Al Morrison - git and vox,
Richie O'Brien - git and vox,
Shaun Elliott - bass and vox,
Michael Gillham - drums.
Etkilendikleri
Where to start? NoMeansNo, Buzzcocks, Stranglers, Pavement, The Minutemen,John Lee Hooker, Elvis, The Swans, Brian Eno, Nick Cave, Husker Du, The Specials, Sam Cooke, Flipper, The Smiths, Smokey Robinson, The Beatles, Minor Threat, Devo, The B52's, Led Zeppelin, Duane Eddy, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Hanson Brothers, The Ex, The Dog Faced Hermans, Thrilled Skinny, The Yummy Fur, International Strike Force, Shrug, Marvin Gaye, Robert Johnson, and anything Northern Soul...
What is the point of starting a band and trying to sound like another band? None whatsoever in our eyes. So we don't bother trying. We try to combine self-taught instrument (non)skills, northern humour, and an everybody-in-the-band-has-different-influences effect to produce a noisy, but hopefully tuneful and interesting experience.
People have told us that they see/hear elements of The Swell Maps, The Cramps, The Fall, Husker Du, The Minutemen, Captain Beefheart, Devo, The White Stripes, The Clash, and "Boro-ness" in our sound/performances.
We have toured the UK and USA, been played by John Peel, and only performed one cover-version ever. It was The Beatles song "Taxman" for the 40th birthday of "Revolver" and we surely had poor George gyrating in his grave.
Oh, and we are in the band and have been for such a long time because it is a laugh. We laugh a lot. We take the piss a lot. It is good.
"Classic punk performance-art from this Middlesborough[sic]-based 4-piece.
Frantic guitar strummery; whacky lead guitar lines stemming from the two-note solos of the late 70's (think of the Buzzcock's Boredom); manic bass melody; thumping drums that thoroughly shock-wave the entire kit. The inevitable Fall comparison is not unfair, but there's far more fun in Pellethead than that curmudgeonly Mark E Smith bloke could ever deliver. Songs are about "real life" (whatever that is). Social observation of phenomena like "Paddy Badway" and Middlesborough FC's "Defending too deep". The set wraps up with a consummate "wall of noise" collapse. Formation is: bass/ vocal; lead guitar/ vocal; rhythm guitar/ vocal (yup, they all sing lead); drums.
Pellethead's quirky punk is too good to miss. My heart and I agree. And I'm right."
OppositionT (www.oppositiont.co.uk)
hello....and thanks for joining our lonesome little gang...if you like what you hear, please leave a comment....it would really make our day...we wish you blue skies... a x
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It's was good hangin with u guys too! Yeah, what ya gonna do? Thought we had a gig for Prague, fell through. Listened to you cd on way to DE. Cool stuff! Hello to Sally.
Good hanging out with u and Sally today! Hope we didn't freak u out too much. Tell Sally, sorry about my potty mouth! LOL. Forgot to give u CD, sending one with Dale tonight. I f u ever need a palce to stay for a few days in So Cal, let me know.
Ahh Cheers Al! means alot to me that you's all enjoyed it cause i know i enjoyed it your set was awesome. These Lazenby gigs are really where it's at like. And don't worry there will be a next time and next time everything's gunna be sweeter than sweet, i'm sure of it.
Hello guys! it's Ryan here just wanted to say I really enjoyed your set on saturday night it was fucking ace. I really apreciated the fact you came aswell. I'm sorry about some of the complications that came about but we'll make sure that never happens again. Still i was quite surprised how well it all turned out in the end for everyone but us haha but i think we may have had a little to much to drink.
Thanks again! Hope you'd want to play again sometime!
Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
"blending low-level hip-hop beats with Scorn-esque bass and elonated guitar riffs to remarkable effect. . . it's that awesome. . . the music is superb, the artwork and packaging equally good. . . [it's] warped shuffling genius. 300% necro, foo'! (5/5)" (Zero Tolerance magazine).
Necro Deathmort's This Beat Is Necrotronic is released on Distraction Records on August 31st, but you can get your hands on it for FREE (on a 'if you like it, why not buy the CD?' basis) in all of its 320kps mp3 glory at distractionrecords.com!
The card launches on Sept 1st and whats more, for the first month (until 1st Oct) you can get yours for FREE!!!! Simply send us a message here with your name and address and we'll post it out to you! After 1 Oct it will still only be £1 for a card and they'll be on sale at all shows!
SIMPLE AND SAVES YOU HEAPS OF CASH!
AGP x
PS check out the page for all upcoming confirmed shows - we've got heaps to look forward to and want to see you there!
Shag Nasty are pleased to announce the release of their 5 track Broken Britain ep. It is available through their official websites on Myspace and Reverbnation with links to iTunes, Napster, Emusic, Rhapsody and Amazon. You can also get your hands on a hard copy via Detour records. Enjoy.
Yeah baby! They'll be dotted about everywhere in Middlesbrough, although that'll be no use to you... I'll get the page scanned in later tonight and send you it.
