Here’s our third album, ‘Last Chance Bordello’ (F&J Records SHaG035)
We’ve a launch gig at King Tuts in Glasgow on November 29th, and the
album will be available from December 7th on CD and for digital download
via iTunes etc.
Lovely lovely 12" vinyl LPs will be available in the New Year through
our German pals, RatRaceRecords
However you get to hear it, we hope you enjoy it...
cheers
The Amphetameanies
Look here for
pix from the album photo session
Watch here for
some videos of tracks off the album
Click here to
buy the CD! (amazon)
BIOGRAPHY
The Amphetameanies played their first gig together in 1997, an unlikely
alliance of Glaswegian scooter boys, punker girls and indie kids, united
by a common love of 2Tone and a desire to make people dance.
On that first night, a pub pipedream became runaway reality, and by 1999,
the ‘Meanies were opening the main stage of T in the Park with a
set of their own songs, while no less than Joe Strummer stood in the wings
cheering them on.
Their chaotically tuneful live shows have since been seen far and wide,
as they’ve toured across the UK and all over Europe, played more
festivals than they can remember, and supported everyone from The Skatalites
to Rancid, Toots and the Maytals to Franz Ferdinand. No-one’s backstage
booze has been safe...
Alongside all that live knees-up, The ‘Meanies have worked hard to
record and release their own songs, throwing everything they’ve got
at adding to the world’s ska playlist.
To date, there’s been eight singles on 7" vinyl and two long-players
on CD and vinyl. Their first, ‘Right Line in Nylons’, was a
fast and furious collision of ska beats, wonky melodies and colourful language,
earning plays on Radio One and rave reviews in likes of Kerrang and Scootering
Magazine.
Their second LP, ‘Now! That’s What I Call...The Amphetameanies’,
saw the songwriting go up a notch, as their punky scratch was tempered
with pop sensibility and playful lyricism, although still peppered with
gratuitous swearing.
BBC DJs Mark Lamarr, Phil Jupitus and Vic Galloway
seized on the album’s single releases, and rash reviewers dared to
draw comparisons with Blondie, Dexys... and Madness.
Autumn 2014, The ‘Meanies’ album number three – ‘Last
Chance Bordello’ – is in the can for December release, and
there are gigs booked far and wide.
Most importantly, after 18 years, a thousand sweaty nights and a million
drinks, the various boys and girls who have been, are, and will forever
be The Amphetameanies, are all still friends.
UPCOMING GIGS
*Saturday November 29th*
Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
headline show
tickets
ALREADY
AVAILABLE ON I-TUNES. MEANIES LONG PLAYERS 'RIGHT LINE IN NYLONS' + 'NOW...THAT'S
WHAT I CALL...THE AMPHETAMEANIES'