I am inspired by queer activism/history, feminism, late nights with plenty of booze, Bikini Kill, Morrissey/The Smiths, Soft Cell, Sleater Kinney, Julie Ruin, Heavens to Betsy, Echobelly, Le Tigre, Bronski Beat, Sister George, Bis, Vile Vile Creatures, Shampoo, X Ray Spex, The Slits, Kirsty MacColl, Soulbossa, Minty, Bratmobile, Hole, Peaches, Blondie, Babes in Toyland, Boy George, Jarvis Cocker, Angelica, Sugarcubes, Fuzzbox, Huggy Bear, 80's Madonna, Gravy Train!!!!, Yoko Ono, 70's Bowie, Altered Images, Manics "Holy Bible", Cherryade Records, Peter Tatchell, Holly Johnson, Janni Kowalski, Ali Hili, Quentin Crisp, David Hoyle, Prisoner Cell Block H, bad horror films, butch dykes everywhere and the brave brilliant people involved in the Stonewall riots.
I am Ste McCabe and I blend punk rock riffs, pop melodies, dated beats and working class lefty queerness into things often called songs.
Not a fan of narrow-minded right-wing bullshit, modern gay culture, any organised religion and my hatred of the Daily Mail is bordering on obsession. I hope all this makes you smile.
I also have a monthly radio show which focuses on female and queer talent, and some random nonsense too. E-mail ste@dandelionradio.com if you want to be played or if you have recommendations. Listen at Dandelion Radio
Brand spanking new album Murder Music out now! Avalaible in loadsa shops in both reality world and online world, but please buy directly from Cherryade Records if you can, and cut out the greedy middle-man. Tracks are : Murder Music/Excuse No.1:Old Testament/Militant Disco(with David Hoyle)/I'll Spit On Your Grave(with Pianofingers)/Toilet Scrubbing/Excuse No.2:Quran/Public Debate/I've Got A Big Car/What Do You Know?/Last Night I Found God.
Debut album Hate Mail available in many places or directly from Cherryade Records. Tracks are Queer Clubbing/Hate Mail/I'm Not Bitter/Fire/Huyton Scum/This Is Not Your Party/Taxpayers Money/Four Puffs and a Shotgun/Bedsitter/Broken Record/Rant (By The Seaside).
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"Cruel, unforgiving and demonically fun...McCabe is kicking against the pricks, and declaring homosexual cliche's bankrupt." - Artrocker
"Take a drum machine, guitar and overdrive pedal. Add one angry, working-class gay scouser, leave to simmer in years of smalltown homophobia and Viola! - the result will be something like Ste McCabe's Hate Mail, both heartbreakingly vitriolic and endearingly shambolic. " - Gay Times
"A full on blend of pure punk guitar and a snippy, snarling, sarcastic world view, marks Ste McCabe out to be the Billy Bragg, or possibly even the Henry Rollins, of gay politics." - The Devil Has The Best Tuna
"If you like punk, you'll love Ste. If you're queer and like punk, you'll spunk your pants. Ste McCabe is authentic and brilliant." - Boy George
"Infectiously catchy ranting riot-boy punk pop and no hint of any compromise." - Organ
"It's really exciting to hear British queer music that does not evade the realities of queer life, it is validating and offers listeners a sense of possibility, that music can be something more, you could even call it soulful." - Gaydar Nation
"In an age where punk music has largely become watered down, commercial, chart-friendly and about as far removed from politics or real people’s lives as you could possibly get, it’s a relief and a joy to hear someone like Ste McCabe." - Is This Music?
Here is the no-budget video for "Militant Disco" featuring David Hoyle.
DOWNLOAD MY FIRST EP "PINK BOMB", WHICH WAS RELEASED IN EARLY 2008 AND HAS NOW SOLD OUT, FOR FREE FROM THE BOX BELOW - ALL FIVE SONGS ARE IN THE BOX AND THE ARTWORK IS AVAILABLE IN "MY PICTURES" (COVER AND BACK FOR A SLIM PACK CD).
dont say you're tuneless ste...dont EVER say that....one ,because you know it's not true..and secondly,because we create our own stigmas and people will milk it......when i first heard you i was struck at how coherent it all was..the tight guitar.....angry,but bang on time...and the singing too........of course you're not singing like a bleedin choirboy,but its still proper singing....i know a bit of humility is always a good thing...but so is confidence too....if you value your voice,you'll look after it.... and you're gonna need it for many more years... its not tuneless.....no way baby.
Dear Friend, finally it is out! The LONG expected release of our EP "Interrupted (Triptych I)" !!!
"you wonder why get interrupted / was life too fast / the nights too long / you give a fuck / get interrupted / you want no break / keep speeding on..."
Watch the music video, created by the young & wild Japanese video artist Yukihiro Taguchi. Be Surprised! You will also find some wicked REMIXES on Youtube and iTunes ;-)
Learn more about our current project "Triptych I-III" on our MySpace site...
Dear Friend, finally it is out! The LONG expected release of our EP "Interrupted (Triptych I)" !!!
"you wonder why get interrupted / was life too fast / the nights too long / you give a fuck / get interrupted / you want no break / keep speeding on..."
Watch the music video, created by the young & wild Japanese video artist Yukihiro Taguchi. Be Surprised! You will also find some wicked REMIXES on Youtube and iTunes ;-)
Learn more about our current project "Triptych I-III" on our MySpace site...
thanks for the exposure ste! our new album will be out in feb, and you a copy has your name on it. take care, and hope to see you soon. love from the grannies xxxxxxxxxxxxx
No worries about the spamming governor, looking forward to hearing it, will buy a copy when you're playing the Railway. Anyway, got some spam of my own......
Ten Tigers are on the free CD with an exclusive acoustic session version of 'Counterfeit'
(The CD also features Death of the Elephant and Fashoda Crisis among others).
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