LEEDS: The Brudenell Social Club

Wednesday 6th April, 2011

7:30pm

Event information

http://www.crippledblackpheonix.com

http://www.myspace.com/crippledblackphoenix

A supergroup... A collective.... What are they????
The only thing they are is a complete mystery!

BIO (taken from myspace.com/crippledblackphoenix)
FACED WITH COMPLETE FAILURE, UTTER DEFIANCE IS THE ONLY RESPONSE

Crippled Black Phoenix do NOT have any current members of Mogwai, Electric Wizard, Gonga, Portishead, Pantheist etc etc... CBP are not a "Bristol band" or a "collective"/"project". Our past bands have no importance to CBP and our location has no relevance. CBP are not an exercise in name-dropping.

Crippled Black Phoenix have, in their relatively short life, generated many rumours and script, but whatever your take on it, Crippled Black Phoenix are happily oblivious to it all.

Top five (5) misconceptions about CBP

1. CBP are a Bristol band.
2. CBP are a Mogwai/Portishead side-project.
3. CBP are "post-rock"
4. CBP are a "collective"
5. CBP stands for "Crippled Bastard Phoenix" / "Crippled Back Penis" / "Canadian Border Patrol".
6. There are five (5) misconceptions about CBP

BIO (taken from crippledblackpheonix.com)
Born from a blizzard of horned cats, Crippled Black Phoenix bring you a twisted cinematic experience, handcrafted by a mercenary crew of musical outsiders, giving depth and gravity to regal songs about love, loss, tragedy and redemption. Their debut album, A Love Of Shared Disasters, will be released on April 2nd on Invada Records on cd and vinyl.

Back in 2004, the then Electric Wizard drummer Justin Greaves (also of Iron Monkey, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine) started recording songs and soundscapes he'd had in his head for several years using primitive recording techniques. Encouraged by good friend (and Mogwai bassist) Dominic Aitchison those ideas would become the bones of Crippled Black Phoenix. Other great compadres followed, Panthiest members Andy Semmens and Kostas Panagiotou, Nial McGaughey of 3D House of Beef and -(16)- amongst others and solo folk songwriter Joe Volk, who also fronts critically acclaimed heavy rock band Gonga, all stepped up to bring a variety of influences and skills to complete the line-up.

In 2006, during one of the hottest summers on record the band recorded their debut album in Bristol and signed to Invada Records (run by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow). During the recording process the old friends aligned and fully realized visions that had been pestering Greaves for the past few years.

The result is a collection of self penned endtime ballads, a dark hybrid that is the culmination of all the members’ eclectic influences. It is the first of a trilogy and deals with the timelessness of honesty and tragedies laid bare, featuring sordid tales from the pages of literary history combined with personal stories of contemporary loss and love.

Using a blend of modern amplified and Victorian era equipment, the band have produced a captivating, slow-burning sound that’s both archaic and modern at the same time.

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www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk

Venue information

LEEDS: The Brudenell Social Club

0	33 Queens Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS6 1NY
>	www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk
!	01132752411
`	Live music will generally begin around 30 minutes after doors open.