Grant - Vocals
Rob - Guitar
Jess - Drums
Lee - Keys
Ian - Bass
Influences
Tom Waits
The Doors
The Sonics
Muddy Waters
Captain Beefheart
Love
The Bonzos
Nuggets
Sounds Like
"Like going to the circus on acid!" www.fipzie.com
A riotous concoction of blues, punk and psychedelic gypsy rock, Leicester’s Dirty Backbeats’ live shows are pure chaos, reigned in only by the magnetic pull of their awesome onstage antics and exhilarating music. Expect sweat, blood and tears, and some of the most original and magical music to come out of the midlands. Pure rock’n’roll for the 21st century.
THE DIRTY BACKBEATS ARE SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE TO DISBAND AT THE END OF 2008.
We have a handful of gigs before the end of the year and would like to take this opportunity to encourage anyone who has supported us over the last few years to come along and see us off in good fashion.
31st OCT – STAMFORD w/ The Surgens
1st NOV – THE DONKEY - LEICESTER
14TH NOV – 93 FEET EAST – LONDON w/ Eighties Matchbox
13TH DEC – SUMO – LEICESTER farewell party with Viva Stereo/ambrose tompkins/djs/lightshow!
There are a number of backbeats 7” singles still available at knockdown prices at the gigs. You can also purchase our singles on i tunes and all other good download sites. We will also have other paraphenalia available at the last gigs.
Our sincere and grateful thanks are extended to anyone and everyone who has played with us, put us on, put us up, recorded us, looked after us, cleaned up after us and most of all supported us in anyway. We have had an amazing time over the many years of being together as a band and we all feel it is now time to move onto pastures new and end on a high.
The Dirty Backbeats are a high octane 5 piece combo from Leicester blending Beefheart's mystic blues skitz, Love's RnB infused psychedelia and a healthy dose of English eccentricity. The band honed their sound throughout 2005/6, attracting attention from national and local media and as a result have developed an enviable live reputation that has seen them compared to artists as diverse as The Cramps, The Who, Tom Waits and Kings Of Leon.
This acclaim has grown considerably with recent airplay on BBC Radio6 from Steve Lamacq, Rob Da Bank and Marc Riley and Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1. The Band recorded a session for BBC Radio 2 for the Mark Lamarr show who has featured tracks from the band many times, including whilst covering for Jonathan Ross on his Saturday morning Radio 2 show.
New songs are to be previewed at forthcoming shows before the year is out, whilst there is also talk of an EP release later in the year
Hey there we are Chase The Sunset. We normally personally check up on everyone to see how they are but its starting to take forever haha so we are trying something new. If you have received a message like this or have already spoken to us we apologise for the inconvenience. We just wanted to say that we have 2 new tracks and and blogs and would love you to pop by. We do actually talk personally so don't think we wont. Thank you so much for your time CTS
Hey People! Delta Blues legend David Honeyboy Edwards plays The Luminaire this Friday at the incredible age of 94. This show kicks off another round of the 5 Years of NTSOBC Festival which continues with shows next week by The Handsome Family, Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, Kelly Joe Phelps and The Jim Jones Revue . Click on flyer for tickets..... ">
Five Years of NTSOBC Festival Schedule
September
Friday 25 David Honeyboy Edwards @ The Luminaire,London, NW6 Monday 28 Handsome Family @ Bush Hall, London, W12 Tuesday 29 Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir @ The Luminaire, London, NW6 Wednesday 30 Kelly Joe Phelps @ The Union Chapel, London, N1
October
Thursday 1 October The Jim Jones Revue @ Cargo, London, EC2A
Tuesday 27 October Oysterband @ The Union Chapel, London, N1
Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
Hi guys, we looking for gigs at any cool blues/rock clubs you might
know of?? Check out our little gift below and see if you can think of
anywhere you'd like to see us play....Any ideas and we'll follow them
up with gratitude!
You like beer right? You might get a kick out of this Ozzy skit. Here's the new film Gabby Skab and I made last night for upcoming Pabst sales convention. The Skabs "PBR Me Right Now". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPLSnltauk
My new poetry collection, first one hundred are a limited signed/numbered collectors edition, all letterpressed. Now available to pre-order, please click here ...
We are playing at The Nursery Tavern, Coventry on 25th June with Wes Finch & The Dirty Band and Scattered Sons (featuring members of The Treehorns and Shackletons)
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