About this Event

Born in the UK from the malfunction of a terrible musical chemical laboratory experiment! DIRT BOX DISCO are now free to roam from city to town, spreading the sonic filth to anyone that will listen, and people do listen! and they like what they hear, they like what they see! pure entertainment in every word! can you look at them and not think WTF? NO! but they will titillate you into submission with a cascade of verbal and visual pleasure! that is a definite! are you ready to rock n' roll? are you ready for Dirt Box Disco?



It's raining, no one is surprised for we are in Manchester, a city whose wealth was founded upon its moist climate; however this rain has not been carried in from the North Atlantic, this particular variant is somewhat golden in colour and has the bitter taste of hops; on stage are five ludicrously dressed blokes who variously call themselves Spunk Volcano, Maff Fazzo, WEAB.I.AM, Deadbeatz and Fingerz and collectively Dirt Box Disco…beneath them the source of the ‘rain’ – 300 grinning lunatics, each and every one of them hell bent on having the time of their lives as Dirt Box Disco deliver their own brand of 100% Rock n’ Roll; the mosh-pit is bouncing, the stage divers are queuing for their chance, the remainder shower the crowd champagne style with pints of amber nectar…



Some thirty minutes earlier the same crowd are pushing towards the stage, the gig is the Dirt Box Disco ‘People Made Of Paper’ album launch, the album being released the following day (LTW Review) – there is real sense of excitement in the air, this is clearly an occasion – people have travelled from across the country to be here. As such when the lights dip all eyes are focussed on the Dirt Box Disco banner draped across the rear, they initially miss WEAB.I.AM as he enters the room from the rear; though how you miss a bloke over 6ft 2 tall wearing an animal print onesie whose face is fainted in harlequin design is beyond me; once spotted he is greeted like a conquering hero and ushered towards the stage, bang on cue the four other misfits career from a side door to be engulfed in a huge roar from the crowd, Dirt Box Disco were greeted like hown town hereo’s except they are more than 75 miles from; when they finally get onto the stage WEAB steps forward “Are you ready” he whispers into his mic; before the crowd have time to respond Dirt Box Disco literally explode into life – what follows is a genuine spectacle, a lesson on how to deliver sheer unadulterated pleasure, a lesson on just how to connect with your audience, opening with the blistering ‘Freaks’ with its punch the air rallying call “all of the freaks are here” the crowd respond instantly, a booze filled mass choir chanting the chorus back cementing their bond with the band; this was already becoming a gig of legend…



SICK ON THE BUS



Dirty, hard drinking, two fingers in the air Punk Rock!



A Punk Rock band formed in late 1989 from the then disbanded Varukers with guitarist Biff, bassist Brian and kev on drums, still with a passion to play hard hitting punk music but this time with a more dirty rock n roll edge we started rehearsing in Rock Snake studios in Rushden.



After being together for eight weeks and with Doug joining us on vocals we band did first gig at the Vine in Newark, with eight original songs and the other half of their set being covers by bands like The Damned and the UK Subs, this gig ended badly after we refused to turn the volume down and the police were called.



Our first demo Get Sick was recorded in early 1990 and a few months after that Doug left the band, a spate of vocalists followed but eventually Biff took over as we were tired of trying to find the right person.



Sick On the Bus were by now playing up and down the UK but Kev was now finding the drive from Newark to Rushden to rehearse too much and decided to leave, a replacement was found with Paul Blaber (RIP) Tony Evans an old school friend of Biff's joined on second guitar and gigging continued.



Shortly after recording their debut self titled album Paul very sadly and suddenly died from leukemia.



With Wag ex Legion Of Parasites now on drums we started touring Europe, America and Japan and over the next few years recorded three more records, Suck On Sick On The Bus fuck Heads, Punk Police and Go To Hell coming out on labels Data Records, Go Kart Records, SOS Records and Deck Cheese before Wag decided to call it a day.



Now with Skum sat on the drum stool we recorded 3 new track on a split single with The Destructors and are currently working on our new album.



DIRT BOX DISCO



My Life Is Shit Promo http://youtu.be/x5T5hAuCeLI



Freaks promo http://youtu.be/iElEvRRvisg



SICK ON THE BUS



Everything's Shit http://youtu.be/AxbE33NSKlo



Won't stop drinking



http://youtu.be/0Agv7-MshFM



Support from East Town Pirates + Project Mork