Artist description Conrad mixes the aggression and groove of the post-hardcore scene with the quirkiness of the Pixies and the pop sebsibilities of XTC and Blur, sprinkling it with a touch of prog's twistedness, a la King Crimson to create a vibrant wall of slashing, off-beat guitars, twisted rhythms and sublime vocal hooks. The overall effect is fresh and exciting offering something new to a tired musical scene

Music Style progressive post-hardcore alternative pop

Musical Influences fugazi, The Pixies, XTC, Blur, King Crimson, Burning Airlines, Elastica, Cardiacs, Bluetip, The Police...etc

Similar Artists Fugazi meets the Pixies under the watchful gaze of XTC petting Blur on the head!

Artist History Originally formed in 1999, the band quickly built up a strong reputation in their hometown for energetic live performance and powerful music. The rot set in quickly with the original line-up causing the band to split with bassist Phil and guitarist Nik. The remaining members, Ollie on vocals/guitar and Lish on drums, had a plan up their sleeve and within 3 weeks were rehearsing with a new bassist, Andy, and a new guitarist, Matt. The new line-up set about refining the band's sound, in the process creating a new set of vastly superior material. On their return to gigging the overall opinion from the public was that this was a greatly improved Conrad. In April 2001 the band entered the studio to record their first CD on their own label, Bibonte Records. This was released in June to great acclaim. At present the band are rehearsing new material and looking for gigs wherever they can find them.

Group Members Ollie Stygall - vocals/guitar Matt Taylor - guitar Andy Mullin - bass/vocals Justin "Lish" Brookman - drums

Instruments Plenty of guitar, fat bass, hectic drums and top notch vocals!

Albums 5 track CD

Press Reviews "Impossible to define" - Clare Robinson, Evening Herald "I love the way Conrad manage to slide effortlessly through such mad little rhythms and time signatures. There is an offbeat jazziness to their hardcore punky mayhem which leaves you wondering what they're going to pull out of the bag next." - Chris Moloney, Twenty4-Seven magazine. "Conrad are local odd-balls that have what it takes to become global eight-balls." - Kev Winser, Scene magazine. "These guys have confidence by the bucketload with a great set of songs to justify such bravado." - Toby, Scene magazine. "It's a rabid stew of loose duelling guitar frolics - at once clever and claustrophobic, grumbling bass and impatiebt rhythms: all belted out with military precision." - Darren Johns, Scene magazine "Haphazardly genius music" - Roland J Monger, Scene magazine "Some truly touching moments" - Darren Johns, Scene magazine "Ace hummable tunes" - Darren Johns, Scene magazine

Location plymouth, devon - United Kingdom

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