Peter "pops" Williams - guitar, pipe, slippers, tartan rug, mug of Horlicks, five a day.
Dave 'the wolfman' Taylor - drums, broken limbs, unfathomable attachment to warm cans of Strongbow.
Neil Walsh - guitar, vocals, sandpaper, kazoo, rubbish ideas for percussion.
Sam Hedges - Bass, new face, 40 a day.
Influences
The Wrens, I, Ludicrous, Deerhoof, Pixies, Art Brut, Nick Cave, Make-Up, Mclusky, early Manics, Ikara Colt, Slits, Clash, The Bridge Gang, Mogwai, ...Trail of Dead, Flipron, Miller Sisters, Afghan Whigs, Detroit Cobras, Les Savy Fav.... lists are quite boring arent they.
The Known Unknowns have been described as "leviathans with piercing guitars, jerky vocals and demonic bass lines" (Gigwise) and write spiky distinctive and inventive songs about misinformation, drinking, kerb-crawlers, jargon, singer-songwriters, ambulance chasers, hyperbole, why being in a band is rubbish and vacuum cleaning.
Their music has been compared to T-Rex, Bloc Party, the Fall, Joy Division and, although the Lord alone knows why, Metallica. In any case, the band strives to make guitar music where creativity isnt confined to finding the right band to steal from and matching it with the right jacket.
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"The contageously jingling 'Junior' rips apart limbs, tears through braincells and implants itself firmly within your soul.... In short, I like this band." - Pow Pow Pow magazine
"Imagine the falls best meandering moments fused with the dance pomp of Talk Talk at their bleakest mixed with the Melodic bent of Pulp on a very good day" - Jeremy Chick - Subba-Cultcha
"...they have something to say, but they understand that its a message more likely to find favour if wrapped round with the kind of slinky, but snaggy riffs found on Who Needs the Pouring Rain? The Known Unknowns are fucking top" - Unpeeled
"...each song exudes intelligence and is teeming with creativity. The Known Unknowns need to be known" - Gigwise
"More like this please"- Russells Reviews
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The video below was directed and produced by wiz kid Rob Munday. It was shortlisted in a London film festival and premiered at The Renoir in Bloomsbury - Nov. '06. We think it's great. What do you think?
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.
Good afternoon, Known Unknowns. Hope this missive finds you in good form.
Hindley are playing the Hope & Anchor @ Islington this evening. Would be great to see you down there... you know it makes sense! __________________ The Hindley Collective
I LUDICROUS play live at:- The Miller 96 Snowsfields Road, London SE1 3SS On Thursday 19th February Onstage 10. pm. £6 mail@themiller.co.uk tel: 020 7407 2690
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The Last Ditched Disco
at T Bar
this Friday 12th December
with
Cassy [Perlon, Panorama Bar]
Guy Noir [Resopal, DoC]
Gower Ramsey [Resident]
Free Entry
8pm - 4am
The Last Ditched Disco
at T Bar
this Friday 12th December
with
Cassy [Perlon, Panorama Bar]
Guy Noir [Resopal, DoC]
Gower Ramsey [Resident]
Free Entry
8pm - 4am
