With a long list of punk credentials to their credit founder members Gary Lammin, Martin Stacey and (newcomer to the band) Chris Musto are perhaps the best trio to create a blues punk concept album such as this. They do after all have super group written all over them. Continue reading
It is with pleasure that I again get the chance to see the Bermondsey Joyriders, London’s finest bluesy punk band, and with The Phobics once more in tow I was sure that this night could only be a winner Continue reading
The only thing worth celebrating this jubilee weekend is the release of The Bermondsey Joyriders long awaited second album Noise and Revolution. Continue reading
A band hewed from Punk’s 70s heritage, the band seems to capture the times were living in with the release of ‘Noise and Revolution’. Eleven tracks comprising punk, rockabilly, slide guitar and distorted chords interspersed with social commentaries and anecdotes from a narrator that could pass for Billy Gibbon and his Southern Drawl. Continue reading
On Thursday 24th June, the Black Flags Steve Kleenex and Nick Freedom attended the album launch of the Bermondsey Joyriders ‘Noise and Revolution’. The pair were lucky enough to have a brief chat with Gary Lammin backstage. Continue reading
There are times when a CD lands on your desk that you just feel the need to bump up the review queue (yes these do exist), the press releases, artwork or content can make them almost essential listening and you can’t help it. No harm to those ahead in the pile, but sometimes needs must. One such release is this one from punk luminaries The Bermondsey Joyriders. Continue reading
The Bermondsey Joyriders annonce the long awaited release of their album ‘NOISE and REVOLUTION’ by playing a special’No holds barred’ performance of the entire album LIVE at Madame jojos nightclub,Soho,London, on Thursday May 24th. + full supporting bill, promises to be possibly,The album launch of the year! + The Bermondsey Joyriders policy of ‘Doing it for the People’ Entrance price has been held to £5! ….two words…Be there! Continue reading
With the disintegration of our surroundings sound tracked through the likes of ‘Society Is Rapidly Changing’, ‘Right Now’ and ‘1977’ The Bermondsey Joyriders are a sonic whirlwind delivering these tracks in the live setting, even if their rough around the edges delivery might not be to everyone’s taste, my body is throwing all manner of shapes by the time we jump headlong into ‘Rock Star’ complete with it’s fantastic “champagne, cocaine, rock ‘n’ roll – it’s all the same” mantra just waiting to sell a million T-shirts worldwide. Continue reading
They opened with an instrumental of pulversing power trio blues stomp that belied the fact they were wearing Rupert trousers and sharp shirts and looked very dapper and menacing at the same time, damn that Bass sounded so dirty it was brilliant. Continue reading
With their second album ‘Noise And Revolution’, The Bermondsey Joyriders have hooked into the angst many are feeling right now and produced their own unique vision of the world today via eleven brand new studio tracks all recorded under the direction of Cure and Depeche Mode producer David M Allen. Continue reading
