Mads - Vocals Jon - Guitars Andy - Guitars Frank - Bass Pete - Drums
Influences
Satanic Surfers, Bad Religion, Avail, Descendents, Iron Maiden, Snuff, Ramones, Face To Face, Ten Foot Pole, Millencolin, Anthrax, BigWig, Pulley, Bouncing Souls, No Fun At All, Faith No More, Samiam, SNFU, NOFX, Rancid, No Use For A Name, MxPx, AC/DC, Vandals, The Clash, Strung Out, Guns N Roses, Propaghandi, Minor Threat, Pennywise, Bad Brains
Sounds Like
Satanic Surfers, Descendents, Millencolin, Pulley, SNFU, Strung Out, MxPx, Pennywise, Ten Foot Pole, Bad Religion, Face to Face
Formed in the coastal town of Clevedon, North Somerset in 1993, we have been playing our own take on skate punk for the last 14 years. Drawing on our influences ranging from Satanic Surfers, Face to Face, Bad Religion, Ramones, SNFU, Faith No More, Iron Maiden and Samiam, we’ve not been afraid to do what we do without giving a fuck about what’s in and what’s out and we’ve had this attitude since we started. The music is melodic, up beat and positive and at the same time can be extremely hard hitting. We have been lucky enough to play with some great bands including Strung Out, Ten Foot Pole, Snuff, Satanic Surfers, Mustard Plug, Kenisia, 4ft Fingers, Adequate 7, King Prawn, Shootin Goon, & Capdown. In addition to this we have undertaken loads of DIY tours throughout the UK and even in Norway in 2002 & Japan in 2001. We’re no longer on a label and to be honest, we prefer it this way as there is less hassle. Less bollocks more rock we say!
DISCOGRAPHY
Light The Blue Touch Paper (TBC, Coming Spring 2008)
Ruins (EP) (TBC, Coming Spring 2008)
Ambition Is Critical (Golf, 2003)
What You Are Like Says A Lot About The Kind Of Person You Are (Golf, 2002)
Another Weekend 7"(White Label, 2001)
What You Are Like...Mini Album (Pigman, 1998)
Cheggers Plays Punk (1997)
Two Way Family Favourites (1997)
We’ve also contributed tracks to Loads of Comps over the years on labels such as:
Golf (UK), Go Kart (US), P101 (UK), Meathead (US), Crusty Records (Canada), 20 Deck (UK), Big Scary Monsters (UK), Noo Noo (UK) & Monkey Spank (UK)
LATEST NEWS 14/03/2008 -
Well fuck I with a gert big stick. We’ve only gone and recorded some new stuff!! Yes, you read that right, we have just spent last weekend holed up in Andy’s "Music Box" Studio in sunny Somerset recording what will soon be known as the ’Ruins’ EP. We just need to put the finishing touches to it and we hope to preview 1 or 2 tracks very soon. The EP has no fixed release date as yet but we will update you all as soon as we get this finalised.
We are also honoured to be playing the Trailer Park Trash 9th Anniversary show at Hobgoblins in Bath on 29th March. West Country punk legends Far Cue will also be playing and no doubt some other really cool bands. We hope to see some of you there for what we’re sure will be a great night.
More news to follow...and so it goes on.
We are also springing our mailing list back into action, if you’ve already signed up before there’s no need to do so again as you’ll still be on it. However, if you’ve not already signed up and would like to do so please send an email to mrzippyarmy@yahoo.co.uk and you shall be added !
Just keeping in touch to let you know we are still alive and kicking haha
We are a Nottingham based alternative rock band, some would say we are a little marmite (either you like us or absolutely detest us) but that’s just the way we like it.
Anyways as you are already a friend of ours we thought we just pass by and say hi as so many people forget to communicate on myspace and that’s basically it
Hi Mr Zippy, thank you for your support. All the latest news and information is available in bulletins, blogs and posted on site. Hope you are having a very groovy week.
hey mates, nice hanging out with yah on Groezrock, i ll surely be there next year. loving the tunes man!!! didnt know pete was a drummer, should have known:p LOL cheers from Belgium senne
Just to let you know about an extra-special New Root gig on Saturday 31st May @ The Croft, Bristol.
