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THE SAS TOUR
Mispelt 2.0 had traffic problems and came flustered and hassled but eventually calmed down and got up and produced an absolute fuckin' corker. For those of you who keep up with all things fungal you will probably know that this lot got performance of the year last year by yours truly and on this evidence they are in the hunt again. A good band indeedy but since that elfin creature Gen jumped on board things have just got better and better. Nerves were her biggest bugbear early on but gradually she is overcoming these naughty niggles and imposing herself oh so gently into the driving seat. A voice of a roaring banshee this bitch from hell can bellow with the best of em' and I mean all that in the nicest possible way. It is quite helpful for her to have 3 darn good musicians behind her and a catalogue of classic tunes at her disposal so who is the lucky one then? Overall this was superb stuff and to pick out one song is bloody hard. Eeny, meeny miny mo - er 'Petrolbomb' because it quite simply ROCKS! OMD THE SAS TOUR
It seemed as though it had been a long time since I last did a gig in Bradford and so when the chance came to put a gig on at this new venue (to me anyway) I took it with both hands grasping. Bradford is always a struggle but I have a soft spot for the area and have met some cracking people over there and believe there is a scene to be revitalised. News of Rancid playing just down the road did nothing for my confidence but hey that's how the scene goes and the obsession with names and the US exports is beyond my control. The SAS fungalisation continues and what will be will be. Myself, good lady and young lass (all now Bradford connoisseurs) found the gaff after only a couple of wrong turnings which in itself is some kind of record for the mazy town. The Exchange used to cause us no end of logistical problems and the Gasworks wasn't much better. Both great venues but tucked away in the elusive crotch of the northern town.... ...Next up Mispelt 2.0 and after their recent quality outing in the murky depths of Manchester, which gained some unwarranted criticism from self- appointed musical maestros in the supposedly music capital of the north (feel free to laugh out loud) this lot had nothing whatsoever to prove to me as I think they are one of the best bands on the circuit. I came, I expected and...fuckin' hell I was well and truly blown away! This was a total orgasmic delight and one which I really needed as punk lately has left a lot to be Dunk on bass was his charming self and really works well alongside that elfin mistress, Gen, who has the voice of a banshee and the delightful look of a kid in a sweet shop. The drums are always quality and come via a rockin' guy called Kev who is as good a company as you good wish for as is Steve the much under-rated guitarist who oozes talent and has a crackin' attitude and temperament. Good company, good tunes and good for the scene and this was my annual highlight by far and each and every song was a veritable classic.
My young daughter Katie has been a fan of Mispelt 2.0 for a few years now and this was her initial viewing so I was really hoping the band could give her what she expected (high standards you see in the fungal household). Well looking at her face and listening to her after they did just that and a
Point again must be made to the crowd who gave quite excellent appreciation to every song from every band and this is what can turn a night into a real winner. Bradford be proud and thank you to everyone for attending this. Cheers to the band for giving myself and family some stunning entertainment and cheers to the gaff for giving me the chance. Hopefully more of the same again please with a bigger crowd and a bigger noise. Hey and cheers to the soundguy for hanging on in there - many appreciations and of course to punk underground peddlar Leon aka Punkined for his help with promotion and his valuable support.
review by OMD (9 November 2008)
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DEMO TIME We're just going to tell you about the very very best once a week, no more time for the average, only the most exciting - we're very very selective, when we tell you it's good then it really is goooooooood...
MISPELT (TWOPOINTZERO) – Junkfood Generation – No messing straight in there tuneful shouty fem-gob street punk goodness from the midlands of England. Stiff Little Fingers, Ramones, Motorhead, Vice Squad, Girlschool - fast gobby tuneful girl-fronted punk pop and junkfood delivered with suss and attitude. Shout-a-long chorus and a take no shit kind of hit and run defiance Four songs, four fast ram raids, all good!
