User:Nightoftreason/Night of treason

Night Of Treason are a rock band based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. They have been described by Q magazine as “1979-style punks, scissor-kicks and all” [1], and their music combines New Wave, punk, ska, soul and reggae influences with lyrics heavily shaded with social observation. They have in the past been joined onstage by Mick Jones from The Clash, Billy Bragg, and The Alarm’s Mike Peters, and in October 2009 were invited to back a ‘supergroup’ featuring Bragg, Jones, The Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflet and Wayne Kramer of the MC5 at a Jail Guitar Doors awareness-raising gig at Camden Town’s Proud Galleries.

The group’s members are Pinky (vocs), Billy Bonk (guitar), Pat Gilbert (guitar/vocs), Lewie Lewis (bass) and Steve Kirk (drums). They formed in 2004 and have since played over 300 gigs in the UK and Europe, including two appearances at Glastonbury Festival and several fund-raisers for Strummerville, the charity set up by Joe Strummer’s family to help struggling young musicians.

Their debut album, Gentlemen & Hooligans, is being mixed in Glasgow by Jon Fratelli of The Fratellis and his engineer Stuart McCredie, and is set for release in summer 2011. It was recorded by former Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros/Robbie Williams drummer Smiley at Sunshine Studios, Fleet, Hants. Songs for inclusion on the album include The Ballad Of The Teddy Boy (From Ladbroke Grove), On Clockwork Orange Street, A Letter From The Front, The Young Conservatives and Skate City.

Background info:

Origin: Portsmouth, England Genres: Punk, New Wave Years: 2004- Label: Garcia

Members:

Pinky Billy Bonk Pat Gilbert Lewie Lewis Steve Kirk

Sources:

[1] Q Glastonbury Review 2008 magazine, EMAP Publishing 2008

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