Artist description Wry - Four Brazilians on a mission to twist and distort the imagination of future generations, gigging every crack and corner of their land with a warped interpretation of rock 'n' roll, relocating to Shoreditch in 2002, bringing hyperactive rhythms, hallucinogenic melodies and reckless behaviour to a new hemisphere...headlined the "Love and Hate you Brazil" tour, covering 15 venues across Brazil in August 2002

Musical Influences Imagination and energy

Artist History ...imagine Bart Simpson on 'E,' howling like Marc Bolan and fronting a band who party 'till sunrise, who live with fire-haired females, who write songs inspired by the spunkiness of 1977 and the schmindie of 1994 while jumping on and off stage during performances. Wry released the album 'heart-experience' on Brazil's Monstro records in late 2001, toured themselves silly and with seven moonlight-eyed admirers fled to Shoreditch, bringing hyperactive rhythm, hallucinogenic melody and reckless behaviour to a new hemisphere. The velvet vocals and mindless mayhem of Mars, the creatively psycho riffs of Chokito & Lou, the brutally sensitive beats of Bizar...this band can entertain!!

Group Members Lou, Mars, Chokito, Bizar

Press Reviews Four Brazilians now based in London's 'trendy' Shoreditch, who play rock 'n' roll but in a far spunkier fashion that most of the leather jacket brigade. So no, this isn't another tedious garage affair like the scraping-the-barrel bottom end of that yawnsome movement spitting out conveyor belt pish (naming no names because there was a minor outcry last time I did). It's almost like a sleazier Wannadies, or if Marc Bolan had joined The Undertones. If the first three songs were physically capable of shooting up your trouser leg like a furious stoat, then they'd do just that. Just to confuse things a little further, last track, 'The New Radio Station', has shades of early '90s shoegazing to it. Curiouser and curiouser. Wry are a rock'n'roll band who have a good ear for a tune, and new bands like these are few and far between-Drownedinsound.com, Adie Nunn, January 2003 .............................................. Wry are a rock 'n' roll band whose dreams have taken them half-way around the world and landed them a monthly residency at Islington's Buffalo Bar. The Brazilian four-piece raised the funds to cover their airfare to London during a 15-gig summer tour of Brazil, and now set their sites on a new target: the UK, beginning with an adventure on London's toilet circuit. You'll immediately notice something different about these guys when they take the stage. They're not from around here - you'll see it, hear it and feel it. They open with a cross of garage energy and punk attitude, coupled with melodic vocals reminiscent of the Charlatans. Their songs feature unpredictable melodies and kaleidoscopic guitar lines, driven by the power of a 12-cylinder turbo-charged drummer named Bizar. These guys seem to have it all - the songs, the looks AND the stage performance. Imagine a frontman who, as a child, was thrown off the set at Sesame Street for having too much fun; who now believes he is Peter Pan, leading a band with dark eyes, killer dreadlocked hair and shirtless power - it's not something you see every day. The band are selling a four-song CDR at their shows that should not be missed. They filled this particular venue with 100 people who did not blink during their performance; this is plainly just the beginning for these guys. The band is scheduled to appear at the Buffalo Bar on December 6 and Club Fandango in January. Logo magazine, Tom O'Connor, November 2002.

Location London, England - United Kingdom

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