Having seen its 30th anniversary, punk rock is now “exploding” to become the next big cult for the latest generation of kids. Along with the new wave of punk, a number of original punk bands have reformed, including the Sex Pistols, whilst a few, Splodge amongst them, have never stopped.
Renowned for the “lyrical masterpiece” "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please" and the Rolf Harris cover "Two Little Boys"; Splodge brings a unique mixture of "pathetique" punk and bawdy beer swilling humour to the stage.
Spawned from the birth of the punk movement, and later, further labelled as “OI”, the band won the Melody Maker band competition in 1976, where they appeared naked with cardboard boxes on their heads (full marks for originality). Splodgenessabounds went on to become a national name, with appearances on Top of the Pops, complete with a nine piece band and a dog called "Two Pint's Pearson", and a national number one!
Splodge have completed a “world tour” including their first ever tour of the USA where they played in 5 states on the East Coast, including the legenday CBGB’s in New York, as well as 2 dates in Canada. This was followed by a European tour including Germany, Austria and Italy. Recently the band have played all over the UK from Bristol to Scotland, as far north as Mid Yell in the Shetlands, as well as the Irish Republic and have completed successful tours of Holland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The band's current line up includes Mat Sargent (from Sham 69) on bass, Johnny Chunders on guitar, Harry (eyebrows) Monk on drums, and Max Splodge on vocals, trombone and lager.
The first album “Splodgenessabounds” has been re-released on the Captain Oi label and includes a host of bonus tracks. This follows the recent release of a new album titled ‘The Artful Splodger’ recorded by Sex Pistols producer, Dave Goodman which has also been released on the Captain Oi label. This follows the previous success of the “I Don’t Know” album. The new album features guest musicians including; Micky Fitz from The Business and Wurzel from Motorhead, who will be guesting at some of the live shows.
In 2006 the band appeared on Harry Hill's TV Burp, after being featured on Rock School with Gene Simmons. Hill made fun of the Kiss frontman, and the band performed at the end of the show, accompanied by Hill dressed as "The Demon", Gene Simmons.
So if you're the type that doesn’t like Lager, Vic Reaves, Viz style humour, loud music or Rolf Harris, then don't come to the gigs!
Check out www.johnnychunders.co.uk for official album covers and t-shirt artwork www.captainoi.com for Splodge albums!
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