Tippi is the lead singer and guitarist in punk rock band The Hedrons.
The Hedrons formed in early 2005 in their native Glasgow. With a relentless gigging schedule capped by several sell out performances, the four-piece have established themselves as one of the countrys foremost emerging rock and roll bands.
During this time, The Hedrons have been the focus of many a live review, buzz band feature and single review. Most notably, the band was featured in the NME who said of them 'an all-girl four-piece who sound like Patti Smith meets Penetration with a dash of early Blondie and a smidging of The Runaways... you have to hear this band!' Off the back of this and other press, The Hedrons have already taken part in this years 'Download' festival at Donington, one of many festivals the band played throughout this summer; also among them are T In The Park and Guilfest 2006. Also of significance, the band stepped in as special guests to the rowdy boys of Towers Of London in June and most recently played with Alice In Chains at their only UK show in July at the London Astoria.
The Hedrons' music is decidedly one part Ramones-esque brawn, one part femme-fatale roar, and one part ruthless guitar-driven nerve. Or as lead guitarist Rosie humorously puts it, "If you listen to us, you wouldnt realise it was girls until Tippi starts singing youd think it was a bunch of big hairy guys playing." And although the girls would personally describe their sound as the modern love child of the Foo Fighters and Joan Jett, they would also say that the very same is proudly godfathered by Iggy Pop & The Stooges.
Although The Hedrons have just started out in their career, they are already starting to make a healthy impact on the music scene. And, according to Bass player Chi, one things for sure, "For four girls, we make one hell of a noise."
The bands first single 'Be My Friend' (a tip of the hat to the bands phenomenal online community) was released in the UK 31st July on Glasgow-based label Measured Records and entered the official UK charts as a top 20 Indie Single, selling out of its limited edition vinyl pressing. A second single 'I Need You' is scheduled for 9th October, with a third single 'Heatseeker' and an album 'One More Wont Kill Us' to come in the New Year, also on Measured Records. The band is currently on a nation-wide tour promoting the first single release and will be completing another before the years end. Both tours include dates in most major UK cities including London, Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Cardiff.
The Hedrons are online at www.thehedrons.com The Hedrons "Be My Friend" is available as a digital download and 7" vinyl from Measured Records, plus iTunes, Napster and lots of other outlets.
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Hey Tippi, just wanna let you know our NEW E.P. 'The Making' is out November 30th, samples of the Tracks are on our myspace or check out www.thebeatpoets.com
How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!
Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.
BMX Bandits have been a Scottish jangle-pop institution for what feels like forever, with Kurt Cobain famously being in awe of their music. Fifteen albums down the line and they are proving more than ever that can still write the melodies their fans love so much.And now they're appearing live at Classic Grand on 12th September, in a joint-headline show with The Primary Five!
Led by ex-Teenage Fanclub/Soup Dragons drummer Paul Quinn, Scottish melodic rockers the Primary 5 make '60s and '70s-influenced melodic rock not dissimilar to the drummer's former employers, but with even more enthusiasm and general panache!
Listings Info
BMX Bandits/The Primary 5 with Special Guests – Randolph’s Leap
Thank you for the support. It means a great deal - the past few months have been amazing. Great reviews, great shows up and down the country, airplay and interviews with Kerrang! Radio & Total Rock Radio, even a show at Alexandra Palace for Freestyle Festival has been confirmed.
Alexandra Palace will bring an end to our first major UK Tour. The tour leads up to the official release of our first EP proper, 'Guerilla'. This will be available everywhere on November 2nd.
If you're not too familiar with us yet, there are some reviews below and you can pick up some free downloads from our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIXA/8798900727).
Here are the dates (more to be confirmed).
See you out there x
"NIXA possess a quality that sets them apart from other front runners on the alt/rock scene with perfect dynamics and incredible song craft. They bounce between gentle and aggressive in a single beat, tied with soaring harmonies and mesmerising stage presence. This band will find themselves being listened to by a wide audience, no doubts in both the alternative and commercial rock scenes" TOTAL ROCK
"...done very, very well. Deep, powerful voice, BIG music and just the feeling that something very professional is happening -I don't mean in a clinical way, just in that way that, when you find out they're unsigned, it's a bit of a shock!" XFM
"The absolute epiphany of my weekend was London based Nixa. Everytime I see this band, I fall in love a little bit more. Their performance was stunning and it was definitely the climax of the night as things petered off afterwards. Their Biffy Clyro-esque style, gorgeous vocal harm
Hi & thanks for being part of my circle on MySpace, I would like to personally invite you to preview my latest release & to find out why the critics are hailing TRAININGDAY as a pure adrenaline rush.
Lonely Cafe: sweet ... a new tune from you! Sounds like you've been noodling in the studio. Very surprising and sure to confuse lots of people, but not me. Okay I'm always a little confused?
Anyway - love the song and it's so great to hear new stuff from you!
Thanx so much for the support Tippi ur the best :) by the way if ur havin 1 of ur youtube nightz then please check out Oasis animated interview! Just type that in and have a giggle ha :) xx
Its a good one! My girlfriends dad reckons frankie miller is the best singer ever. He keeps meaning to bring me up records of his. What was the velvet underground song you said you recorded on garageband ages ago and some dj played it?
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