Strawberry Blondes
Keeping it strictly roots, punk rock mob kings, Strawberry Blondes like their
rock n roll super charged. Their songs are short, sharp, shocks of highly
melodic punk rock bile, based on the rudiments thrown down by the classic
first Clash album, or against the grain conviction of the early Manics or
the zeitgeist defining lyrical smarts of their beloved Rancid and Goldblade.
This is sheer pop perfection. The heartfelt vocals, the amphetamine rush of
guitars, struck with a passion and fired with the burning frustration of living
on the wrong side of nu millennium boom time Britain. Turning their cynicism
and world-weariness into highly charged angry pop is what the Strawberry Blondes
excel at.
Strawberry Blondes are the new face of punk rock in the U.K and have recently
won over a ton of new friends gigging with the likes of Rancid, The Unseen
and The Aggrolites – they even got the legendary Don Letts to remix
one of their songs. An integral player in the original British punk scene,
Letts introduced reggae to punk audiences as DJ at the Roxy club, managed
the Slits, and documented the scene in his first film, The Punk Rock Movie.
He went on to play music with former Clash member Mick Jones in Big Audio
Dynamite, direct music videos for everyone from Jimmy Cliff to The Clash to
S'Express, and make documentaries on Bob Marley (Legend), Lee "Scratch"
Perry (Return of the Super Ape), and the Clash (Westway to the World), for
which he won a Grammy.
2007 has seen an explosion in the profile of Strawberry Blondes, with Sex
Pistols legend Steve Jones playing their “Kingmob” track on his
daily show “Jonesy’s Jukebox” on Los Angeles number one
alternative radio station Indie 103.1fm. Mike Davies has also championed the
Blondes on his BBC Radio 1 Punk Show, with almost weekly radio play of “Kingmob”
and has tipped them for big things in 2007.
In January 2007, Strawberry Blondes signed to U.K. punk label Deck Cheese
and recorded a blistering live session for Mike Davies Radio 1 Punk Show at
the BBC Maida Vale studios. With sterling anthems like “Rise Up”
and “Kingmob” (featuring Goldblade’s John Robb) on their
hotly anticipated soon – to – be – released debut album
“Rise Up” the time is right for their inspirational punk rock
rush.
More Authentic than a fistful of incendiary rock n roll albums, the Strawberry
Blondes will not go down without a fight. Few bands in Britain have their
melodic power, their insane conviction and their confrontational guitar slashing
passion. Strawberry Blondes reinvent the past and spit it into the future.
Wake up non-believers.
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Infos:
Homepage/ Soundfiles: Strawberry
Blondes on MySpace
Label: Deck Cheese
Booking: Mainland Europe
