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  • Genre: Big Beat / Experimental / Pop

    Location Leeds, UK

    Profile Views: 53028

    Last Login: 1/22/2011

    Member Since 2/1/2007

    Website http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/chops

    Record Label Chinchilla-Tone, Upset! The Rhythm

    Type of Label Indie

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    .. .... ...... We have no taste, but, ladies and gentlemen, we are your chefs tonight....... "..Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! alas, poor ape, how thou sweatest! Come, let me wipe thy face; come on, you whoreson chops: ah, rogue! i'faith, I love thee: thou art as valorous as Hector of Troy, worth five of Agamemnon, and ten times better than the Nine Worthies.." (King Henry IV, part II: II, iv Shakespeare)..... CHOPS does its own work for whoever will listen. We dispense with the repertoire of knowledge and experience that is presumed to be required to appreciate art. We replace the elite, intellectual pleasure of "getting it" with the egalitarian fun-house pleasure of disorientation, of trying to understand something that you cannot. CHOPS makes you as one in anxious, enjoyable failure. You may become aware of the vast perceptual resources that await your command just beyond the threshold of your knowing. These, of course, can only be inferred on the rare occassions when they fail to serve your purposes. CHOPS provides picnics for these occassions..... The following kind words were scribed by ..Upset The Rhythm..... "CHOPS are a wild, damaged-dance band, who leapt from the cauldron of Leeds' ever-evolving DIY musical stew and hit the ground running in 2007, hellbent on perfecting their spontaneous combustion of jazzoid excess and lock-popping party bombs. The power-trio married up their love of fidgety drum patterns, effect-drenched saxophone and synthesizer showdowns in such a way that every broken sound that swelled forth was caked in euphoria and creeped-out gravity... CHOPS don't so much make music as radiate it. Their sound is playful, often making unprejudiced leaps in harmony, sometimes defying logic in their conscious pursuit of the futile and incoherent in an attempt to echo our modern everyday. However that doesn't mean they are are random nonsense. Far from it, bold songs emerge from tumbling rhythmic soups, pulsing with life and purpose before they are sucked into another portal"..... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... To contact us or book us a gig if you are ..not.. a total idiot::: mightychops@mail.com.... To contact us or book us a gig if you ..are.. a total idiot::: spohcythgim@liam.moc.... Our 9 seater Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van is perfectly adequate for Earth travel! Invite us to your town (perhaps lure us with offerings of gold and vegan consumables?) and we will arrive; friendly, fresh faced, and full of beans. We very much look forward to playing with/for/amongst you, getting to know you, partying with you!.... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... ..Link to High Res UTR split 12" artwork.. by ..Brian Pom Kiki...... .... ...... CHOPS/HELHESTEN split 12" on transparent raspberry/thick white cream coloured vinyl released 29th September 2008 on ..UPSET THE RHYTHM RECORDS!... There are a variety of ways to get hold of the record...... we will have copies at our gigs and in the chinchilla-distro, and we are about to set up some kind of pay-pal system so that you can buy stuff directly from us which we can then post out to you using a reputable postal service.... Helhesten will have copies at their gigs... Upset The Rhythm will have some copies available to buy at any of the many London gigs they organise, or you can get it online:.. ..UTR shop.... ..Southern Records.... ..Norman Records.... ..Jumbo Records.. in Leeds also have copies of the record - they describe CHOPS as "Frantic prog/Dance/Rock and free rhythm clatter"... People in Japan should go to Katoman's awsome ..DotLineCircle.., or to ..Warszawa... .... 'OSPYLAC EMIT', 'GIANT WHALE IS A KRILL EATER', and 'LOOSE TALK' are from the UTR split 12" and there's a fair chance that's what you're listening to right now if you got the songs on this profile playing. We made a video for another song from the 12", 'ILL EAGLE', which you should be able to find on this page too..... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... ...... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... ..CHOPS - Google My Stats - Live Bletchley Leisure Centre 2009...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... CHOPS - We Got More Than One More Time - Live at South Street Arts, Reading, 2009.