Ikara Colt's next single will be "Rudd" The single will be released on CD and Ltd. 7" on the 18th February 2002 through Fantastic Plastic records. B-sides are new tracks "Memory" and "Your Vain Attempts"
drowned in sound Vinyl-wise, this proves to be Fantastic Plastic indeed. Ikara Colt rock in a non-obnoxious kind of way, guitars are strummed with a vengeance and the vocals sound like the guy who's here to bring you glam and fire. 'Rudd' is 21st century rock'n'roll with a youthful edge, 'Your Vain Attempts' shows that there's a lot of fun things to do with a distortion pedal. Screech. Howl. The vocals on this one are coming from far off. Like an angry man standing on a hill, raging against the sunset. Alternatively, he might as well be stuck in a phonebox with a somewhat dodgy connection. Overall, this single rocks! (Julia Vergho)
in love with these times a shout to ikara colt, who not surprisingly shout back. their new outing "rudd" is less fall-like and therefore not as good as the walls-come-tumbling-down mayhem of "sinking venice", but it still sounds like a re-make of the last action painting! 45 and frankly any combination of yelling and uncultivated guitars has some value in "these dark days". the vocals recall the saturday night drunks on northcote road berating the all bar one doorstaff, which can't be bad, and if wimbledon fc ever go back to their infamous days of psyching out opponents by playing 120 decibels of through the dressing room walls, they could do worse than this.
nme Oddly reassuring that mid-80s Fall still hold such a powerful grip on the imagination of today’s young indie groups, but, also, come on. You’re young. You’ve got your whole career ahead of you. Have an original idea and roll with it. Nobody will laugh. There’s still time to pull back from the Mark E Smith altar...that way lies Prolapse (Ask your parents, during a screaming, eye-clawing row – Ancient Indie Ed). (Ted Kessler)
interests: Cigarettes, Girls, Leather
favorite music: The Saints, The Fall, Modern Lovers, Gang of Four, Pil, Dirty Burds, Stooges, Gun Club, Kinks
favorite books: Master & Margarita, Bend Sinister, The Heart of a Dog, Beanos, Innovations catalogue
favorite tv shows: Wogan, Rising Damp, It's A Knockout
favorite movies: National Lampoons summer vacation Anything with Chevy Chase in it, Naked or anything by Mike Leigh:
claire ingram: guitar and vocals
guitar-god credentials: navigating her bandmates' anarchic backbeat, Ingram hammers out angular chiming melodies and razor edged hooks that hit the listner like ice cubes on an exposed nerve. She embodies this english crew's fusion of art rock's poise and punk rock's sputter'n' pummel.
setup: though her sonic palette is broad, her choice of gear isn't: Ingram runs her Fender Venus through a Turbo Rat pedal and a Vox-AC 30 amp (best known as the choice of the "other" British Invasion). While she uses a Tokai for backup, she's devoted to her Venus: "It's really cheap, but it does the job" she says.
trade secrets: Given Ikara's emphasis on rhythm, "We need a guitar that really cuts through," Ingram says. "I quite like a really trebly [sound], but really big and full as well." She describes her playing style as "very sharp, but quite chaotic at the same time." No surprise the, that as a teen, she worshipped Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. "I wanted to make loads of noise" she says.
dominic young: drums
how did you get started? i saw '60s show Ready Steady Go when The Who performed 'anyway, anyhow, anywhere'. Keith Moon played the drums with such undiluted passion mirrored with such spiritual depth, I was awakened to the possibilities of the instrument. The art of drumming can express a range of experiences and emotions, be they sophisticated or primitive
describe your playing: intense assault, instilled with discipline and feel. You could say it was dumb but not stupid
biggesst influences: keith moon, phil rudd, stephen morris (joy division), scott asheton (stooges), john bonham and mitch mitchell. i also have a passionate admiration for virtuoso jazz drummers
greatest ambition: to inspire some kid to pick up the drums and wipe me out
drumming advice: there will always be better drummers than you, there will always be worse drummers than you - just make sure theyre not you...
favourite movies: Once Upon A Time In The West, TheThird Man, Jaws, Harvey, Barry Lyndon, Fearless Young Vampire Hunters, Apocalypse Now, Cabinet Of Dr Calagari, Citizen Kane.
jon ball: bass 1999-2003
tracy bellaries: bass 2003 onwards
interests: Music, bourbon on the rocks, tequila, beers, sauvignon blanc, gigs, gigs, gigs, travelling as much as possible, crashing on peoples floors, hangover cures....
favorite music: Royal Trux, Peaches, PJ Harvey, Cobra Killer, blues, Jimmy Scott, 60's girl groups, 50's/60's garage, 70's rock/punk/new wave, Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth, Trumans Water, Modey Lemon, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus&Mary Chain, The Fall, Neko Case, Gram Parsons..
favorite books: Bulgakov, Lynch On Lynch - David Lynch, Ask Dr, Mueller - Cookie Mueller, music biographies, 'Crackpot' - John Waters, Barry Gifford, Harry Crews.....
favorite tv shows: TV sux but Twin Peaks.....Six Feet Under
favorite movies: David Lynch, John Waters....Wim Wenders, Christopher Walken!, Julien Donkey Boy, Bully, Donnie Darko, Cabaret, early Scorcese, early 70's movies-The Deer Hunter & Dog Day Afternoon etc, Richard Kern movies for a good laugh...
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drowned in sound
Vinyl-wise, this proves to be Fantastic Plastic indeed. Ikara Colt rock in a non-obnoxious kind of way, guitars are strummed with a vengeance and the vocals sound like the guy who's here to bring you glam and fire. 'Rudd' is 21st century rock'n'roll with a youthful edge, 'Your Vain Attempts' shows that there's a lot of fun things to do with a distortion pedal. Screech. Howl. The vocals on this one are coming from far off. Like an angry man standing on a hill, raging against the sunset. Alternatively, he might as well be stuck in a phonebox with a somewhat dodgy connection. Overall, this single rocks! (Julia Vergho)
in love with these times
a shout to ikara colt, who not surprisingly shout back. their new outing "rudd" is less fall-like and therefore not as good as the walls-come-tumbling-down mayhem of "sinking venice", but it still sounds like a re-make of the last action painting! 45 and frankly any combination of yelling and uncultivated guitars has some value in "these dark days". the vocals recall the saturday night drunks on northcote road berating the all bar one doorstaff, which can't be bad, and if wimbledon fc ever go back to their infamous days of psyching out opponents by playing 120 decibels of through the dressing room walls, they could do worse than this.
nme
Oddly reassuring that mid-80s Fall still hold such a powerful grip on the imagination of today’s young indie groups, but, also, come on. You’re young. You’ve got your whole career ahead of you. Have an original idea and roll with it. Nobody will laugh. There’s still time to pull back from the Mark E Smith altar...that way lies Prolapse (Ask your parents, during a screaming, eye-clawing row – Ancient Indie Ed). (Ted Kessler)
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