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| Biography |
Vinyl Stickons are
a fun-first, zero finesse, dirty-ass rock band. Bright
colours, assumed names, short songs and scuzz. Art-punk? Geek-core?
They did take their name from a FONT, after all... Throughout
their "on again/off again" career, Vinyl Stickons have
been celebrated by small groups of
bored people across the world. One fan even
made Vinyl Stickons Top Trumps. Whilst the going was good, in the
summer of 2015, Vinyl Stickons recorded one
album (THIRTEEN, released by Robot
Architect), issued a USA-only mini-version of the same (THIRTEEN
MINUS FIVE, released by Executive Bird), recorded a live radio
session for cult British DJ Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales), and
prematurely split up. Well, sort of... After a
near year-long hiatus, Vinyl Stickons
reformed around founder Tequila Ray Max with an all-new line-up
- mostly to play live shows as a platform to hawk the dust-gathering
remaining copies of Thirteen, and in the process offer fans
a chance to slightly improve their record collections. The new
line-up did not last long, however; Tequila
Ray Max sustained nervedamage following a stage stunt gone wrong
during the bands first comeback gig,
and following his recovery, other band commitments for all
the players involved curtailed Vinyl Stickons activities once
again. You can't keep a good band down for
long, though. In summer 2005, Tequila
Ray Max re-united with Thirteen-era guitar player Maximillian
Turnbull and recruited a new rhythm section in bassist Kitty
Valentine and drummer Chip Trick. Whilst we eagerly await new
Vinyl Stickons material, for now it's not too
late to jump on the rusty ol' bandwagon
and experience Vinyl Stickons ramshackle sour fruits
for yourself. THIRTEEN was a strictly limited edition release.
Only a handful of copies remain.
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