Artist description A three piece band from Brighton meddling with bombastic riffs and in-yer-face guitar

Music Style Post-rock, Moon-rock, Brighton-rock, etc.

Musical Influences Shellac, Sonic Youth, The Fall, Slint, My Bloody Valentine, Moonshake, John Barry, Early Public Image Ltd, Can, Beefheart, Joy Division

Similar Artists Shellac, Mogwai, Sonic Youth, The Fall, Joy Division, Can

Artist History Previously called Pushkins and originally from London,they played loads of gigs and released two records; Pumpkinhead and Lotus eater. They recorded a session for Radio 1's John Peel show which was aired twice, and then moved to Brighton in 1997 and became Planquez. Since then they have released one single, I Am Sub-Marinor, through Meddle Records, and have just completed their ep Mr. Kurahara.

Group Members Jon - Guitar, lyrics, vocalsNed - BassFlo - Drums

Instruments Guitar, drums, bass

Press Reviews Taken from 'Robots and Electronic Brains' webzine: Planquez/50 Tons of Black Terror/The Last Night @ The Monarch, Camden (17/8/99) ..... Planquez look like three nice young men you'd take home to meet your mum but sound more like they'd throw an orgy in her living room when they got there. Can you imagine a cross between Slint and Monkey Island? No, neither could I. Until yesterday, that is. They start off in that bluesey punk (or is that punky blues?) vein that will bring them inevitable comparisons to JSBE but, half-way through (songs, that is, not a set), they change to something more akin to a post-rock experiment with guitars. Whereas bands like Monkey Island could have fitted some 57 songs in the time they were given, Planquez manage about four. Or maybe five, if we take that the end of a song is when the audience starts clapping. They come across as both promising and endearing, not least because the singer rambles on between songs, more to himself than anyone else. It's a light relief before another 7 minutes of noise. Maybe they need to be a bit more polished but my advice is go and watch. And I love the name of their band, too.

Location Brighton, East Sussex - United Kingdom

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