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... ..CHOPS - Manland No. 5 (Live at FUNDER STRIKES 19, Leeds, 2009)...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... Manland No. 5 by CHOPS, video by ..David Lynch.. & Ben Halsall for ..Our City Our Music... Filmed live on Leeds International Swimming Pool between 4-6am on Saturday 9th May, projections between 10-midnight on Saturday 13 June 2009. Thanks to Bart, Vanessa, the laughing goth, and the polite but angry people from the appartments..... .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... CHOPS - Manland No. 5 - Video shoot photographs from Leeds International Swimming Pool by Bart Pettman (9th May 2009)... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Arte TV - Tracks - Nu'Zik feature clip from HOKABEN FESTIVAL 2008.. on ..Vimeo....... ...... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......CHOPS - ILL EAGLE.. by ..Ben NCM and Herod McHugh.. on ..Vimeo...... .... .... .. ******************** ***************** ******************** .... .... HEY! LOOKING GOOD, GOOD LOOKING! We just took delivery of our first batch of t-shirts, which are hand-screen printed and ethically made. We are really quite chuffed with how they've turned out - the shirts are vibrantly coloured (much nicer in real life than they look on a computer screen), soft to the touch and seemingly fit the human body nicely.... and the hand screen print is crisp and clean. The design (i.e. the image right above this chunk of text) was drawn by Dom, with the addition of a slightly altered piece of art by Herod - he made us this awsome flag for the 'Ill Eagle' video, full of love hearts and a wonky eagle being sick. Due to only being able to afford to screen print in two colours, we had to alter the orignal eagle from the flag, but we reckon it still looks, uhhh... sick! We have both men's and women's shirts, available in a variety of colours; kelly green, red, hawaii blue, hot pink, canary yellow, orange and ice blue (look in our photos to see examples of each shirt)... We will be selling the shirts for £9, which is a bit more expensive than we originally intended, but that's because we've sourced the most ethical and environmentally friendly shirts we could find (Continental Clothing). I'm sure you all know about sweat shops and child labour, but in doing our research we found out so much more fucked up stuff that related to the cotton industry. Please read our blog entry to find out why we think paying a little bit more is worth it!.... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... 'STENCH OF MUSCLE' COMPILATION! Almost every band that has ever played a Stench Of Muscle gig compiled on one compact disc... includes Gay Against You, Please, That Fucking Tank, Mucky Sailor, Cissy, Pifco, Hair And Make Up, 7 Hertz, Poltergroom, Cowtown, etc. The CHOPS track is the original improvised recording of 'Chop Of The Pops'. The CD will cost you five pounds Sterling. The artwork for the compilation looks like this:.. ...... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... CHOPS TOUR CDR FREE DOWNLOAD!.... Our good friend BJ Rubin (of Puttin' On The Ritz infamy, and a producer of The Daily Show in New York), has a sweet mp3 blog named ..Pukekos.., containing an ever growing collection of rarities, oddities and also rans. In and amongst it all is an mp3 zip of a CHOPS tour cdr we made in October 2007, which we were selling cheap on the Talibam!, Puttin' On The Ritz and Cowtown UK tours. The songs are a the highlights of our first 10 months of improvisations. The blog entry and download can be found here...... ..PUKEKOS CHOPS BLOG ENTRY..... and for the lazy, here's a direct link to the zip... ..DIRECT LINK - CHOPS TOUR CDR.. ... .. 1. No Pork On My Fork.. 2. Chop Of The Pops.. 3. Earth Humans Know How To Party.. 4. Mind Shards In The Morning.. 5. Ghost Land.. 6. I'm Stealing Your Vocal Hook.. 7. Eternal Vacuous Cakehole.. 8. Live @ Bardens Boudoir.. ...... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... Links to High Res Photography (all photos by ..Ian Marshall..):.... ..Gap Sessions.... ..Attack.... ..Kriss Kross.... ..Total Gold.... ..Jump.... ..Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall...... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... ...... