JUSTIN CASELTON & JOHN HUTCHINSON
around Kelvingrove Park with half-eaten swans hanging out of
his mouth. Two philanthropic local gentlemen (Rudi Zygadlo
and Andrew Pattie) had heard the legend of the beast and
decided to take him in. Joe, however, had soon corrupted them
with his tales of pop aspirations, and a band was born; however,
the original sound Joe had dreamed of had become soiled and
sinister. After that, it was as simple as placing an advert on
a blimp above The Halt Bar which read: ‘Wanted: The Best
Drummer in All the Land’ for Craig O’Brien to join the team;
thus, The Velcro Quartet was born.”
Laura-Jayne Hunter
One may be forgiven for wondering what inspired the group’s
particular brand of pop mayhem. However when mused
upon logically, the answer is perfectly simple: “Italo-disco and
unsettling smiles”. Over the foreseeable future the group plan
to release their first single, tour England and between all of
that, continue to play here in Scotland so they can enlist more
fans and of course “advocate the qualities of sleeping in skips”.
PUNCH AND THE APOSTLES
Glasgow band Punch and the Apostles are a veritable menagerie
of musicians and instruments. As well as the usual suspects
there is a violinist, accordion player, and a brass section, who
all contribute to the blend of flamenco, jazz, and ska, (among
others) that makes up the bands music.
The origins of punch is just about as epic as there music: “In
2005, Nape-of-the-Neck, Ginger St. Vitus Dance and Dougter-
who met in the infirmary of a fish-packing factory in which they
all worked. Having, by chance, simultaneously fallen victim to The Black Alley Screens
the bane of the fish-packers existence, carpel-tunnel syndrome .
they struck up conversation.” Indeed.
Through this conversation the three ‘soon to be apostles’
unearthed a shared love of “obscure avant-garde Argentinean
accordion music”. The next step for the trio was to travel to
a “renowned apothecary” specialising in their affliction. After
some “alto sax noodling”, the trio had an epiphany that would
become Punch and the Apostles and convinced Mr Nelson,
the sax noodling potion master to join them. From there the
rest was simple. The next recruit was an ice cream vendor
named Squeezy, a quick-witted accordion player who worked
in a music hall next door to the packaging plant. After some
persuasion Spanner rose from his toolbox to join the motley
crew, and before long the apostles found their final member,
Chazzmatazz.
“He was sipping single malt and thought, through a protein-
induced aneurysm ‘why the hell not?’ Thus the seed that was Punch and the Apostles
planted in the sick bay of a fish disembowelling plant grew into
the Venus fly trap that is Punch and the Apostles. It is unclear
Every artist featured can be found on
what they intend to do over the next few months, but with any myspace.com where further
luck they’ll be gigging their trousers off!
information can be obtained.
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