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.
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)
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.
The King of Coma track “mental fragments” is featured on the Äisti sajns fikÅ¡n! (cleaning science fiction) Sampler. You can download it for free here:
Penny Century hail from Östersund, a town in northern Sweden renowned for, er... not an awful lot, until now. After releasing four EPs, Between A Hundred Lies, their debut full length offering, is an exceptional and inspired collection of intelligent and, frankly, mature song writing, delighting with its uplifting melodies and the heavenly voice of Julia Hanberg. Demonstrating a canny knack for composing songs that combine elements of 60s girl groups and new wave pop (a la Blondie and The Pretenders), they're also smart enough to add effective brass, with an occasional touch of violin and banjo too, that helps propel their bright, infectious sound skywards. Absolute pop perfection.
The perfect soundtrack to a later afternoon picnic - Here Comes The Flood Absolute pop perfection - Rock and Reel Make a little room in your heart for them - 17 Seconds
Jon Jones and The Beatniks Movement- "Fucking primal stuff" If you get Eighties Matchbox mix them in with the best of Sabbath and then dash in some White Stripes and you've got barely half the genius that is Jon Jones and The Beatniks Movement.
Russell and The Wolves- Teesside swamp garage sex pests, "The Cramps, Howling Wolf mixed together in a Nick Cave Rave"
The Stonefly Nymph- Geek math-core instrumental greatness.
This beautiful super-heavyweight LP, which comes packaged in a sweet full-colour sleeve reunites the UK's premier free drummer Alex Neilson, who's played, amongst others, with Motor Ghost, Directing Hand, Trembling Bells, Tight Meat Duo, Josephine Foster, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Jandek, MV&EE, Richard Youngs, Baby Dee and Alastair Galbraith, with Nmperign member Greg Kelley, whose reinvention of the trumpet is as crucial now as Anthony Braxton's reinvention of the sax was 30 years ago. A screeching, soaring, scattergun array of noises come maniacally out of Greg's horn, unlike anything we've ever heard and, with the addition of random stabs of electronics, he successfully straddles no wave, concrete and free jazz in a way that makes those genres seem like trite pigeonholes.
Buy your copy now from www. myspace. com/goldenlabrecords
Join The Jim Jones Revue to celebrate the release of their new single Cement Mixer b/w Good Golly Miss Molly at Madame Jo Jo’s this coming Thursday, 5th. March.
Click on flyer for advance tickets……
Cement Mixer b/w Good Golly Miss Molly is released by Punk Rock Blues Records on 9th. March.
ZOMES are a three piece band from Baltimore, USA, playing live at The Alexandra Vaults in Saltburn on Friday 6th March. Zomes founder, Asa Osbourne, is a member of the legendary band, Lungfish, who have 10 albums released on Washington DC's Dischord Records. Zomes sees Asa joined by sound artist Andrew Hayleck (known for his field recordings of natural ice formations) and Baltimore oil painter, Jordan Kasey. Together they create lo-fi experimental rock which sits on the spaced out and looped side of the fence.
QUACK QUACK are a three-piece prog/kraut/rock/jazz band from Leeds. No strangers to Saltburn, they performed an energetic live set to a small and pleasantly surprised audience at the Victoria in January. They have recorded a session for Huw Stephen's radio 1 show and have CD and vinyl releases on Saltburns' own 'Run Of The Mill Records' label.
BILGE PUMP have been playing their idio(t)syncratic rock for over 15 years. As well as songs appearing on 7" and compilations, Bilge have released two tape only albums and have another two albums on Nottingham's Gringo Records. Popular with the late JOHN PEEL, they recorded two Peel sessions and got plenty of airtime on his Radio 1 show.
PIFCO comprises Steve on guitar and vocals, and Mary on drums and keyboards. They write prolifically and have a CD album out on Run Of The Mill Records. Radio 1's Huw Stephens played it on his show and decided it was his album of the week. Not bad.
This takes place this Thursday! See you there? d.x.
Distraction presents Kania Tieffer, a otter-fixated Chick On Speed cacking out pleasantly disturbed lo-fi fake nonsense r'n'b and vitriolic electropop with cheap children's keyboards, a battered old computer and an electric guitar, in an unmissable live show. Support comes from sample stealing, tune pinching, melody wrecking a-moral wrong-uns and kings of nostalgia-core Radgepackets, and pointlessly hostile bootmash-noisewhore-wrongtronica idiot Dressed In Wires! Cor!
Only 4 quid in, kick-off at 8pm, find out more here!
Bad For Lazarus - www. myspace. com/badforlazarus (feat' members of The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster / UNKLE / The James Cleaver Quintet / With Scissors / Make Good Your Escape / Kill Keneda)
Stay Sick! DJ's will be spinning Punk, Rock'n'Roll, Garage, Grunge, Post Punk, Psychobilly, Spazcore, Noise, Hardcore and the like for non-smokers between the bands
Visual entertainment will be provided over 2 screens all night.
This event is open to people aged 16+
Tickets for this event are now available from the following outlets:
Punker Bunker - Sydney Street (below Immediate)
Resident Records - Kensington Gardens
Rounder Records - Brighton Square (South Lanes)
Please invite your friends to join this event.
The Prince Albert SUN 30th November doors 7pm £4, £3 NUS
Hey Al, hey, many congratulations, coming up to our 19th wedding anniversary!!! Really pleased you still tearing it up, lots of crete parks out here, hardly any wet days, I hear Prague is beautiful, rad place to reside. Awesome wedding pic of you playing too, I tinmker on the bass...badly! Stay cool
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