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... Some reviews/press/words:.... "..Before Lightning Bolt took to the floor both the support acts Chops and Drum Eyes were received particularly well... ... By contrast I am a big Chops fan. Although its noisy and disjointed, it’s incredibly enjoyable. They have a unique style which I guess can almost be described as being funky and certainly danceable at times.." (Shot By Both Sides review of CHOPS with LIGHTNING BOLT and DRUM EYES, 10th December 2009).... "..Local three-piece Chops waste no time in proving themselves more than worthy of such a sizeable crowd - like the headliners they construct their jazz-inflected sound out of frantic, syncopated rhythms and heavily processed vocals but augment the results with freewheeling saxophone and keyboard flourishes to create an entirely different kind of noise..". - (Leeds Guide review of CHOPS with LIGHTNING BOLT, 3rd December 2009).... "..CHOPS are a mad band, the grooves they kick up are insanely addictive the drummer is sick. They stick synth led basslines to the frantic breaks and other rhythmic parts to create a hell of a groove. Then if that wasn’t enough, which sometimes I think it is… they whack on some casio keyboard jazz or sax along with twisted vocals, sometimes this works a treat and others, well I’m not so sure. I really enjoyed it though; it’s both intense and fun if a little reminiscent of Big Beat and specifically ‘Weapon of Choice’ by Fatboy Slim ..". - (The Sonic Minefield review of CHOPS with HEALTH, 6th October 2009).... "..It's the first undoubted highlight of the day in the impressively-named CHOPS back at The King's Arms. Right away the set-up looks good: 2 sets of synths/samplers pointed at the drum kit in some weird, statement-of-intent sonic triangle. So 2 of the 3 Chops fellas play with their backs to the crowd, although the less-than-reluctant frontman makes up for this by donning a sax and/or a mic and running wildly along his "technical area" a fair bit - even grabbing me and kissing me on the head at one point - whilst the 2nd keyboard player (bedecked in an achingly hip "Orlando's Gentleman's Club" T-shirt for anyone engrossed in the current TV reruns of The Wire, as you should be) takes time out between songs to chat amiably to those of us stood right behind him. Not that this show needs any of this. It's a relentless bleep vs drum clatterfest, every song perfectly honed and realised and laden with brave experimentation around the rigid body-moving foundation. It's inevitable that this kind of sound gets compared to Battles these days but both in terms of the visual set-up and the flourishes around the edges it's maybe nearer to the wild experimentation of Fuck Buttons in the noise/math rock lexicon, albeit more danceable. It's quite possibly as good as both aforementioned acts, and that's high praise. Band of the day, hands down..." - (..Music Dash review of Sounds Of The Other City, May 2009..).... "..They've moved the stage in The King's Arms again. I'm sure they do this every couple of years just to do my head in. Two of Leeds-based trio CHOPS don't appear to be on it anyway, although getting there a bit late for them means I can't see much without perching precariously on a stool. At least one of them seems to be performing from the front ranks of the pretty impressive crowd, anyway. They're like a harder Holy Fuck or Damo Suzuki gone big-beat, shaking the whole building before erupting into near-anthemic tunes..." (..2nd Music Dash review of Sounds Of The Other City, May 2009..).... A CHOPS interview with ..The Quietus.. is now online, as part of their ..Escape Velocity.. feature which has also spoken to Crazy Cousinz, These Are Powers, Micachu & The Shapes, Women, The Priscillas, Tenebrous Liar, A Place To Bury Strangers and Gang Gang Dance. ..Read the interview here....... "..Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! alas, poor ape, how thou sweatest! Come, let me wipe thy face; come on, you whoreson chops: ah, rogue! i'faith, I love thee....." - William Shakespeare, ..Henry VIII... Paradoxical to their name, CHOPS have little or no taste. Aside from the literary bent of this initial citation, employed as a manifesto, and testimony to the art of the pun, they bring together what ought to clash, and clash what ought to fall in tune. They clearly appreciate the great bard's radical syntax, administering their own expectant bars with free beats and flying saucer notes, flung between their triangle of members. They assign no strict roles, each preferring to make unprecedented, unprejudiced jumps between Yamaha keys, occasional guitar, occupational bass and baritone euphonium. There's Seventies synth, alto sax, sci-fi vocals, and doom megaphone; dead roses, asteroid poses, northern wit and three hedonists' souls. Neither do they admit to particular influences, beyond what you yourself hear - though a nod to James Chance's brass and Damo Suzuki's cosmology can safely be held as