Delicate Hammers
Delicate Hammers
Genres: lysergic cabaret
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About Delicate Hammers
Anarchic four-piece based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, the south Manchester home of DangerMouse. The group was formed in its v1.1 format in May 2004 with a performance at Group Hug at the (now hapily defunct) Soundgarden bar on Blackfriars St, comprising of Anglesey brothers MC Coc Oen and Loopol The Goatboy together with Englishman Ringo, Lord Stuchbury. 2.0 was then formed in Feb 2005 with the addition of Little Dan on drums and Master Egg, brother of Stuchbury. The group quickly updated to v2.1 with the removal of Little Dan to the Leicestershire hinterland and his replacement with a variety of Discmans, laptops and MP3 players. The band regularly swap instruments, including kazoo, harmonica, hoover tube, cheap second-hand keyboards and electronics, as well as the normal bass and guitars. Influences are myriad, and the band takes on a great confusion of styles - including heavily Welsh accented "half-hop", leaden-footed funk, retarded anti-folk, lysergic cabaret, blue-eyed dub and solipsistic blues. Revered musical forebears include: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Queen, Beck, Super Furry Animals, Doseone, Public Enemy, The Fall, True Swamp Neglect, Edward Barton, Happy Mondays, Datblygu, Tom Waits, Sparks, Cassetteboy, Beach Boys and 10cc. They operate today under two mottos - "Four heads, two wombs, one Hammers" and "You can break an omelette without making eggs" - and can be found playing at various gigs for very little money around Manchester, London and the south coast. More details at their MySpace - www.myspace.com/delicatehammers, or their website - www.grouphug.org/news.
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