Their EP, Sex w/Strangers, produced by former 60ft Dolls drummer Carl Bevan received much praise from the alternative rock press and they have played high profile support slots for
the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and King Blues.
THE Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have had more than their fair share of setbacks down the years but new album Blood And Fire provides convincing evidence in favour of the old theory that what doesn't kill you does indeed make you stronger.
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The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @Barfly, Cardiff (Tuesday):Brighton-based mental psychobilly merchants, a favourite with goth-tinged Mighty Boosh aficionados.
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster play Leeds Cockpit on May 20 and the Manchester Dot to Dot Festival on May 31.
"I love Giant Bones by
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. It's got this raw, trashy sound.
Hardworking, they have played more than 150 shows up and down the country from the Tunnels in Aberdeen to the Camden Barfly in London, alongside bands including The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, Dead Disco and
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. The band has become an integral component of the local unsigned scene and have featured on a number of compilations.
As well as being one of the biggest venues they had played, it also gave them the chance to share a stage, as main support, with a band they love,
THE EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER.
The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Hell is for Heroes and
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster offer an alternative view of the genre.
THE anticipation for
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster was palpable amongst the broad cross-section of fans in attendance for this gig.
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, who release new album Blood & Fire on May 17, hit the road later this month for a tour that includes shows at Leicester's Sumo on Monday May 10 and Birmingham's Hare & Hounds on Wednesday June 2.
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @TJs, Newport, Wednesday: The goth horror lot shake their black, drain-piped legs to their rumbling, mascara-smeared rockabilly din.
That now means that this year ALI G, RAZORLIGHT, GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN, THE ORDINARY BOYS, KASABIAN, DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS and
THE EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER have all had chart hits.