Armitage Shanks with The Charles Napiers

Armitage Shanks are a national treasure, with their intense delivery and vintage instruments being admired by the likes of Nirvana, Mudhoney, REM, White Stripes, and Blur. Armitage Shanks the legendary punk band, formed in Medway, Kent back in 1991. Armitage Shanks first single release featured Billy Childish on vocals, the bands biggest fan sometime guitarist and producer ever since. Armitage Shanks who through the years have included musicians from Thee Headcoats, The Cannibals, The Dentists, The Subway Sect, The Milkshakes, Ye Nuns, The Daggermen, CTMF, The Television Personalities, and The White Stripes in their ranks, with the current line-up being the longest lasting and greatest.

Early adopters of Extinction Rebellion , Armitage Shanks swapped their grammy award winning studio Toe Rag, for the magical ears of Jerry Desmonde and Jim Riley at Medway's Ranscombe Studios in order to save time and petrol. The fifty tracks recorded that day were then held back awaiting the fifth wave punk revival. But with Uncle John's running the world ,time is tight and the time is right . Six studio albums, Thirteen singles, a live LP from The Hope and Anchor and a best of album, there's no brakes on the Armitage Shanks battle bus.

Mondo Wray Really dirty lo-fi surf/exotica Instrumental Combo The Charles Napiers return to the stage!

Doesn't get much better than a Devoto Mancini Barry Wray Erickson cocktail. (Vic Flange)