'Chop, Chop: Bear Touch?'
'Chop, Chop: Bear Touch?'
Genres: Grunge, rock, alt rock, experimental, prog
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About 'Chop, Chop: Bear Touch?'
The garish seedlings of 'Chop, Chop: Bear Touch?' were planted in a chance meeting on a train station platform and soon blossomed into a hothouse combination of spectacles, games of pool, the growl of Pantera and the gladioli waving of The Smiths. They quickly translated and incorporated this bizarre mix into sharp, witty and observant songs about the drama of everyday man, set against a relentless barrage of crunching riffs. The reviews concluded it was a combination that worked, with highly respected journalist John Earls proclaiming their first ever demo track ‘The Dancefloor is a Scary Place ’ as having “one of the best solos you’ll ever hear on a demo” and ranking it with a fantastic four-out-of-five blocks rating. Additionally, NME gave Chop Chop the title of ‘demo of the week’, affectionately labeling them as "grotty snotty rockers" and the band subsequently went on to play an unsigned stage at GuilFest 2006 - as well as the staple venues of the London scene (Purple Turtle, Half Moon, Bull and Gate, Barfly, Dublin Castle, Water Rats and a headline show at Borderline ). Things for Chop Chop have since moved on considerably, as this year the band played Guilfest 2007 in the Rocksound Cave with established acts such as Reuben, Hell is for Heroes, Your Code Name: Is Milo, My Vitriol and Pull Tiger Tail. The band has now added dynamism and clarity to their at-times schizophrenic sound and people have found them very hard to pigeonhole indeed. A unique aspect to the band is their ability to understand, respect and absorb each other’s influences making every band member an essential component of each and every song and performance. More than anything, they have a strong determination to produce great music for the ears and feet of the freaks and the flirts, which is witty, charming, brutal and honest. At the rate things have been going for the Choppers, the future looks very yellow and red. With the introduction of a new drummer and bassist only happening in November 2007, Chop Chop are determined to get back to battering London as well as contributing to raising the profile of their burgeoning local scene, by putting on their own one day festivals at the Black Sheep Bar in Croydon. So far in 2008, Chop Chop have been nominated for an Indy Award and are lining up some high profile gigs, including one with Yeti, which features ex - Libertine John Hassell. Please contact us via email at daveabnormal@btinternet.com or at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2439831382
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