Crippled Black Phoenix do NOT have any current members of Mogwai, Electric Wizard, Gonga, Portishead, Pantheist etc etc... CBP are not a "Bristol band" or a "collective"/"project". Our past bands have no importance to CBP and our location has no relevance. CBP are not an exercise in name-dropping.Crippled Black Phoenix have, in their relatively short life, generated many rumours and script, but whatever your take on it, Crippled Black Phoenix are happily oblivious to it all.
Top five (5) misconceptions about CBP
1. CBP are a Bristol band.
2. CBP are a Mogwai/Portishead side-project.
3. CBP are "post-rock"
4. CBP are a "collective"
5. CBP stands for "Crippled Bastard Phoenix" / "Crippled Back Penis" / "Canadian Border Patrol".
6. There are five (5) misconceptions about CBP
CBP Activity, 2010 A.D.
“Lupus Pilum Mutat, Non Mentem” – The wolf may change its fur, but not its nature. This is the sentiment that runs throughout the new six (6) track album “I, Vigilante”. It encompasses words of warning and tales of trouble from times past up to the present, songs of standing your ground and stories from our history, for it is only through history we truly exist.
“I, Vigilante” is something of a catch-up point for CBP as even though the last mammoth albums were only released last year, the songs on “The Resurrectionists” and “Night Raider” are in fact older, dating back to 2007. So to save frustrations and to keep the gears oiled, CBP have recorded these new songs to release this spring. This is not the usual type of album in CBPs world, it performs a slightly different agenda, shorter and to-the-point, although the running time is still around the 45 minute mark. It makes more of a statement of where the band is when in the live arena, but this is not to say the next album will be the same, in fact there are plans for a more comprehensive full-length album to be completed by the end of the year. This new recording includes the songs “Troublemaker”, We Forgotten Who We Are”, “Fantastic Justice” and the massive tribute to WWII veterans of the Battle Of The Bulge “Bastogne Blues”. Also included is CBPs faithful tribute to the 1st Journey album (the FIRST one, i.e. before Steve Perry) in the form of the song “Of A Lifetime”.
This spring, 2010 A.D. will see CBP release this new collection of songs along with expansive touring plans, the first of which will be in April/May, starting with a few select UK & Ireland shows and then straight to mainland Europe, taking in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France. After which there are also plans for some interesting festival appearances and maybe another trip around Europe in late June. Keep on the lookout for dates added in the coming weeks.
Also, alongside all this activity, CBP have recorded the AC/DC song “Let Me Put My Love Into You” for the Classic Rock magazines “Back In Black” tribute CD to be featured on the May edition.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:37 (fifteen years ago)