| a punchup at a Balkan wedding
WHAT THEY'VE SAID ABOUT US:
"A f****ing fine piece of ass… pop genius" – Playlouder
"Priceless!"
- Steve Lamacq
“It’s said that, seconds before you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. The Fighting Cocks are the aural equivalent, a lifetime of music, cinema and cartoon samples clashing inside your ears, all set dancing to gabba, ragga and doo-wop beats, and topped out with sassy girl vocals and male snarls”
-A Life Less Literary
“They are the future!” - Raj King, Sunrise Radio
“Electro gypsy punk anthems fronted by a revolving cast of glamorous vixens, complete with slinky choreography and brutal guitar assault.
If Russ Meyer were still around, he’d be directing their music videos”
- The Dragon’s Ball
"They wear short skirts and play guitars. They are a major obstacle to the creation of the Khilafa in Britain. They must be stopped!"
- Sheikh Riyadh ul Haq
“The most kick-ass live band in Europe” – Guitar Magazine
"Aggressive, cynical and knowingly shambolic...The Cocks infiltrate the space between Daphne & Celeste and Limp Bizkit" - NME
"Careering all over the line separating genius and lunacy" - *** Q Magazine
“The Corrs you can’t take home to Mum” - The Guardian
“When people talk about the Cocks they focus on the various amazingly fit women who bop around on stage wearing gypsy outfits and pom poms. I'd be a liar if I said it wasn't this that first attracted me to the band. However, having recently met Charlie Cock I have come to see The Fighting Cocks as a force of genius and vision. They are on a never ending quest to destroy Islamic terrorism and they aim to achieve this by sampling the most obscure sounds, jumbling them up with jungle/techno beats and then adding some punk guitar and girly vocals over the top of it. If G.W.B. had the same approach the world would be a better place.” - Kooba Radio
“Pure addictive lunacy” - Barcode Magazine
'A Balkan gypsy tune turns into a ska fest, The Cramps dance with Glenn Miller, speed metal drum and bass thunders, showtunes twinkle, Turkish drums delight...
What more does one want to start the day? The Fighting Cocks deliver where other bands using ethnic influences stay a bit samey and others simply fail to combine good fun with credible rock’n roll rebellion.
It’s all so extremely well executed that I simply can’t wait for a chance to see this band from Essex do it live. Shakira’s vengeful sisters supply ‘vocals and choreography’. I want to see more!'
- Billie Ray Martin
“How the Go-Team would've sounded if they'd spent their time behind the bike sheds rather than in school”
- Nambucca
“Couldn’t play their way out of a paper bag”
-Oxford Daily Information
"... the 5,6,7,8's meets Jilted John, with surfer riffs, rockabilly, old skool hip hop scratching and an underlying wit that could curdle milk. The kind of band you'd love to hang out with, and you'd be dead in a week mind you"
-Daily Star
"... an incredibly well-executed piece of musical rebellion; somewhere between complete insanity and total genius, The Fighting Cocks succeed where so many others fail"
- Subba-Cultcha Magazine
"There are no bands like The Fighting Cocks. Or maybe there are, and there's actually a huge Gypsy-electro scene I'm missing out on. But even then, I'm pretty sure The Fighting Cocks would stand alone. Their eclectic, or even eccentric, collection of samples means they have most genres covered, from bangra to industrial metal. Add to that a pop group line-up, some jagged guitars, half-shouted vocals and a bit of very Essex rapping and you're in for a treat."
-CMU Daily
"it did make me think about Daphne & Celeste for a short while"
-Die Shellsuit, Die! Magazine | 
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