Al Morrison - git and vox,
Richie O'Brien - git and vox,
Shaun Elliott - bass and vox,
Michael Gillham - drums.
Influences
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.
Very intelligent, good-looking, insightful, musical genius types always love Pellethead. Sad, ugly, middle-of-the-road, boring bastards always hate us. We are sure YOU will utterly love us.
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. In fact we played it twice, but it was only for the radio, so only one was transmitted. 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)
Thanks for the comments. I like your humour and quirky sound. I really enjoyed Paddy and Defending Too Deep. It does remind me a bit of the sort of guitar play and thumping bass and drums of Beefheart on things like Candy Korn (a good thing) and there’s even the feel of Half Man Half Biscuit in there too, along with a lot of other stuff of course.
Stars of the Lid are easily one of the most important and influential bands or our times. Read a review of any ambient or experimental band these days and you will see their name being dropped, and it’s not hard to hear why. Stars of the Lid are masters of weaving sonic textures gorgeously into beautiful, absorbing, minimalist epic drones, wavering between subtly mournful and gloriously triumphant, offering the perfect soundtrack to lucid daydreaming.
Hear Stars Of The Lid play in Newcastle in a perfect church setting for this very special show. Buy tickets now or purchase from RPM, Beatdown or alt. vinyl!
our old friends THE LODGER new single / album out on Bad Sneakers with bouncing bass and extra jangle here is their new video which is reallly nice: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=LGQ114DPvuY
finally.... there is a new issue of The Cuckoo Press coming out soon!! watch out for updates.. we have a couple of spaces left for nice adverts, so if you want one.. see you soon!!xx
We subscribed New Killer Stars to our national radio station to get airplay! It's a program/project that offers new bands a chance to be heard to the masses.
And the idea is pretty simple, people (which means you) can vote for a song and it will be ranked into one big list. Neat huh? So please give us a hand and vote for our song "Hebrew Matthew" to get high ranks at the first place (which means, more publicity).
You can check it out here: www.ongekendtalent.nl (don't worry, there's no subscription/registration needed, simply click at the "Stem op dit nummer" button underneath the songtitle at the right and your done)
arigatou, thank you, bedankt!
- Cesar
PS: btw, this voting system allows you to vote everyday. so feel welcome to vote more than once! :)
see you on sat xxxxxxx (NOTE: EARLY START / FINISH)
p.s. if you can't wait that long for dance action, for a NYE caster sugar fix we're DJing: Moot 9 till Midnight (FREE), then 2am till collapse at Road to Rimini extravaganza, Star and Shadow (adv tickets avail from alt vinyl). have a great time whatever you do but make sure you're in one piece for the 5th Jan!!
our old friends THE RESEARCH and THE LODGER are playing out, plus wrist! . There will also be a grand christmas tombola with amazing prizes of tights and dart boards, plus christmas grotto and buffet of christmas goods! do come, it would be lovely to see you all again!
Ey up Al! Got the CD through the post the other day, sounds fab!! It dosnt sound like a live recording though, did you do it in front of an audience? its got a great edge to it, very punky and energetic! ace. cheers again.
hey hey! knitting and tombolas make a welcome return cos we're having a Christmas Party!
our old friends THE RESEARCH and THE LODGER are playing out, plus wrist! in support! with his umbrella dance and slideshow! grand christmas tombola with amazing prizes of tights and dart boards, plus christmas grotto and buffet of christmas goods! tickets avail now xx
in the meantime...
club land leotard wearers? caster sugar is this saturday!!! and for a special bonus treat....
like a proper club
come down after bizzle or lucero or whatever, cos now we've got loads of time to dance!!
hopefully see you saturday for some sonic zines, ladies leotards, and fairy cake club action
ooh la
NEARLY FORGOT! CASTERSUGAR EXTRAVAGANZA @ star and shadow, Saturday Jan 5th with Toddla T, Agaskodo Teliverek, And. and more....two rooms... chaotic dancehall vs. disco deviance..... tickets avail this week.... so much coming u
Mental file note saved regarding The Albany. What a crowd of bellends. I said it on Friday and i'll say it again. For future reference . . . Don't gig in an art gallery. I'm not really on that side of the bohemian fence as you may well be aware, but that had to be the shittest and only art gallery i've ever
