add
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