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Mispelt appear in internationally distributed "Band Name Book" Hello Mispelt, I bought your Drive It Like You Stole It CD recently and really like it. I’d like to feature your band and the artwork from that CD cover in The Band Name Book, which I’m in the final stages of writing for Firefly Books. Thousands of bands are mentioned in this book, from 1960 to 2008, and from over 30 countries, but I single out one indie band per page and write a few extra lines about them (the band’s location and a quick note on the origin or meaning of their name, or an interesting bit of trivia or cool CD title, whatever makes the best reading). I also include a full-color image of a CD cover or poster art with the band’s name on it. I would formally credit the artist(s) responsible for the image, as well as note your copyright as Some 200 bands have contributed CD covers or other artwork for the book. I hope I can count you in. I’ve posted the current book cover and some page-spread mock-ups in the Pics area on my band’s myspace site along with some sample scans submitted by other bands. All the best, Noel Hudson Boston Mills Press Editorial Reviews A big, open-it-anywhere book created for music fans and pop-culture followers of all ages, The Band Name Book explains how (or where) the best-named bands in history got their names. Those names are profound, clever, silly, provocative or downright obscure. This entertaining book is full of information and trivia about bands from the dawn of rock 'n' roll right up to today's Internet-based independents. The Beatles are here, as well as Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and the Goo Goo Dolls. But the best fun is found with rock history's lesser-known groups, in Web-savvy contemporary bands, and with true originals. Among their names: Atomic Rooster Arctic Monkeys The Lemonheads The Formaldebrides The Soup Dragons Pavlov's Woody Arcade Fire Big Al and the Kaholics Hectic Watermelon Smorgasborgnine. The Band Name Book includes entries on thousands of bands from more than 30 countries, divided into dozens of entertaining and irreverent categories with special notes on name origins, genres and best album titles. There are profiles of notable bands. And there's even a list of "Names Still Available" for each category. ____________________________________________________________________
Front cover and full interview centre pages NEW POLLUTION FANZINE August 2008 Issue
We are also featured on the comp CD that comes with this issue!
____________________________________________________ PUNKY! RADIO 30th July 2008 We’re playing “petrol bomb” on this week’s Punky! Radio. Please bulletin your friends/email your fans/post on your website/phone your gran/go tell it on the mountain/kick a tramp/do anything you can to let as many people as possible know that you’re on the show this week and it can be downloaded at punkyradio. com
There is also a 3 minute preview of the show on www. myspace. com/punkyradio. Cheers and thanks! Paulybx PS. Could you ask your fans/friends to vote for the show here: http://www. podcastalley. com/one_vote2. php?pod_id=7539 And vote yourselves - the more votes, the more listeners! PUNKY! - 30-07-2008 The Chilean Merlot is flowing and Pauls head seems attracted to the mike, luckily we still get around to playing you some great songs from Argy Bargy, The Bleach Boys, Little Bastard, Mispelt 2.0 and The Ponsonby DCs. Word of the week, a sly edit, Tony has a quote for Argy Bargys next album, we have your Facebook/PodcastAlley comments, Twat controversy, we hear from Pyrgie, Paulyb and Andy Crane, The Bleach Boys news, Pauls anniversary ideas, Pauls Random Facebook Adventures, Tonys 2nd gag this year, Pauls worrying 2nd life admission, Tron, "Izzatwat" isn't as controversial as the person sending it, Ad Break: Don't forget to visit GoDaddy.com for all your internet needs and quote code punky1 (or punky2 if you are in the UK) for your discount, Ian from Minnesota, reaching for the Rabbit, iTunes, Pauls review of The Sinful Dwarf, Total Talk Nonsense, Tony's mutton chops, it's Pauls gigs this week and there will be some exclusive news in the live show and Pauls proves that women are lovely. Song 1: Argy Bargy - Lights Over London Song 2: The Bleach Boys - Git Song 3: Little Bastard - Kaffeekränzchen Song 4: Mispelt 2.0 - Petrol Bomb Song 5: Raised Under Reagan - Igor's Dilemma, Song 6: The Ponsonby DCs - Girls ____________________________________________________
Review Junkfood Generation Fungal Punk From the opening slash of confident guitar to the final burst of this CD you don't getting nothing less than 100% choice punk rock. This 4 track piece from a recently renamed and rejuvenated band is a prime example of how an outfit should never be afraid to shuffle the pack and try to deal out a new winning hand. In this game of punk rock poker The Mispelt are now Mispelt 2.0 and have equipped themselves with a female vocalist flushed with ensnaring inflection and competent experience. The mix is magnificent and the outcome of a 4 ace run is just reward indeed. 'Junkfood Generation' is a tremendous opening track and reborn from its prior life in which it masqueraded under the name 'Better Off Dead' for me this revamped version improves on what was a great song and results in a veritable classic. It's one of those moments that galls me to the very epicentre of my punk rock soul as this could end up one of those songs that could be another on the list of overlooked belters. I fuckin' hope not and highly recommend this gargantuan punk rock moment to all and sundry who consider themselves ingrained with the spirit. From the commencing bars the trip is of excellent composition and each and every note contributes to a highly organised song throbbing with style and talented application. The entwining of the female and male vocals is of such stature you feel that the pursuing tracks will be of the same standard and guess what, they are! Smooth bass opens 'Friends Like You' and is accompianed by true guitar, a hefty drum beat and the expected she-gob snarl. Again you have 4 components complimenting each other as well as generating enough opposition to create a cock-solid sound of the highest order. This is a band on productive overdrive at the moment and it is more than apparent we are dealing with more than adequate players to say the least. The high fuelled urgency of 'Foxtrot Oscar' is well timed and the duelling double sexed vocals triumph in this amphetamine rush that ends with a burst of climactic rage and leaves a very sweet taste indeed. 