Dr. Lewis Burke-Smith - Guitar and Vox David Marrs - Bass and Backing Vox Alex A. Abbott - Percussion and some Backing Vox
Influences
Lewis’s influences: Pixies, Nirvana, The Beatles, Radiohead, Head and Shoulders, Iggy and the Stoodges, Sex Pistols, String, Sunny Days, Blah Blah.
Dave’s influences: Gay Magazines - one of the finest, and most underrated art punk bands of the mid - 90s. I'd say google them or something, but who knows what that might throw up, so I'l fill you in myself: Hailing from Portland Oregon, this 2-piece band (Bass by Mark McKinnon, with sampling and vocals by Daniel Riever) amassed a cult following around the release of their second home produced album 'Spires', which flirted with the top of the indie charts in the UK purely on import copies. Sadly they split up on the cusp of signing to Universal, citing 'irreconcilable differences' (typical!). Go forth and discover!
Alex’s influences: The Strokes, The Ramones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Libertines, lots of 50's stuff like Chuck Berry, films, Domino's Pizza, Cornwall, clothes, Ford Escorts, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Sounds Like
“At their best they sound like a lost Fall classic, all b*st*rdised rockabilly and buzzsaw fug” Nightshift Magazine
“Screaming guitars and smashing drums followed - unleashed and unrepentant.” New Music Oxford Show
“The freshest thing I’ve ever seen” Linda’s Nephew
“Voted demo of the week” BBC Radio Oxford The Download
“I love it” Dave Gilyeat, The Download
“The Blitz Cartel put together tunes of the raw punkness of The Ramones, street-cred of your average indie stars and the ability to get firmly stuck in your head better then Rianna could hope too” John Brooks, writing for Oxfordbands.com
In 1944, after the collapse of the German war effort, the British government carried out vast searches of Germany, confiscating government and military documents, alongside many pieces of fine art. One document seized was a handwritten songbook found within a burnt out defense bunker. This find remained classified by the British government for over 60 years. However, in late 2005 this document mysteriously disappeared. Two weeks later a sound like no one had ever heard before was emanating from a studio in Cowley, Oxford. This sound was that of The Blitz Cartel.
And while you await that all important communique, why not pass the time with a music video for our song Jojo:
hey alex, was great seeing you on saturday, hope to see you all soon, maybe we should put on a night at the port mahon or something? laters you beautiful bastards dave
You might hear a drummerless demo tonight (mainly as we cant record drums in the house lol). If I finish my parts of it then it'll be ready. So, erm, yeah, check back tonight at some point :D
Thanks for the add!!! Love your sound, and the tunes are cool too!!!
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Hey lewis mate good to hear from you, things is well indeed in the land of meat. you guys are doing really well! maybe it's time for a tour of europe...
How'd it go last night lads? White Rabbit get another air? Am skint so coulne come to Cellar afterwards too. Soz. Playing football at 2 tmrw (Mon) on Cheney if anyone's up for it? x
Hey guys was lovely to play with you the other night, had a brilliant time, even if Lewis did try to steal my kettle lead!!! (nearly had to resort to drinking cold beverages!) Hopefully we can play with each other again soon (that sounded wrong) Dave x
Yey, I'm staying at your as well dude lol unless this is dave then Im prob not, but if its Alex, shout to jonathan that if he emails me, we will sort him out with a gig.
ah, the sun. i really wanna play a festival this year. have you guys sent your demo to punt btw? what did you think of southland tales, predictably, the highlight for me was hearing wave of mutilation, did lewis see frank black busking? so many questions...
so you've been stalking me... i was thinking about you guys the other day, we should do another gig soon, maybe when it's warm have a piss up and play at the port. what films did we see? three colours blue at the picture palace? it's almost like a date.
CHEERS FOR THE ADD...GREAT OLD SCHOOL PUNK RAW SOUND, VERY COOL, LOVE 'NINJA PUNK'...WOULD LOVE TO COME UP YOUR WAY AND DO A GIG TOGETHER SOME TIME... CHEERS...BGB
David Marrs - Bass and Backing Vox 
Alex A. Abbott - Percussion and some Backing Vox 
