Artist description Chang will either make your day or ruin a perfectly good evening. They're crushing, awesome and scary to behold and behind the scenes they're just a little bit unhinged. They are clinical without cleanliness, like a man of concrete moving with absolute grace.

Music Style Alternative Punk Rock Noise

Musical Influences Everything

Similar Artists Jesus Lizard, No Means No, Melvins, Big Black, Shellac, Butthole Surfers, Captain Beefheart, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Victims Family, Alice Donut, Ruts, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Slayer, Ramones

Artist History The four have spread themselves between bands such as Rhino Key, Guinea Worm, Shaved Ape and The Hang Ups and all have previously been in a band with another member but Chang is the first time they've all been in the same band.

Group Members Dave, Neal, Keith, George

Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Odds & Ends

Albums Strike Softly Away From Face

Press Reviews If dancing with trains and general paranoia are your thing, then check out Newport's scariest band, Chang, who support In the S*** at Swansea's Beatbox tonight. Chang hail from the dungeon of bands that profess: " If we've played and you ain't bleedin' - we ain't happy." Their relentless stripped-down, ripped-open punk has terrified audiences of a number of persuasions, including unwary casual clubber-types who foolishly wandered into the band's set in Sam's Bar, Cardiff, during Radio One's stint of gigs. On seeing the twisted form of the band's skinhead singer curled up on stage, screaming the mantra, GoAway! GoAway! They fled. Chang mix Captain Beefheart with Fugazi, the intricacies of which were obviously lost on Cardiff's St Mary Street. They play choppy, zig-zag rhythms like Captain Beefheart, which can seem random at first, but a carefully sculptured soundscape is only a breath away. But it takes a determined, nay fearless listener to appreciate it because the band have a knack of making you feel unwelcome with the most terrifying barrage of industrial-type nightmares this side of Throbbing Gristle… and not a synth in sight. Highly recommended. (South Wales Argus Feb 2001)

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Location Newport, Gwent - United Kingdom

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