'Petrol Bomb 2008' closes this 4 tracker (which is nowhere near enough for me - aaaggghhhh) and is once again a fuckin' treat. The chorus is an absolute peach and finishes off a winning track in utterly fantastic style. A few tangents are thrown in and all succeed rather than confuse and again reflects genuine ability. A real class band here and one which has graced the SAS Tour and hopefully will do so on many more occasions. The argument I promote about people listening to the same old shit is refuelled here as with bands like this around there is no reason to be stuck in the past. Over and over again as a reviewer I am uncovering proper punk rock played with passion and convincing expertise and here we have one of the best examples of this. If you can't be arsed to buy this CD after reading this then please feel free to blow your brains out and slump on your sofa of apathy because I really don't know how I can help you Fungalpunk OMD July 2008
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PUNKY! RADIO - 23-06-2008 Armed only with our wits and Cake we come forth again to do battle by bringing you some great music from The Flying Donuts, The Joystix, Mispelt 2.0, Death Zone, Gonzo and Plastron. Bargain cake, Paul is quite european, Paul's on his way to Spain, planes with propellers, we have your Myspace/PodcastAlley comments, this is show 150, Amber, Paul is still Laptop Killer, Pauls Random Facebook Adventures, "Izzatwat" - you big emo bear, Ad Break: Don't forget to visit GoDaddy.com for all your internet and web hosting needs and quote code punky1 (or punky2 if you live in the UK) for your discount, phrase of the week from the side of a dirty mountain, where are Death Zone from?, Home Bargains, those crazy Hungarians, the European Championships, our quick movie reviews and Tonys fear of flying - will it ever end? Song 1: The Flying Donuts - Make Loud Records Song 2: The Joystix - New Generation Song 3: Mispelt 2.0 - Foxtrot Oscar Song 4: Death Zone - Day To Day Song 5: Gonzo - Underground Song 6: Plastron - El Gato
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SAS (SLIT AND SAWDUST) Halifax 7 bander 26/04/08 So to the headline act - The Mispelt 2.0 and lucky me was having the good fortune to be the promoter to give them their first gig in this new and exciting format. A sneak preview at a recent SAS whet my appetite just nicely and gave promise to a revitalised band ready to be reckoned with. Boy how right my instincts were! This was a perfect headliner and the band were really functioning as a quality unit despite this being an embryonic outing. Quality bass lines were escorted with some superb melodic guitar work and a waterfall of rat-a-tat drum work. A talented trio and now with the supremely excellent frontlady this is one of the best bands so far this year that I have had the pleasure of viewing. Despite the emphasis on melody there is a superfluity of attitude here and each song is an individual pleasure. Tonight I was almost knocked of my feet by the metamorphical result of that classic ditty 'Drive It Like You Stole It' - wow! Also a song called 'Superhero' stood out from an array of high class offerings and really did make my night. Overall a positively excellent evening with again an overspill of talent on show at a free SAS gig. Many a statement is said by the underdog and duly ignored by the critical masses of the punk scene but on evidence like this one must ask how much longer can these bands be ignored. by Fungalpunk/OMD
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SAS (spit and sawdust) Thatched House Stockport 12/04/08 "A band I was really anticipating tonight were The Mispelt and they didn’t disappoint. Very tight and with oodles of melody this quality unit breezed through their set with professional ease and ‘Drive It Like You Stole It’ was just fuckin’ awesome. It’s all change in the Mispelt camp with a line-up and name change imminent [MISPELT 2.0]. A sneak preview was given tonight when the frontlady let rip on a couple of songs and ‘WOW’ what a difference it made. Already impressed I had no idea where further improvements could be made but this bold risk I feel will pay massive rewards and the future is looking mighty rosy for this band. I have them on again in two weeks at Halifax [26/04/08] and am looking forward to it no end where I hope the frontgirl does the whole show. A quality band soaked in experience and a must see." Fungalpunk OMD 17 April 2008
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desired with it's oh so cosy self-embracing, unconcinving attitude. My oh my this is what it's all about and all four players here worked as a team and gained victory as a team in what was an inpeccable set.
whole lot more. 'Superhero', 'Foxtrot Oscar', Petrol Bomb 2008', 'Dead Man Walking', 'Trisha', 'Drive It Like You Stole It' and the remarkable 'Junkfood Generation' - wow - amazing! Afterwards I had to personally thank all members for one helluva memorable set and for getting this fungal fuckers head out of the doldrums as regards the scene. This is why I am a punk - nothing more and nothing less - just a guy who loves it 100% and my true thanks go to Mispelt 2.0 for helping remind me of that - Cheers and beers as they say.
Issue 278> OCT 16th '08
specified on your CD. It's free promo in an internationally distributed book: the book gets cool art; the contributing bands get a feature spot.
New Pollution
28/04/08