part of their inaugural equation. The band emerged from the friendly environs of Leeds DIY label/art collective Chinchilla, and now resides with London's Upset The Rhythm clan. "When we realised we could recreate an improvisation for the record, we gradually introduced structure and have begun to employ other song writing techniques. It feels like our enthusiasm for achieving something more consistent and concise has replaced the nervous thrill of recklessness with a slightly more dignified euphoria". The tracks from said record, sound something between the breakfast fry-up of a mundane weekend, and the off-the-map radars of an X-Files theme; that is - a noise to quake overcast mornings and provoke irreconcilable dreams. Like ..what.. was that I just dreamt/heard? In their live performances, they are "riding a learning curve, playing on the possibility of the unexpected, to encourage a welcoming, baggage-free, and convivial situation". If that sounds like advice from a feel-good manual, it may not be far from the idea. As guide to the CHOPS experience, the band direct you to this essential notation from Anthony Philips' rarely available self-help cassette, released several years after his recovery from leaving Genesis in 1970: "..And relax... let your haircut down... brush aside the stranglehold of faux-intellectualism and the machinery of your entertainment.....". Entertainment which, as it splices volumes on your vacuous dance-floors, "more propulsive" than ever before, will leave you shocked, rattled, laughing - or any combination of the three." (..Feature from Plan B Magazine February 2009 issue, Hannah Gregory..).... "The CHOPS side of this split is a riot of jerksome technicolour danceability, Devo-derived stop-start dynamics, and good-natured yowling." (..Review from The Wire Magazine, February 2009, Joe Stannard..).... "This one's easy: there's no going wrong, because there aren't any words that don't fit in a CHOPS review and because there aren't any sounds that don't fit in a CHOPS record. Caution: we may have exceed our hyperbole allowance for the week. Sherbert dib-dabs, Ladybird books, Delia Derbyshire jacked up on E. Caustic nonsense reigns supreme; ice cream headaches, pause for breath. Rollercoaster accident, bird on a wire; thank you sir, I'll leave the sugar and slice the horror movies up with razors instead. That's the kind of album this is. Or, at least, that's the kind of album this is until the final track which comes courtesy of Helhesten, who take you for a gentle walk through a dark cellar and out into the cold night, dragging bows awkwardly across strings and straws while they're at it. Nineteen minutes of scaremongering later and you're ready to head straight back to Top Of The Chops". (..Plan B Magazine review, Hayley Avron - also an 'In The Studio' interview in the January 2009 issue..).... "Frantic prog/Dance/Rock and free rhythm clatter" (..Jumbo Records..).... "Loads cooler than you could ever hope to be. CHOPS play that music that kids like with homemade synths, retro saxophone stuff and dancing. If you have ever worn sunglasses indoors, they are your new favourite band. In spite of this, they’re actually rather good. I give them 12 cheese food slices." (..Play Something We Know Blog..).... "A crazy, crazzzzy mangled pop, squirreled through gong sax, fx smeared keys, melt banana tempo switch-a-roos, and fits of absolutely mental drumming… Trying to describe their sound is just pointless, it’s just something you need to experience for yourself..." (..RottenMeats review of Winkstock Festival, 2008..).... "We walk in to a resplurgent opening from CHOPS, Leeds' answer to nothing at all. It's all beats here and BEATS there and more beats, then some Lightning Bolt guitars and boom keyboards. Then some guy walks around the crowd talking into his microphone, or is he singing? Either way, it's a great performance." (..Magic Monster review of Black Dice, Family Underground and CHOPS, 17 March 2008..).... "I missed Chops because I was busy breaking into parks but I'm told they were great." (..Hybrid Formats review of Colour Ride Festival with DJ Scotch Egg, Helhesten, The Rebel, etc..).... "I'm a prat. Got my times muddled and missed out on opening band CHOPS. Oops. I hear they were stupid but great, so that's that one hastily out of the way." (..Leeds Music Scene review of I Love West Yorkshire, 21st March 2008..).... "CHOPS, well god knows what they were like as my train didn’t get in on time to check them out, but they seemed pretty good at packing up their stuff." (..Sonic Mind Field Review of Deerhunter, High Places, CHOPS, 16 June 2008..).... "When it comes to the experimental