We're doing a headline set featuring Visual Projections from VJ James Bragg and everyone gets a FREE copy of our new 'Sick of Me' EP on the door. Venue Magazine described it as '...an extraordinary sound...a sort of power pop/goth/rock opera hybrid...the most exhilarating thing we've heard all week'.
There also support from Sally-Anne Langton - 'one of Bristol's most promising singer/songwriters' - plus Special Guests. All for £5. You can buy tickets in advance from www. thenewroot. com
Thanks and hopefully see you there on Sat 31st May!
Thanks for being our friend! Here's a 30% Off Coupon to thank you for adding us to your friends! To take advantage of the coupon, simply enter the coupon code: 30PCTOFF on our website! This coupon is valid through midnight on Sunday, 4/6, so take advantage of it soon!
couple of things ... we have put up our band bio on the myspace site hopefully we havent made too many spelling mistakes haha although knowing me that may not be totally accurate haha
we are also looking at doing another recording session at the end of February all things being equal so we should have some new stuff sorted around that time
I know I said only a couple of things but we are also looking at gigging around March time so anyone who has any dates lying around that they want support for or just wants to hear us live keep listening and we will keep you informed
Apologies for the length of this message it all seems to be happening at once lol
Hope you and yours are all well and that your Monday isnt as wet as ours is doh ! english weather dont you just love it
DOWN FOR THE COUNT - Tour the UK in February with support from PAIGE, the dates are:
High Wycombe - Nags Head - 9th Feb - Buy Tickets Bournemouth - The Gander - 10th Feb - Buy Tickets Weymouth - Queens Hotel - 11th Feb - Pay On The Door Southampton - Unit 22 - 12th Feb - Buy Tickets Hertford - Marquee - 13th Feb - Buy Tickets Peterborough - The Park - 14th Feb - Buy Tickets Glasgow - Rockers - 17th Feb - Buy Tickets Aberdeen - Cafe Drummonds - 18th Feb - Buy Tickets Dunfermline - Coady's - 19th Feb - Buy Tickets Birmingham - Actress & Bishop - 21st Feb - Buy Tickets Stoke-On-Trent - The Glebe - 22nd Feb - Pay On The Door Doncaster - The Leopard - 23rd Feb - Pay On The Door London - Cross Keys - 24th Feb - Buy Tickets
Thanks for your time and hope you don’t mind us commenting you x
*LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...INTRODUCING "DRESSED TO THE NINES"....
The wait is finally over! "Dressed To The Nines" is now available on Itunes/Napster worldwide! Including live favourites "Empire" and "Dancefloor"....LISTEN TO THE WHOLE EP NOW, EXCLUSIVE TO MYSPACE...
"> "Dressed To The Nines" out now!
BUY IT HERE!
*CAFFEINE VIDEO FOR "EMPIRE"...
Here is the video for "Empire", directed by Chris Martin....
hey guys. nice to see my photos have been put to good use. thanks for the bit on your website. if you google bagz photography it comes up with your page! glad you like them kel xx
'Broken Record Tactics' is a fun little record for fans of Cartel and The Starting Line. If you're in the mood for some chirpy, melodic pop-punk with a bit of a rockier edge, you could do a lot worse than to check them out.' - Punktastic.com
I hope you don’t mind this promotional message, we promise it will be the last one for a while :-) Let us
Hey, thanks for being a friend of ours. We're trying to get a solid fan base of fans of good Irish drinking music. visit our page for samples of our stuff or click on the album covers to get yourself a copy of our cds.
Thanks again, and may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.
Hey hows it going?
We reeeeeeeaaaaaallllllllyyyyyy need you!
We are aiming to get into the top 20 UK chart with the single 'Ask Away' - The single is in memory of our bassist/vocalist Tim Brown and it would be the best lasting memory we could do for him.
The single is out June 11th (Just 2 weeks away!!), and would help us so much if you picked up a copy(or 2!!!!). You will be able to order from HMV online , and most download sites from monday June 11th! There will be links from our page to all the sites so keep checking back
Would be really amazing if you bought a copy in that week, and help us make Tims dream come true
