With a drums & bass backline that hails from the Rockabilly/Psychobilly scene, guitars born from the rain-swept British seaside Indie circuit and a fiery, passionate vocalist with a love of classic 70's UK & American Punk, Breach won't ever be simple to categorise.
Penny Dreadful's powerful melodies soar over facile, choppy punk riffs, urgent beats and pounding bass-lines creating a spikey, exciting, stripped-down sound that the band calls "AgitPunk".
If you're lucky enough to catch the band live expect a thrilling, edgy, angry sound and dark humour distilled into tight, high-energy, hook-filled three minute stories.
Genre(s):
Indie, Punk
Influences:
X-Ray Spex, Siouxie & The Banshees, Graham Coxon, Super Furry Animals, Sex Pistols, Blondie
Members:
Penny Dreadful - Vocals
"Ms. Dreadful" to you, fanboy...
Originally from Stockport, Penny grew up listening to Blondie and The Pretenders, a fine mis-education which has led to her obsession with the punk scene of '76/'77.
Engrossed in old footage of the Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex, Siouxsie & The Banshees and Kate Bush, her passion for the past interprets itself in soaring, siren-like vocals and powerful melodies. Penny's lyrics, drawn from life experiences are fuelled by her frustration and confusion with the world and the people she shares it with.
Dave Mania - Lead Guitar
Guitarist, communist, atheist nutter...
Born in Sheffield, raised in Hastings and meandering just about everywhere in between, Dave's wry, cynical lyrics are based on his travels in the England he loves and loathes in equal measure.
Trev White - Rhythm Guitar
Prolific musician, cartoonist and all-round indie guru, Trev cut his teeth as the cosmopolitan mastermind behind Birmingham's Greenfly, Eastbourne's Planet Kev and eclectic Hastings rockers The Seven Tenths Rule.
Responsible for the hooks and backbone to much of the Breach sound, Trev has developed a style and sound drawn from influences as diverse as Andy Partridge, The Fall and Tom Waits.
Neil Denton - Bass
Raised on a healthy mix of Cramps, Ramones, Cope and Husker Du, Neil learned his trade on the unforgiving Scottish circuit with psychobilly band, Gravesend before moving on to the Midlands' favourite garage band, Soil Bros, touring the festival circuit and appearing on the telly (oooh!).
A long-time collaborator with Dom, the pair's pounding, hard-as-nails rythms provide the boots to Breach's distinctive sound.
Dom Parr - Drums
Dom's urgent, instinctive beats arise from his rockabilly past, which saw him tour the UK and Europe and release three albums with his group, Krewmen, signed to Lost Moments in the late 80's.
A punk-inspired album with the admirably monikered Chunderhive followed in the early 90's, and he was the drummer for Brighton based nu-metal band, Gatecrash before joining Breach where his blunt, "no bollocks" attitude is adored and admired.
Website:
www.breach.uk.net
Page Manager(s):
Dave Mania