and the avant garde, US bands are beating us hands down. So where are our new sonic pioneers?... there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Formed in 2003 by "a bunch of kids who were bored of the London music scene", London-based promoters Upset the Rhythm are one of the most important allies of underground music in the UK... And UTR is certainly not alone in fighting the underground's corner, as promoters such as the Leeds-based Chinchilla Collective attest to. The knock-on effect of this is palpable evidence of the UK underground rousing itself from a baffling hibernation, with bands such as Leopard Leg, Polly Shang Kuan Band (who have released a seven-inch single on Ecstatic Peace, and toured with Magik Markers), Quack Quack, CHOPS, Birds of Delay and Hex Out Tapes producing work of note. It will be interesting to see how the scene develops over the next few years, then, and who knows, perhaps in the near future at All Tomorrow's Parties we'll see just as many UK acts on the bill as those from across the pond" (James Wignall, ..Guardian Unlimited, November 2007..)..... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... CHOPS tracks from the UTR split 12" have been played on various podcasts/internet radio/mp3 blog sites, such as the following:.... ..NO-CORE Mixtape 12.. alongside Big Black, Neon Hunk, Wolf Eyes, Mutators, Numbers, Diet Cola, Chops, Yatagarasu, Neptune, Friends Forever, Wasted Nymph, Melt-Banana, Sightings, etc.... ..WFMU - Solid Gold Hell with Sue P.. alongside The Fall, Silver Apples, Kim Gordon/DJ Olive/Ikue Mori, Cloudland Canyon, Starving Weirdos, Ufomammut, Isis, Mastodon, Monster Magnet, Syd Barrett, Pavement, Pissed Jeans, etc.... ..WFMU - Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine.. alongside Gang Of Four, Crystal Stilts, Black Sabbath, Meatpuppets, Burning Witch, Harry Pussy, Blue Oyster Cult, Akimbo, etc.... ..WFMU - Brad LaBonte.. alongside Eric Copeland, Mi Ami, Hawkwind, Kode9, Skream, OvO, etc.... ..WFMU - Marty McSorley.. alongside Death Sentence: Panda!, Festival Of Dead Deer, Black Dice, HEALTH (Disco), 3rd Bass, Tobacco, Satisfact, Growing, Nation Of Ulysses, Thank You, Free Blood, Parts & Labor, At The Drive In, etc.... ..Yellow, Blue And Green Podcasts.. alongside Superchunk, Wolves! (of Greece), Pinback, Don Caballero, Rapider Than Horsepower, Guided By Voices, Mark Kozelek, Polvo, etc.... ..New York University Radio - Make The Product.. alongside The Goslings, Softboiled Eggies, Lucky Dragons, Death Sentence: Panda!, The Rebel, HEALTH, etc..... ..Radio Nova / Bra Trommis.. alongside Sic Alps, Jay Reatard, Deerhoof, Horse Feathers, Om, Volcano!, Jesu, etc..... ..Guitar Media.. alongside The Hospitals, Jay Reatard, Softboiled Eggies, Charalambides, The Muslims, Shocking Pinks, Extra Life, The Smiths, Smog, High Places, Parts & Labor, etc..... ..Daze Digital - Upset The Rhythm Podcast.., along side Gowns, Softboiled Eggies, High Places, Soiled Mattress & The Springs, John Maus, Hands On Heads, Death Sentence: Panda!, The Sticks, No Age, Barr and Future Islands..... Another CHOPS song on a UTR podcast is available from ..Caff-Flick.., along side 29 other bands such as Telepathe, Gay Against You, Abe Vigoda, Helhesten, Foot Village, a.P.A.t.T., etc!.... Another CHOPS song is on the 199th ..Z-Radio.. broadcast, along with Plush Kitty, Human Host, Air Hate Band, Weyes Bluhd and Axolotl, Bill Cosby and the Black Disaster, and Art Baker’s Colostomy Bag, etc. The ZRadio dudes rule, please go and listen, and keep listening, every week, without fail, for it will enhance your musical livelihoods very nicely..... ******************** ***************** ******************** .... ...... ******************** ***************** ********************.... Our Earth Human alter-egos can be found at the following internets:.. .. ----chinchillaweb.. .. .. ----quack quack.... .. ----two minute noodles.... .. ----sense or this?.... .. ******************** ***************** ******************** .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... PAST GIGS:.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 64: December 18th 2009 @ Casa De Brujas, Liverpool with Team Brick, Stig Noise Sound System, Beards, A.L.A.N., Action Beat, Hot Bone, Barberos, Balloons, PP Roy, Hapytap, Pariah Qarey, Isocore, UpItUp DJs, etc.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 63: December 10th 2009 @ The Dome, London with Lightning Bolt, Drum Eyes .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 62: December 3rd 2009 @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with Lightning Bolt, a.P.A.T.t., Action Beat .