A gig on Friday 8th September. The event starts at 22:00pm.
The South Bristol Voice once described Red Ray and the Reprobates as being “shambolic,” and on your first encounter with this rough-around-the-edges Country and Rock-n-Roll group, you’d be forgiven for perhaps imagining them as a leaderless band of wandering outlaws, out to shake-down some far-flung Old West town. The Reprobates have crept into Bristol’s counterculture music scene under the cover of night, before seizing it by the lapels, and shaking it to the core.
‘Red’ Ray Lannon, himself, is a bright, cheerful Geordie whose penchant for cider, and distinct dislike for big corporations (a fact which receives a subtle nod in the band’s song Scottish Power, I Hate You) has seen him settle nicely into the bohemian arms of the city of Bristol. Filling the ranks of the Reprobates, Bassist (and Lead Ladies’-Man) Stew’s origins in the Grunge scene are plain, through his brooding, funky melodies. He adds a postmodern twist to the tried-and-true formula of the genre. Meanwhile, Lead Guitarist ‘Coyote’ Cam carries Ray’s spitfire lyrics home with perfect harmonies, and magnificent guitar-work, and serves as a wry foil for the bouncy enthusiasm of the rest of the group. Finally, “Young Gun” Jackson - at just nineteen - has earned his place among the Reprobates by carting himself and his drum-set from Cardiff to Bristol with just a couple hours’ notice, to fill-in for a last-minute drop-out.
Self-described “dirty, working-class motherfuckers,” the Reprobates are a microcosm of the times – angry young men whose new album – Red Ray and the Reprobates – perfectly encapsulates a state-of-being felt by anyone struggling to get-by in uncertain times. From Quicksand, and Hard Luck Barnaby, to Giant Song; The Reprobates’ music is harsh, hilarious, and a righteous litany against the sisyphean toil of life in an uncaring, neon world. The retro, Cash-esque stage presence, interwoven with traces of Punk, Grunge, and Brit-Pop, gives a delightfully raucous voice to a generation left-behind.
Red Ray and the Reprobates will be released in September 2017, but there’s no rest for the wicked! Ray and co. plan on hitting the ground running, with both European, and North American tours in the works. There’s also an eclectic mix of gigs on the books, including Grillstock 2017, the Gloucester Food Festival, themed nights at The Steam Crane, and the Reprobates’ favourite haunt – The Old Duke, on King Street. Those intending on attending any of the aforementioned shows are forewarned that the Reprobates’ take no responsibility for the wearing-away of shoe soles through excess dancing, nor the irreparable shattering of individuals’ preconceptions of the Country genre.
But, whether you’d describe them as Western, Blues, or Post-Punk rebels, one thing is absolutely etched into the scorched Earth, left in the wake of Red Ray and the Reprobates: This ain’t your dad’s country music!
Entry requirements:
‘Red’ Ray Lannon, himself, is a bright, cheerful Geordie whose penchant for cider, and distinct dislike for big corporations (a fact which receives a subtle nod in the band’s song Scottish Power, I Hate You) has seen him settle nicely into the bohemian arms of the city of Bristol. Filling the ranks of the Reprobates, Bassist (and Lead Ladies’-Man) Stew’s origins in the Grunge scene are plain, through his brooding, funky melodies. He adds a postmodern twist to the tried-and-true formula of the genre. Meanwhile, Lead Guitarist ‘Coyote’ Cam carries Ray’s spitfire lyrics home with perfect harmonies, and magnificent guitar-work, and serves as a wry foil for the bouncy enthusiasm of the rest of the group. Finally, “Young Gun” Jackson - at just nineteen - has earned his place among the Reprobates by carting himself and his drum-set from Cardiff to Bristol with just a couple hours’ notice, to fill-in for a last-minute drop-out.
Self-described “dirty, working-class motherfuckers,” the Reprobates are a microcosm of the times – angry young men whose new album – Red Ray and the Reprobates – perfectly encapsulates a state-of-being felt by anyone struggling to get-by in uncertain times. From Quicksand, and Hard Luck Barnaby, to Giant Song; The Reprobates’ music is harsh, hilarious, and a righteous litany against the sisyphean toil of life in an uncaring, neon world. The retro, Cash-esque stage presence, interwoven with traces of Punk, Grunge, and Brit-Pop, gives a delightfully raucous voice to a generation left-behind.
Red Ray and the Reprobates will be released in September 2017, but there’s no rest for the wicked! Ray and co. plan on hitting the ground running, with both European, and North American tours in the works. There’s also an eclectic mix of gigs on the books, including Grillstock 2017, the Gloucester Food Festival, themed nights at The Steam Crane, and the Reprobates’ favourite haunt – The Old Duke, on King Street. Those intending on attending any of the aforementioned shows are forewarned that the Reprobates’ take no responsibility for the wearing-away of shoe soles through excess dancing, nor the irreparable shattering of individuals’ preconceptions of the Country genre.
But, whether you’d describe them as Western, Blues, or Post-Punk rebels, one thing is absolutely etched into the scorched Earth, left in the wake of Red Ray and the Reprobates: This ain’t your dad’s country music!
Entry requirements: