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Bastos
Bastos are a 4 piece Music post apocalyptic vegetarian punk band. Formed in 1990 at Writtle Agricultural collage.

Band members

 * Adrian Hawkins (Ade) - Lead vocals | Tambourine
 * Mike Smith (Mick) - Rhythm Guitar | Backing Vocals | Harmonica
 * Mathew Hewes (Captain Aubergine) - Base Guitar | Penny whistle
 * Stuart Whitmore (Guido) - Drums | Percussion | Dried gourds

History

 * Formed in 1990
 * Disbanded 1991
 * Reformed 2021 (original members)

Performances

 * Writtle Agricultural Bar - 1990 supporting The Mushrooms
 * Writtle Rock 1991 - Scheduled to play but never did due to Band fall out over the type of cheese on the rider

Discography
1990 Unrecorded Live performance Set


 * Captain Aubergine
 * Maximum Overdraft
 * Bastos
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2021 Currently working on new material and remastering historical material
4 track Ep - Dribbling


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Album - Storm Child


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 * epiphany

Influences
Napalm Death | Abba |

Story
Bastos got its name from a packet of Cigarettes (was it color, a harsh metaphor, the Words spoke of aggression, were they evil, they were guaranteed to give you a cough and even kill you).

An impromptus nonstop 7 day tour of Europe set the band on fire travelling from Essex UK stopping in Belgium Germany and Eventually Holland, Amsterdam and they were in heaven.

There love for Plants the planet and Music drove them to extreme forms of emotional expression.

At one point all 4 Band members fell in Love at the same time, the same moment even, It can only be described as a Love epiphany creating a maelstrom of philatelic swirling love Aura.

They didn't fall in love with each other they just fell in love with everything, the Sky, Flowers, Bee's, the girl on the other course, The drummer even fell in love with an old shoe he found by the side of the road, Captain almost married an Aubergine and Mick Went out on a date with a wild rabbit he met whilst weeding, they were together for months but the rabbit was sadly hit by a student on a poorly maintained Honda motorcycle'

People also seemed to fall in Love with the band too, mostly with Adrian the Lead singer who had Girls and boys dribbling all over his cowboy boots (Baffling) there were no limits to the love they felt.

5 Years after the band formed the Drummer had an emotional breakdown and it was thought he had internally combusted or simply walked into the Sea at Worthing W.Sussex, on a warm summers evening, rumor's circulated even photographs that he was lost or dead. He had simply Vanished or was dead.

Since the band disbanded the remaining band members got down to some serious love making and produced god knows how many off spring and as Mick said 'The Kids are the same age as the band members were when the band formed'.

The year of the global Pandemic 2021
The Drummer simply walked out of the sea appeared in a puff of smoke and demanded the band form again

Reformed | Reloaded | Reimagined | Remastered | Re-visualized | Refreshed | Recycled | Reborn | Re-hoovered | Reupholstered | Refueled |

Virtual Tour dates 2022

 * Brazil | Bastos
 * Australia | Queensland

Merchandise

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Sponsors

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Links |


 * You tube | Bastos
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 * Twitter |
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