Alex - vocals/bass
Haffeera - drums/bvs
Victor - clarinet
Catrin - percussion/bvs
Influences
Lightning Bolt, the Research, Death Sentence: Panda, Comanechi, Whirlwind Heat, Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, the Magik Markers, the Breeders, ESG, Little Claw, Butthole Surfers
Sounds Like
Wire, Minimal Compact, Velvet Underground, Primus, Wire, Syd Barrett, 80s(?) riot grrl, Mr Bungle, Moon Dog, Siouxsie & the Banshees, avant garde, Morphine, Pink Fairies, Heavenly (Sarah Records)
Girl A: Oh God! Who are they?
Girl B: Actually I think they are cool, at least they are different
- Conversation overheard at Parking Offence's Buffalo bar gig
Parking Offence orginates from a joke made on a rainy Sunday evening in a pub called the Head of Steam in Newcastle. Since then the band has grown shrunk grown, going from 2 piece bass and drums to a 4 piece with clarinet, hand percussion and girlboy vocal harmonies. With a mission to make music that is original, PO have played just over 10 gigs around London in the last year and have a string more dates coming up, with plans to jump into the studio soon. In the meantime you can enjoy their demos and feel the full force of their marvelousness at their appearances.
great news! yes, some seriously scary dancing tomorrow night...pop classics after heavy DIY bands. PERFECT! (nice tunes on your page too.) look forward to seeing y'all there. sarah. x
PARKING OFFENCE / ST. FRANCIS / STOREY / SMALL CREW @ The Buffalo Bar, Highbury Corner, Islington, N1 (opposite The Garage; tube: Highbury & Islington) Thursday 6th August; 8.00pm
hi alex, my rehearsal in finchley central went on into the night, so apologies for missing your gig. How was it? Hope all is good in your world. dawn x
