NAME: The Display Team
GENRE: Pronk (Progressive Punk)
SOUNDS LIKE: Incredibly dexterous apes let loose among a studio.
LOCATION: South East London
LINE UP: Iain MacFrenzy: guitar, vocals / Jimb: guitar, vocals / Mickey Bones: trombone, vocals / T-Cass: trumpet, vocals / Chuckles The Clown: drums, vocals / Ozrick Testicles: bass guitar, vocals.
WHAT’S THE STORY?: Forming as Mumrah in 2000, The Display Team have honed their strange and original sound into the surreal pronk they play today. They changed their name to The Display Team in 2006. The six piece have toured extensively, reaching as far as the Czech Republic. For some reason BBC 6 Music have even subjected their unsuspecting listeners to a dose of The Display Team.
RELEASES: Huzzah! (Double EP as Mumrah), Worry Sponge (Single), Drones (Album), Available Soon…
GIGS: Having shared a stage with 05/06/2009 @ 93 Feet East, Camden / 18/06/2009 @ The Fox, London / 18/07/2009 @ Mighty Sounds Festival, Olší u Opařan, CZ
THEY SAY: “Have you ever been beaten round the face by a choirboy? Or felt up by a clown? Have you ever had your feet tickled by Satan? No? Can you imagine what it might SOUND LIKE? No need! Here’s The Display Team, London’s premier exponents of music that does all of the above and a bunch of stuff you’d never have thought of.”
WE SAY: If The Display Team are this good, then maybe getting felt up by a clown isn’t as bad as it first sounds. After listening to music like this, you could find yourself waiting with anticipation for the next time the circus comes to town.
YOU’LL LIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE: Spinning around until you puke because you like the warmth of digested food against your chest.
LINKS: The Display Team’s Myspace and The Display Team’s Website
Lots of gigs coming up for us Londoners and a new album coming out in December (which can be pre-ordered from http://www.genin.co.uk). Exciting times for an amazing band who deserve so much success.
Gigs:
02 Dec 2009 – The Bull and Gate, Kentish Town, with: Funny Face, My Revival. 389 Kentish Town Rd, London, NW5 2TJ
04 Dec 2009 – The Bird’s Nest, Deptford, with: Hot Head Show, Lack of Funds. 32 Deptford Church St, London, SE8 4RZ.FREE ENTRY
10 Dec 2009 – Genin Lives! @ 333, Old Street. London EC1V 9LE
12 Dec 2009 – The New Cross Inn, New Cross, with: The Autonomads, Emergency Bitter and The Multi Coloured Pop Shop. 323 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AS
8 Jan 2010 – The Amersham Arms, New Cross. 388 New Cross Rd, London, SE14 6TY