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 61: November 28th 2009 @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with DJ Scotch Egg, Nope .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 60: November 14th 2009 @ Rock N Roll Circus, Leeds with Bilge Pump, Club .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 59: October 6th 2009 @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with HEALTH, PicturePlane, Castrovalva.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 58: October 1st 2009 @ Stereo, Glasgow with Nite Jewel, Dolskabeat.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 57: August 23rd 2009 @ Bletchley Leisure Centre (last ever gig before demolition), Bletchley, Milton Keynes with That Fucking Tank, Cowtown .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 56: August 22nd 2009 @ Funder Strikes 19, The Common Place, Leeds with DJ Donna Summer (ultra violet TRON / birthday party confetti theme).... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 55: August 15th 2009 @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds with Ox Scapula, Wooderson.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 54: July 11th 2009 @ South Street Arts Centre, Reading with A Hawk & Hacksaw, Sleeps In Oysters, Katie Stelmanis, Glass Cello, etc.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 53: July 10th 2009 @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with Zun Zun Egui, Dolby Anol, Cowtown.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 52: June 7th 2009 @ CHINCHILLAFEST 7, The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with Mahjongg, Talibam!, A Middle Sex, The Long Lonesome Go, Fuzz Orchestra, Nope, a.P.A.t.T., Cleckhuddersfax, Cowtown, Hands On Heads, Balloons, Broken Arm, Poltergroom, The Jelas, Tigers!, Chickenhawk, Hired Muscle, Monster Killed By Laser, That Fucking Tank, Two Minute Noodles, Executive Legs.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 51: May 3rd 2009 @ SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY FESTIVAL, The Kings Arms, Salford with TODD, Sleeping States, Gentle Friendly, Mazes, Wulf Wulf.... CHOPS Live! Performance 50: May 2nd 2009 @ LIVE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL, Leeds (The Packhorse) with .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 49: March 29th 2009 @ UTR YES WAY FESTIVAL, Auto Italia, London with DRUM EYES, a.P.A.t.T., Team Brick, Hands On Heads, Proteen Sheiks, Wet Dog, Plug, Clunes, Husbands, Universal Orders, Corey Orbison, Teeth, Please, Shitty Limits, Gentle Friendly, Cleckhuddersfax, Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides, Spin Spin The Dogs, Graffiti Island, The Sceptres, Mazes, The Sticks, Gay Against You, Family Battlesnake, A Middle Sex, Hygiene, Beards, Chaps.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 48: March 26th @ Croque Madame VS Croque Monseiur, The Flying Duck, Glasgow with Lotus, Do-Neimagi-Ne/I-Ambnecesno, Eughan Gillespie Wilkie, Patty Melt Dance Troupe, Martini I, Glasgow Electro Acoustic Ensemble.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 47: March 19th @ Subculture, Leeds with Cowtown, Superpowerless.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 46: February 28th @ Islington Mill, Salford - cruise ship themed variety performance evening!.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 45: December 18th @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with Beards, Beasts.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 44: November 17th @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with These Are Powers, Pifco.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 43: November 7th @ HOKABEN FESTIVAL, 93 Ft East, London with Sun Ra's Arkestra, Acid Mother's Temple, Don Caballero, Fucked Up, Kid 606, Flower-Corsano Duo, Shitmat & Scotch Egg, Ramesses, Aufgehoben, Neptune, Vialka, Part Chimp, Trencher, Bilge Pump, a.P.A.t.T., Scul Hazzards, Beestung Lips, Mugstar, Stearica, Birds Of Delay, Dethscalator, Hey Colossus, Zun Zun Egui, Gravenhurst, Lords, I'm Being Good, Boduf Songs, Arabrot, Katie Stelmanis, Invastion, SJ Esau, Il Goblini, Bromancer, Defilibrillators, Bugbrand Build An Oscillator Workshop.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 42: October 16th @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with Hawnay Troof, Cowtown and Beards.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 41: September 27th @ dB's, Utrech, Netherlands with Two Minute Noodles.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 40: September 26th @ Envers-Swa, Antwerp, Belgium with Two Minute Noodles.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 39: September 25th @ Le Yeti, Lille, France with Two Minute Noodles.