Clash presents: THAT F*CKING TANK + guests

Event information

Leeds-based duo of maximum noise and minimal lyrics That F*cking Tank call into The Social for a set that's sure to test the PA to the limit.

The band - Andrew Derek Ross Abbott (Baritone guitar) and James Richard Islip (drums) have a phenomenal, ferocious reputation, and will play tracks from their recently released second album 'Tanknology' - get it via Gringo now.

They say: "That F*cking Tank is a band that operates on DIY principles; booking gigs, recording records and making music in a way that contributes towards the creation of alternative spaces to the boring mechanisms of 'industry', and challenging the assumption that 'good' music has to be made 'professionally' (i.e as a job)."

MySpace lists their influences as: "Swimming in rivers in Zurich, the M1, Death-Buzzards circling Spanish petrol stations, Basements and Bedrooms."

Clash says: "Come."

MySpace link: http://www.myspace.com/landsandbody

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Support comes from...

FAIR OHS... think clatter-punk world music, Paul Simon goes Wives, or, in their words: "no fib, we've gone all worldbeat afro-core baby". Pretty much WIN written all over that.
http://www.myspace.com/theemightypharoahs

BRONTIDE... head-bobbing, complex but accessible instrumental rock in the vein of Russian Circles going head to head with Battles. Drummer Will's been moonlighting in La Roux's band of late, but behind a proper kit he's a sight to behold, delivering taut rolls underpinning the band's ambitious fret work.
http://www.myspace.com/brontidetheband

DOWN I GO... simply the most enjoyably frenetic, fiery foursome you'll see this side of a Mike Patton-fronted supergroup screaming songs about famous disasters, dinosaurs, maniacal tyrants and killer robots. Jazz-tinged hardcore with plenty of humour, but as tight as a wasp's butthole. Pretty freakin' special.
http://www.myspace.com/downigo

DJ action from Andrew Hung of Fuck Buttons fame.
http://www.myspace.com/fuckbuttons

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Tickets £4.50 adv from the page you're looking at.

The Social is right in the centre of London, easily reachable from Oxford Circus (5 mins), Great Portland Street (10 mins) and Tottenham Court Road (10 mins) tube stations. http://www.thesocial.com/