Jim
Rhesus - Vox/Guitar Wayne Owens -
Guitar/Vox Aurora Sommer - Bass/Vox Arran
J Lovechild - Drums
Influences
Wire, The Ruts, Buzzcocks, P.I.L, Dead Kennedys, X-Ray Spex, The Rakes, The New York Dolls, Ultravox!, Magazine, XTC, Bowie, Generation X, The Jam, The Skids, S*M*A*S*H, Roxy Music, Sparks, 999, Gang of four, John Foxx, the Manics, The Clash, Crass, Adam Ant, Interpol, Mclusky, Carter, T-Rex, The Stranglers, The killjoys, The Ramones, The Slits, Talking Heads, The Adverts, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones.
Sounds Like
"Rhesus are one of the most exciting bands in London! Something genuinely special - a band that could escape the backrooms of London pubs and change people's lives" - Joyzine
"Rhesus were absolutely phenomenal tonight. Capable of blowing the roof off the Ocean. A cracking little slice of angry punk rock" - Art Rocker
"Genuinely fantastic… A post-Sonic Youth Undertones, which is such a top idea we can't believe there aren't bands doing that every night. [Art is Dead]… has put such a hefty deposit down on the top ten that you can almost hear Fearne Cotton patronising them at the end of it. More" – Playlouder
"A brutal punch-up between art-punksters Wire and primordial Slits" – SoundsXP
"More snotty than the Others, more sleazy than The New York Dolls" – Channel 4
"Rhesus: Top Of The Pops!" - Eddie Argos (Art Brut) – Radio 1, XFM, etc...
RHESUS PLAY THEIR LAST GIG AT THE PURTLE TURTLE ON FRIDAY 10TH FEB 2006. BE THERE OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE, THANK YOU IT HAS BEEN AMAZING............... ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE WORKING ON NEW PROJECTS , ARRAN AND JIM ARE WORKING WITH DANNY CICCONE, RICHI ABDOU NICHOLAS BISCUIT AND JIMMY 2 SHOES ON A NEW BAND " BROADMOOR DIY CASTRATI, WE SHALL BE GIGGING SOON LAL LA LOVE YOU ALL..................
With
the final line-up coming together in early 2004, Rhesus, a gang of feral South
London twenty-somethings, have played a vital part in re-energising a flagging
UK music scene. Thriving on the amphetamine rush of their immaculate collection
of 45s (The Ruts, X-ray Spex, Wire, Buzzcocks, The New York Dolls) Rhesus make
an explosive, intelligent and thoroughly British noise.
They've played a series of gigs rampaging across London, including sell-out
shows at The 100 Club, The Metro (when Arran's drum kit self-destructed), The
Paradise Bar (home of the New Cross scene) and just about everywhere in between.Spotted
by Spinach Records who, knowing a good thing when they heard it, were desperate
to sign them, the resulting deal was signed on the back page of Arran's dole
book, in a Brixton pub.
Rhesus have been championed by the late John Peel, Steve Lamacq (Radio 1), John
Kennedy (XFM) various European and Australian radio stations and been playlisted
by artrocker magazine.
Join
the Rhesus Army now before they conscript you.
Shot By Both Sides heads to the frozen hinterland that is North London on Tuesday March 25th, with a Spektakular FREE Soireé at Islington's Old Queens Head - expect degeneracy and bloodlust!
Fanzine handout, cakes, poetry, stories, a gritty psych/freakout jazz/fucked-pop/post-punk soundtrack, and some disturbingly delightful live sets from The Mules, The Woodsmen & more...
wtf all i did was enter my cell phone number at this site and they gave me free ringtones for life.. its gotta be a fluke better get in before they fix it
Its a busy weekend lined up for us. On Friday we're playing at La Havanas in Chichester along with: Joey Nightmare, Golden Section and Munroe Effect, and then on Saturday we travel to London to play at Leonards EC1 in Islington with: 9th Era, Poly & The Planets, and King Spin
Hope you can make one or the other, (or even both!!)
To celebrate this our latest Podcast is a Gspot2 Special:
The show was recorded on Saturday 8th April at the Gspot 2 Festival at the Bethnal Green Pleasure Unit. It includes chatting and music from Dexy, The Sailplanes, Macca Mulatta, General Dissarray, Nakeru, The Video Club, The Bridge Gang, The Fades, Mid Carson Coalition, Untitled Musical Project, Papercuts and Luxembourg
To subscribe to the Podcast via itunes (search for Earwax Radio) or go to http://earwaxradio.podomatic.com