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 38: September 21st @ NS16 / ZXZW Independent Culture Festival 2008, Tilburg, Netherlands with Sun Ra's Arkestra, Wire, Pelican, Torche, Watain, Gay Against You, Ponytail, etc, etc, etc (..zxzw..).... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 37: September 20th @ Mrs Norton Memorial Hall, Letchworth with Muntjack.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 36: September 13th @ Port Mahon, Oxford with Manatees, Gentle Friendly, Elapse-O, You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons, Joey Chainsaw, Clara Kindle, American Gods, House Of John Player..... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 35: September 3rd @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with So So Modern, Beards, The Uprights.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 34: August 2nd @ The Windmill, Brixon, London with DJ Scotch Egg, Pseudo Nippon, The Rebel, Bromancer, Chora, Helhesten, etc..... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 33 :: July 19th @ Seven Arts Space, Chapel Allerton, Leeds with World Sanguine Report and Mucky Sailor.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 32 :: June 16th @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with ..Deerhunter.., ..High Places...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 31 :: MAY 16/17/18 @ Chinchillafest 6, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with ..Gay Against You.., ..Cowtown.., ..DJ Scotch Egg.., ..Eats Tapes.., ..Ex Models.., ..That Fucking Tank.., ..a.P.A.t.T..., ..Quack Quack.., ..Zukanican.. + more!.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 30 :: MAY 3 @ Rootys, Custard Factory, Birmingham with ..Talibam!.., ..Zombie Zombie.., ..a.P.A.t.T....... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 29 :: MAY 2 @ Keystones, Worcester with ..a.P.A.t.T....... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 28 :: MAY 1 @ Portland Arms, Cambridge with ..a.P.A.t.T....... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 27 :: APRIL 30 @ Sumo, Leicester with ..a.P.A.t.T..., ..Meteor Street...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 26 :: APRIL 29 @ Cargo, London (Upset The Rhythm) with YACHT, ..a.P.A.t.T....... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 25 :: APRIL 28 @ The Junction, Bristol with ..a.P.A.t.T....... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 24 :: MARCH 21st @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (I Love West Yorkshire) with ..International Trust.., ..Micky P Kerr.., ..The Terminals.., ..Die Video Die.., ..Silverlode.., ..Don't Look Down...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 23 :: MARCH 17th @ Cargo, London (Upset The Rhythm) with ..BLACK DICE.., ..FAMILY UNDERGROUND....... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 22 :: DECEMBER 29th @ The Library, Leeds, with ..Cowtown.., ..Massive Heron.., Insect Guide..... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 21 :: NOVEMBER 25th @ The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, London (Upset! The Rhythm) with ..Puttin' On The Ritz.., ..Cowtown.. .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 20 :: NOVEMBER 24th @ Westhill Centre, Brighton (OOOSHFest) with ..Cowtown.., Bilge Pump, Sailors, Ack Ack Ack, etc.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 19 :: NOVEMBER 23rd @ Le Pub, Newport (Lesson Number One) with ..Cowtown.., ..Puttin' On The Ritz...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 18 :: NOVEMBER 22nd @ The Social, Nottingham (High Society) with ..Cowtown.., ..Puttin' On The Ritz.., I Love Sarah.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 17 :: NOVEMBER 21st @ The Race Horse, Northamton (FishMarket Music) with ..Puttin' On The Ritz.., ..Cowtown.., I Love Sarah.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 16 :: NOVEMBER 20th @ 13th Note, Glasgow (Nuts and Seeds) with ..Cowtown.., ..Puttin' On The Ritz.., The Beatles.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 15 :: NOVEMBER 17th @ Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle (New York Underground Film Festival) with ..Talibam!.., ..Puttin' On The Ritz...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 14 :: NOVEMBER 16th @ Bar Fusion, Lincoln with ..Talibam!.., ..Puttin' On The Ritz.., The Mark 9s .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 13 :: NOVEMBER 15th @ Next To Nowhere, Liverpool with ..Talibam!.., The International.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 12 :: NOVEMBER 14th @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds with ..Talibam!.., Tigers! .