a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

libertines appear half a dozen times itt, so yes, not many

(iirc their biggest booster on the borads was calum, of blessed horribly sexist memory)

Guff like "Social Room have the potential to be very influential.. " reminds me of the Pet Shop Boys' bafflement at Bros saying they were "all about longevity" in the 80s.

there is more than this way to performing working classness please god

That video for the Sixties Girl song is something else. Why are they all dressed up as bees?

Brentford fans.

https://barrowlandbands.wordpress.com/the-banter-thiefs/

This week we caught up with Motherwell’s finest 4-piece, The Banter Thiefs

lol image link is broken already

nm have this one instead:

https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article2491251.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/stuart-mccall-with-the-banter-thiefs-697821452.jpg

i predict a brief bit of shoving

The guy in the middle isn't in the band btw.

... he also isn't in Motherwell FC anymore.

"banter thiefs" has to be the most woebegone attempt at self-naming -- and indeed swagger -- itt

(poll opportunity i suppose)

they're practically a Limmy creation

the young Stuart McCall appears to have teleported into their photo-shoot.

I can't tell which thread is more quintessentially British between this one and 'Real England' on ILE.

re: Soldier On video -- I guess the Blind Melon video "bee girl" wasn't as iconic in the UK?

the what now?

haha as i thought
their bee costume bit reminded me of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58

Tbh I have heard of Blind Melon but never knowingly heard them. Some kind of Spin Doctors-y sub jam band?

Lol sub-jamband not Sub Jam band

Stop it right there mister. Blind Melon were actually a pretty decent band tbf

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We Are Parkas, in blunt terms, are the passion and power you've been missing from modern day indie music.

Taking an arena sized sound into a venue with four walls and a ceiling would seem quite challenging most bands, but no such challenge stands before We Are Parkas. Having formed just two and a half years ago, the band have already established themselves as Bath’s most exciting prospect in indie rock.

They take inspiration from the greats. Namely the Arctic Monkeys, The Jam, The Strokes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and others of a similar vein. With towering riffs, soaring melodies, and palpable charisma their live show is a refreshing injection of pure energy and passion. It must be seen to be believed.

Their debut EP titled ’We Are The Gods’, was released on all major platforms on March 23rd, and the subsequent tour which spanned 16 dates across the country was as raucous and successful as the EP has proven to be. The band are already in the process of recording new material, with a new single rumoured to be released by December.

‘We•Are•Parkas are one of Bath / Bath Spa University's most promising bands. Convicting, intense and uptight indie delivered with a Gallagher swagger and lashings of rock and roll like it should be.’ - Reuben Myles, RMT Productions."

‘’Think mid 00’s indie-golden era. There is a definite influence from likes of The Fratellis and Razorlight in these tunes, with the title track ‘We Are Gods’ sounding very Two Door Cinema Club to me at the start. However don’t let that take away from the exceptional songwriting in this record, with the lead singer’s outstanding voice making it all sound completely original.’’ - Sean Wise, Spice UK

'guitar rifts that bring things back to basics, building to a powerful chorus that you can easily imagine being belted out at the biggest festivals'

why has that bloke by the car brought his son along with him?

the band have already established themselves as Bath’s most exciting prospect in indie rock.

High praise indeed.

If only they could agree on what their name is.

that photo might not necessarily belong w/ that biog tbf

I love how every one of these several thousand identical press blurbs says "we're bringing back something that's missing"

isn't that the guy from the car hire advert? (the non-American one)

https://image.ibb.co/fCaZOH/parkas.jpg

the one behind him looks a little like Det Sgt Livingstone from the original Taggart.

The cunt with the hat just looks like a cunt with a hat

The Parkas are another professional wedding receptions/corporate gigs group playing that play britpop hits, definitely think this genus of swaggerband has an identifiable look.

have any actual britpop one-hit-wonders gone down the cover-band route?

Nowaysis

I try (try) not to be too judgemental since my tastes, appearance and behaviour aren't always exactly above reproach but jesus fucking christ the absolute state of all these fucks.

They take inspiration from the greats. Namely the Arctic Monkeys, The Jam, The Strokes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and others of a similar vein

If you asked me to name off the "greats" it might take me a couple of days before I got to any of these bands...also are there really bands in a similar vein as the Jam AND RHCP? If there are I do not want to hear them

"We are in the musical sweet spot right between "All Mod Cons" and "One Hot Minute""

aren't you in a band ultros?

Uh I've been in a few tiny local bands but nothing of even miniscule note. And certainly nothing like this!

time for you to don the trilby and make a blow for all the progge lads out there

How's your swagger?

Absolutely terrible. Does anyone have the number of a good swagcoach?

btw I have never raised a fist in anger but the closest I've ever come close to glassing someone is when I played one of those gigs where you just get three random unfitting bands thrown together on a wednesday night in Leicester or whatever. Making small talk beforehand with the guitarist from one of the other bands, who could have passed for most of these fuckers in the thread what kind of music he played, and he just leaned back on the bar and drawled "rock n roooooll, man." ffffff

coolstorybro etc

actually I'm quite interested to hear about your brushes with landfill

hopefully involving you playing some insane shit at the previously comfort-zoned audience

The most startled looks I ever got was with the proggy post-metal band I was in that tuned down to G, I don't think people were expecting something that heavy lol. Otherwise sorry to disappoint, most of my musical forays have been quite vanilla, occasionally I join a band because I feel like I ought to be doing something but I rarely find anyone with interesting taste. Increasingly resigned to the idea that if I want to get something out I need to do it myself and throw it up on bandcamp to be ignored.

Or I could become like a sleeper agent with one of these landfill bands, gradually twist them around to my way of thinking so we end up playing a mix of Gentle Giant and Liturgy with the swagger of Forgotten Spell.

Also when I was quite young I was kicked out of a metal band for playing too many notes, that's gotta get get me some progge points

Lol

a mix of Gentle Giant and Liturgy with the swagger of Forgotten Spell

I'll drum :D

"We are in the musical sweet spot right between "All Mod Cons" and "One Hot Minute""

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I'm imagining Flea slapping all over the Jam

Give Kiedis a bowl cut and a Fred Perry shirt...boom biggest band in the world.

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"I’ve always had a band or been a singer. It’s like a disease. It never leaves me."

the guy from the famous apostrophe free Mikes Carpets tv advert nails this whole phenomena.

“I started my career on the markets and in the early days, when I was out gigging, that supported my income. Nowadays I play abroad a lot, such as in Majorca from time to time.

“I do early rock ‘n’ roll – and a lot of Rod Stewart for obvious reasons!”

Anyone interested in him expanding on these "obvious reasons" should listen to him speak about his extraordinary life as a guest of Batley History group.

He has the swagger of Charlie Mullins. Possibly a thread there on business owners from around the UK still trying to look like Rod Stewart ca. 1975.

sounds like a plan!

it's like a disease:
http://i.imgur.com/Ta7nwns.jpg

(otoh john lennon mccullagh seems to have vanished from the haunts the men) (i feel a bit sorry for him: he was just a kid and mcgree ruined everything for him)

ladies and gentlemen

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