Now Wave: "If the Zatopeks were a beer, I'd buy a whole case and drink a bottle every night." (Lord Rutledge)
Punktastic.com:
"With ‘Damn Fool Music’ the Zatopeks have crafted their best and most balanced piece of work to date. It manages to be passionate, uplifting, inspiring and a hundred other things all at the same time. It will make you smile, dance and generally jump around like a crazy person. This is without doubt one of the best releases by a UK band this year." 4/5 (Mark)
Kerrang!: "Every now and then a band comes along and gets all their reference points so thoroughly bang on, it feels less like rehashing what's gone before and more like continuing a great tradition. [...] If there's any justice, Zatopeks will take their place among the greats that paved the way for them." 4/5 (Emma Johnston)
Rocksound: "It may take them a while to get to band practice, but it sure don't take 'em long to get to the point. [...] For a healthy dose of highly infectious pop punk gems bolted onto a sneering rock'n'roll animal, you've come to the right place" 8/10 (Oli Robertson)
Punktastic.com: "Aint nobody left but us is quite simply one of the best albums Ive heard by a UK band this year. The Zatopeks give you an album stuffed full of punk, pop, rock and roll, humour, nostalgia and great songs. What more could you ask for? I urge you to check these guys out as they just might be your new favourite band." 4/5 (Mark)
Zatopeks are a pop-punk/rock'n'roll band from the UK who formed in 2001. It was originally just Will, Sebby and Pete, all members of the six-piece punk band 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, but pretty soon we added Sammie the Giant on bass, and then in 2003 Spider joined on second guitar.
There have been releases on Household Name Records (UK), Whoa Oh Records (USA), All-Nite Records (UK), Stardumb Records (NL) and It's Alive Records (USA). There has been one split CD, four 7" EPs and two full length albums.
We toured Europe four times and the USA once, playing in the UK, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Austria, and have played many other European shows since then, particularly in Holland.
Over the last few years, the Zatopeks have played shows with the Queers, Groovie Ghoulies, the Parasites, the Loved Ones, The Ergs, The Copyrights, The Guts, Tuuli, The Kids, Turbo ACs, The Apers, Backwood Creatures, the Sonic Dolls, the Peawees, the Kidnappers, the Red Dons, Sloppy Seconds, Sweet Baby, The Crumbs, Weston, The Steinways, The Beatnik Termites, Dr Frank, the Real McKenzies, the Foamers and Roger Miret and The Disasters.
Hey Zatopeks, I love this Now Wave review of Lord Rutledge. He should have been at your show in Thalmassing! We did some great Kepi Ghoulie shows a few weeks ago. You met these guys at the Wild At Heart, did you? Awesome! I try to put up a show for you guys on 20th November. Hope it will work out and we will meet again, soon!
Hey!! Nel nostro space potete ascoltare 2 nuove tracce direttamente dal nostro nuovo disco "La fabbrica dei Mostri", che uscirà nei negozi, su Interpunk e I-tunes il 6 novembre!! Venite a dare un occhio, anzi...un'orecchia!!! Vi Ricordiamo anche che è gia pubblicata la prima parte del Nostro Nuovo Tour Live, controllate se saremo anche nella vostra città; le date sono sempre in continuo aggiornamento!!
...saluti in tre accordi, DURACEL
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On our space you can check 2 new songs from "La Fabbrica dei Mostri", our new album out on Nov 6th on IndieBox Music @ 360°, and you can also check some new cool official pics!!
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The award winning album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
The first release in the split 7" series is out now...
The Scare / OK Pilot split on purple vinyl with screen-printed covers! 6 tracks!
Six split 7"s will be released in the series - next up is a split between HOW DARE YOU & JUST PANIC, closely followed by THE TENEMENT KIDS & THE GREAT ST. LOUIS... Also in the series - BANGERS, CALVINBALL and (hopefully) CHILLERTON and RED CITY RADIO