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 11 :: NOVEMBER 13th @ The New Queen Vic, Wolverton, Milton Keynes with ..Talibam!.., Circuit Breaker.... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 10 :: NOVEMBER 12th @ The Greenhouse Effect, Brighton with ..Talibam!...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 9 :: NOVEMBER 11th @ The Gramaphone, London (Knom) with ..Talibam!.., Morviscous .... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 8 :: JULY 19th @ Cardigan Arms, Leeds with ..a.P.A.t.T..., ..Duracell.., ..Stig Noise...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 7 :: JULY 12th @ Bardens Boudoir, London (Upset The Rhythm) with ..Marnie Stern (Kill Rock Stars Records).., ..Hands On Heads.., ..This Is My Condition...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 6 :: JUNE 12th @ Santiago's, Leeds, with ..Gay Against You (adaadat records).., ..House Mouse.., ..Mucky Sailor...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 5 :: JUNE 10th @ Kiln Farm Social Club, Milton Keynes (Fortissimo) with ..Indian Jewelry.., ..Cowtown.., ..Action Beat.., ..Orion Arm...... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 4 :: JUNE 9th @ GALVANISED - Space Studios, London.. Chinchilla were invited to participate in a 3 day festival, with a bunch of other labels, each providing two bands/artists (chinchilla put a.P.A.t.T. and CHOPS forward to play). Other labels involved included:..Golden Lab (Manchester).., ..Curor (Brighton).., ..Unluck (London).., ..Seed (London)... 8th June: My Ambulance is on Fire, Goodiepal, Signals, Rocketnumbernine, Skitkanja /// 9th June: a.p.a.t.t., Le Couteau Jaune, Cowtown, CHOPS, Serfs /// 10th June: Chora, Isambard Kingston Brunel, Horatio Pollard, Clouds, Madame P, Stuckometer + Panel Discussion (Far Gone and out - The history of experimental music in the U.K.).... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 3 :: MAY 21st @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (British Wildlife) with OvO (Load Records, Italy), TRIO-VD, Souvaris, Signuls, and Dome Stick..... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 2 :: APRIL 27th @ The Klondyke Club, Manchester (Golden Lab) with Death Sentance: Panda! and Ford Maddox Brown..... CHOPS LIVE! Performance 1 :: FEBRUARY 28th @ The Library, Leeds with Clark (Warp Records), Random Number (Rock Action, Catmobile Records), WorriedAboutSatan....

  • Members

    Moz (drums/beats, occasional yamaha keys, motivation techniques, conspiracist).... Leon (yamaha keys, guitar/bass, roland 303, baritone euphonium, electronics, vocals, voice of reason).... Dom (casio keys, Davolisint 1972 synth, effects & electronics, tone generator, vintage alto sax, whacked out vocals, actuality facilitator).... CHOPS was a half-baked worm eaten by the early bird of 2007. Richard 'Moz' Morris, Dominic Clare and Leon Carey placed their bun in the oven many years before, the yeast continuing to rise, collectively amassing involvement with current, previous and occasional feasts such as; Leeds based Chinchilla label/promoter --- Quack Quack --- Two Minute Noodles --- Massive Heron --- Sense Or This? --- Inecto School --- Eagle Eye --- Cowtown --- Chrome Hoof --- The Damo Suzuki Network --- Chris Corsano --- Mick Beck --- Chora --- Action Beat --- M***** (*identity withheld) --- Double Six Flight Team --- This Day Must Die --- Ribbed --- Kidsbelly..... Mulched and blended with luncheon engagements such as; The Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Drummer Of The Year 1991 --- Leeds' Smooth Plasterer of the Month (February 2006) --- Leeds Music 2005 Backroom Award - Freelance sound engineer extraordinaire --- two expired Bronze Medallions for life-saving (1989-1991, 1997-9) --- fully qualified Master Butcher and one barely qualified vegan bread and spread maker, also pretty nifty at whipping up some tasty beetroot burgers --- three current, clean European Driving Licences --- chauffeur, tour-guide and gourmet sous-chef for many UK and European travels (with the likes of Lightning Bolt, T.I.T.S, Parts & Labor, Action Beat, Army Of Flying Robots, Snowblood, Erase Errata, Lords, The Unit Ama, Lafaro, Coughs, I Had An Inkling, Serfs, Kling Klang, Cowtown, Ashtray Navigations, Pit Er Pat, Quack Quack, Fulborn Teversham, Bilge Pump, Humanfly, OvO, KIT, Mika Miko, No Age, HEALTH, Origami, Cissy, Talibam!, Chrome Hoof, The Mae Shi, Beards, A Place To Bury Strangers, Video Hippos, Daniel Johnston, Oxes, The Sun Ra Arkestra, etc).

  • Influences

    We have no taste, ladies and gentlemen! But, we are your chefs tonight!

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