Gimp Fist - Screaming

  

  So on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show the roof was blown off the chatroom by a song called Whites Of Your Eyes. It's one of the highlights on Losing Streak, the 10th studio album by County Durham street punks Gimp Fist (https://www.facebook.com/gimpfist). 

  I've long thought they're easily one of the best bands out there that make this kind of music and their latest release just reinforces that opinion. 15 tracks of catchy as fuck working class anthems (you'd expect nothing less from these guys). No Bandcamp link but you can check it out on Spotify or Youtube 

 https://open.spotify.com/album/5h7p9JGGRxXLhXEmw9cCCA

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9_hx52or5-4gHaFs_gZHPeRwiVPnAx9Y

  It's an album with it's fair share of politically themed songs where the band stand up to the charlatans in power ("Who's gonna help to get this country right on track?"), ("Hey politicians, you devils in disguise, we won't stop until we see the whites in your eyes"), ("This is our scene and we're taking it back. The sound of the streets for white and for black"). 

  CD and vinyl are available from Sunny Bastards : 

 https://store.sunnybastards.de/Bands/Gimp-Fist:::11_15.html

  They've released a few videos to coincide with the album so today I'll highlight one of those. This is Screaming...

Gimp Fist - Easy Target

  Gimp Fist are one of those bands that aren't trying to reinvent the wheel. They know what they're good at, knocking out excellent punk songs and so that's exactly what they do. It's a way of life, it's in their blood. The Darlington trio (Jonny Robson , Chris Wright, Michael Robson) have been releasing catchy street punk singalongs since 2005 and with an impressive 16 songs on their new album it's a knack they aren't losing the hang of. The album's titled Blood and it's available on cd and coloured vinyl from Sunny Bastards https://shop.sunnybastards.de/

  The lyrical themes are familiar staples of the genre; "just a bunch of kids with nothing to lose", "not enough hours in the working week", "dirty tricks won't tear us apart," "I've taken all that I can take" etc and in lesser hands they could sound tired but that's definitely not the case here. This is the sound of a band that are going to whip a packed Empress Ballroom crowd up into a frenzy at next week's Rebellion Festival. You can get more info on them here : https://www.facebook.com/gimpfist/

  The song I've chosen to highlight is the one they've made a video for. this is Easy Target...

Gimp Fist - Top Dog

  I was just looking through the Just Some Punk Songs' archives and although Gimp Fist have been mentioned several times I don't appear to have properly featured them yet in their own update. That's a situation that needs rectifying and what better way to do that than by posting their new video.

  For those that don't already know, they're from the north east of England (Darlington) and are a trio featuring Jonny Robson (guitar/lead vocals), Chris Wright (bass/backing vocals) and Michael Robson (drums/backing vocals). They formed in 2005 from the ashes of a ska band called Chowder Boy and have matured into unarguably one of Britain's best punk bands.

 They've already put out 6 albums (including the split with Last Rough Cause) plus numerous singles, eps and splits. Soon they'll be releasing a new album, on German label Sunny Bastards Music, called Never Give Up On You. If the teaser song below is any indication it's going to go down a storm.

  There's several gigs arranged in support of the album including the Rebellion Festival, Punk Uttoxeter and North East Calling and you can find details here :  https://www.facebook.com/gimpfist/


  Time catches up even with the most fearless of warriors, fortunately Gimp Fist are still as good as they ever were. This is Top Dog....