Joe Maples-Guitar and Vox :
Chris Charlton-Guitar and Vox :
Chris Bonner-Bass and Vox :
Rob Taylor-Rhodes, Hammond, Wurlitzer :
Paul Denny-Drums
Influences
Buddy Holly, Snuff, Sunny Day Real Estate, Guided by Voices,The Cure, Fugazi, New Order, Descendents, The Posies, Buffalo Tom, The Wedding Present, Chamberlain, The Shins, Beach Boys, Inspiral Carpets, Broccoli, Leatherface, Phoenix, Sebadoh, Superchunk, The Police, Lemonheads, Lawnmower Deth, The Band, The Beatles, The Afghan Whigs, Sensefield, Husker Du, Van Halen, The Stone Roses, Neil Young, Hot Water Music, Samiam, Pixies, Pavement and Beastie Boys.
It all started one summers day in '98. The 1st August to be precise.Chris, Joe and Chris had nothing to do because their old band CHOPPER had split up in May of that year so they decided to have a go at doing somethng a bit different. They'd been playing pop punk songs at 10,000mph since 1993 and needed a change. They decided the speed should be about 35mph, bruhed the cobwebs off a few ditties they'd had in their back pockets got their mate Paul to stop fishing and play drums and PYLON was born.
The first gig was at Players in Wakefield, the second at the Royal Park in Leeds, don't remember the third and fourth (too many drugs) and the fifth was with FUGAZI at the Leeds Met. We shat our pants! Many many many more gig happened over the next couple of years with lots of great band. Our first release was a 6 song s/t mini album released on the now defunct SUBJUGATION RECORDS in 2000.
We played more gigs and then some more and in 2002 got Rob from NATHANIEL GREEN in to play piano and released a 4 song E.P called '2400v' on the then brand new label, ours being their first release, JEALOUS RECORDS.
We then did a European tour which was really great until we got home and had all our equipment stolen from the van. This fucked us all up a bit. But we carried on regardless playing and playing and playing (once we'd replaced the gear that is!) and never stopped enjoying it for one minute.
We were going to list the bands that we'd shared a stage with but it's still being written from memory and that could take sometime, but it'll be up here sometime soon. Not to for the purpose of bragging but sometime it's nice to write a list of things you've done so you don't forget.
We hate macho ego attitude cock rock elitist scene wannabe the next big thing we rule and everybody else is shit but do you like my pointed shoes and oooh aren't my jean and vintage t-shirt tighter than yours I think I might be a trend setter twaddle. It's just not us and it never will be.
Playing live is what we like to do and do it well.
Our new album 'The Standard Fight' is out now on GRAVITY DIP RECORDS (www.gravitydip.com) The first pressing is a limited edition Double CD. The FREE cd contains our old releases which are out of print. It's available from our website www.pylonline.co.uk, all good record stores, Amazon, itunes, HMVonline etc etc....
Check it!!
Also check out Protectors which is Chris C's new band. Watch this space for news on other post Pylon projects too..!
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Hallöchen wollen nicht stören! Aber wir haben vor Kurzem ein paar neue Songs aufgenommen! Wenn du also Zeit und Lust hast, hör doch mal rein Rock'n Roll on :-)
new songs! surely you're not still crackin em out are u? fabulous simply devine!!! where's the icecream? give me the fuckin ice cream anyway get in touch and the ones i don't know (or don't recognise cos your old and hairy) now get me the fuckin icecream. mo don't put me back in the box......please....no.....aaaarrrggghhhhhhhhhh
Hello, Pylon just to let you know today's highlights...
Whiskas, frontman of Forward Russia and the founder of the Dance to the Radio record label will give a FREE talk today in he Studio, BD1 Gallery, Centenary Square Bradford at 1pm-1:45pm
Lightspeed Champion plays St Georges Hall, Bradford tonight £9/£7 tickets 01274 432000 www. seetickets. com
Standard Fight has easily been one of my favourite songs for a while now. If you could maybe muster up some energy to get to Nuneaton and perform a show here would be nice, you dont even have to play well. Come on even Chixdiggit love it in nuneaton and they hardly ever play
This Merrie City was released on Monday, it features the following
Tracklisting
1.Little Lee - I'll Be By Your Side
2.Pylon - King Of The Underground
3.The Old House - Ruff Idea Of Smiling
4.Piskie Sits - Different, Better
5.The Spills - Poor Health
6.Napoleon IIIrd - In Business We Are Resigned
7.The New Delamores - Shoot Me Girl
8.The Labels - We Were Good Together
9.The Humour - Truth, Lies And Greed
10.Above Them - You Think You've Changed The World
11.Dirty Robbers - School Of The Dead
12.The Intergallactic Urangatang - Substance False Confidence
13.Sarah Williams & The So Called Friends - What I Really Mean
14.The Blueskins - Silicon Puppies
15.Vida Cartel - Cogs
16.The Critiques - Missing
17.Nathaniel Green - All You Know
18.Mi Mye - Leaving The House With Cat
You can buy one of only 1,000 copies for £6.00 from
www.myspace.com/louderthanbombsrecords
www.myspace.com/thismerriecity
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Jumbo Records (Leeds)
Crash Records (Leeds)
HMV (Wakefield)
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This Merrie City
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