Artist description Four pissed-off youths from a small Scottish town.

Music Style punk, indie rock

Similar Artists Idlewild, Get Up Kids, My Vitriol, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Everclear, Deftones, Mogwai, Seafood

Artist History Purple Munkie played their first gigs in Aberdeen in 1999 and were picked up on in December by new label, Alphabetty.A handful of demo CDs were given out in February. The song ‘Is it just me or is it hot in here’ received extensive airplay on Radio Scotland’s ‘Beat Patrol’ and Radio 1’s ‘Session In Scotland’, and secured the band a gig for Radio 1 Live/BBC Music Live at local venue The Lemon Tree. Video footage from the gig is on the ‘Session In Scotland’ website. Three songs from the session were broadcast on August 3rd.‘The Balls EP’ was released on Alphabetty on July 3rd.Tracks from the EP have been played on Xfm, Radio Scotland, Beat 106, plus both ‘Session In Scotland’ and ‘The Evening Session’ on Radio 1. Steve Lamacq has featured the band on ‘Session Unsigned’. They’ve also been interviewed on seminal Scottish indie show, ‘Beat Patrol’.They have supported Wilt at the Lemon Tree, Tailgunner at Aberdeen University and Hundred Reasons at the Barfly and Aberdeen's Glow 303, as well as gigs with Macrocosmica, Newtown Grunts, Aerial and others.Most recently played In The City in Manchester - resulting in a front-page review in ‘The Tip Sheet’, as “Gig of Yesterday” - and Scotland’s Northern Exposure music convention.

Group Members Alan Ferguson, Jim Butterly, Chuck Rose, James Cameron

Albums The Balls EP

Press Reviews "Britain's Purple Munkie sound like a baby Ziggy Stardust singing precious, childlike ditties while accompanied by ex-members of Nirvana. Astral grit and muddy glitter abound." - Sarah B, Listen.com **** "Youthful, to-the-point, of-the-moment, fun" - The Tip Sheet. **** "As this is the band’s debut release and it’s probably Scotland’s best export since erm… Irn Bru. Purple Munkie’s sound is hard to describe, they’ve captured the teenage energy of a ‘Captain’-era Idlewild, the song writing ability of My Vitriol first single and there’s also restrained hints of a Mogwai influence when they crank up the volume. The four songs are all first-class although ‘Queens of’ is the strongest track on the EP. It features a powerful chorus and a full-scale assault on your eardrums where they jump on all the effects peddles and thrash away at their guitars until their fingers bleed not unlike Mogwai’s ‘Ithica 27 f 9’. ‘Close enough to touch’ is more tranquil compared to the other three, it’s very gentle and it chugs along without a major change of pace or volume apart from when the trumpet solo kicks in, it sounds a bit like Low or one of Mogwai’s quieter tracks. Can’t wait for the next EP!" - drownedinsound.com

Location Elgin, Scotland - United Kingdom

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