The Chapman Family

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About The Chapman Family

(from www.myspace.com/thechapmanfamily)

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

The Chapman Family played their first gig on May 5th 2006 and have been preaching their own particular brand of family values up and down the country ever since. They've played over 200 gigs and supported the likes of We Are Scientists, 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster and Reverend and the Makers on the way.

Also in this time they have appeared on compilation CDs for Dance To The Radio, Artrocker Unsigned, NARC Magazine and Firestation Records in Germany as well as getting played on local, national, international and British Armed Forces radio including Radio One and XFM and getting featured in Artrocker and the NME, and chatting to Tom Robinson and living legend Steve Lamacq live on air on BBC6 Music (with whom they have won demo of the week twice). They have also recorded a session for Radio One at Maida Vale studios in London, due to be aired in September 2008.

They are as much inspired by folk music as hardcore punk and their occasionally chaotic gigs can change from euphoric to apocalyptic in an instant. Equipment is often left damaged in a heap onstage, dripping with sweat and blood from being beaten to within an inch of its life long after the final note has been struck. They also sometimes write nice songs.

THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY

'...magnificent north-eastern rockers The Chapman Family– who concluded their set but smashing their guitars to smithereens. Nice to see some proper rock 'n' roll behaviour and prove it isn't all drenched hippies eating fruit cake.' NME.com review of Glastonbury performance, June 08

'Next up...The Chapman Family who most would say were lacking in something, well… musical about their performance. It was like watching Sonic Youth on speed, spitting vocals, screeching bursts, feedback and basically just a lot of unwelcome sound. And I didn’t know Alex James, Ex Blur, started a new band? …Spitting image.' The Fly Magazine's review of us supporting We Are Scientists at the Old Blue Last in August 2008

'Venomous and visceral they rupture into a set of dark vivacious rock...theatrical and terrifying performance hypnotizes...a thunderous racket. Unhinged and confrontational...frightening the audience. The Chapman Family are the real thing.' Artrocker review of Camden Crawl performance, May 08

'Heads down snarling gonzo rock n roll...see them immediately' The Fly Magazine, February 08

'...quite excellent Stockton-on-Tees four-piece The Chapman Family. Think Futureheads or original post-punkers Wire or Gang of Four...raucous, crotchety, call-to-arms guitar pop. A pleasant interlude.' gigwise.com review of our performance at the Camden Crawl, April 2008

'There's a time and a place for this kind of brash showmanship but it's not here, and it's not now' Leeds Music Scene, February 08

'There are gems within, one such nugget is The Chapman Family, who continue where the Futureheads seems to have left off' Artrocker review of Dance To The Radio Compilation, October 07

'The worst band I have ever seen...an abomination' Unnameable internet forum, November 07

'Pulsatingly brilliant grit-pop...wildly entertaining, sharp as a razor, sublimely brilliant and, well, strange.' NARC Magazine, December 07

'With a level of energy rarely seen anywhere at half one on a sunday afternoon they chuck out fast, furious slithers of window-rattling post-punk...darkened further by assertive halfway-to-goth vocals and a clamouring mass of hardcore drums.' Manchester Music review of In The City performance, October 07

'The Chapman Family are mint - they look good, they sound awesome, they've got something to say and they say it well. What more do you want?' NARC Magazine, July 06

'The first band come on and I'm intrigued. And then I'm more than intrigued, I'm absolutley loving it. The Chapman Family pull off the feat of making a bottom of the bill appearance look like the main event.' Artrocker review of debut London performance, December 06

'Ballsy opener 'You Do Something' is high speed jitter-pop destined to get every discerning indie kid shaking their denim clad hips...'Kids' is a swaggering new-wave call to arms, proving to be absorbing, alluring and completely contagious.' NME, February 07

'They may want you to change your surname to Chapman but they're not a cult. Or are they? The jury's out on that one, but what they do best is squeeze out nuggetts of jittery pop that never fails to satisfy.' The Crack Magazine, April 07

'Destined for greatness.' NME, April 07

'Gash.' Dognoise, July 06

'...the north's best kept secret, this Teesside four-piece are a welcome distraction from all the nu-rave/faux-cockney pretenders that seem to be flooding the scene of late...a cocoon of maudlin genius waiting to explode, definately a band to watch out for.' High Voltage, January 07

'It's a brutally hard noise...what strikes is the sheer momentum that the Chapmans generate. They motor along in a blur of anger.' Artrocker, March 07

WE LOVE YOU ALL

http://www.myspace.com/thechapmanfamily