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FOCUS ON: Dog Toffee
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- Label: Twenty Stone Blatt >>
- Genre: Alternative & Punk
Bobby Heavenly & Kid Fury met in 1996 whilst working on a dredger on the Manchester Ship Canal [Salford UK], where they made their living fishing for shopping trolleys, old bicycles, corpses & used condoms.
They met Satan G. one day when they phoned out for a pizza delivery and he told them he had woken up one afternoon with the ability to play the drums after eating an especially hot chilli pizza. So impressed were they by this tale, Bobby H. & Kid F. ordered the same recipe pizza. Bobby H. became a guitarist & Kid F. became a bassist & to their amazement both of them had developed the ability to sing like angels. So the band was born.
Now as everyone knows a band needs a name, something catchy that will inspire peoples imagination, something they will never ever forget. Well! as a work experience exercise Kid F. had applied for a placement at Cosgrove Hall Productions which was the TV company that made the hit series "Danger Mouse". They had a proto-type character developed for the series called "Dog Toffee"so Kid F. borrowed the name & was promptly kicked out on his ass.
Bored with life dredging the canal & delivering pizza they decided that they wanted to fight in the Rock n Roll wars. So armed with borrowed equipment they mixed up their influences which at that time included the likes of Elvis, Motorhead, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, The Smiths, Metallica, Damned, AC/DC, Pistols & the Ramones.
After a handful of battles in the desolate Manchester wastelands, and the gig-only cassette release of the "Pull Out & Shoot" demos they joined an international fighting force but soon found that they didnt fit in. The powers that be didnt like their maverick tactics, the way they wore their hair & uniforms or even how they handled the attacks on the unsuspecting towns & villages. The Generals couldnt handle a unit with such aggressive firepower & labelled them Outlaws.
After breaking away & forming their own Rock n Roll resistance, they strengthened the squad by recruiting The Hammer, an unassuming character who had been in the employ of Manchester United Football club as a hit man. After a couple of initial salvos, in the shape of the Specification EP & the Chrome Alley EP, they made their first long player, "The Future of Rock n Roll is in Your Hands". The first casualty suffered was Satan G who was captured & to this day is still held prisoner by the enemies of Rock n Roll. Satans place was filled by Memby Jago, an Indonesian who had been in the UK as a spy for years.
After several campaigns on the home front Dog Toffee took the battle to Europe & teamed up with a German operation called Radio Blast where they released "Killer Rock n Roll". Unfortunately Membys orders were not to leave the UK so Angel [AKA. Phil Metal Jacket] took up rearguard action on the drums & holds the position now.
2002 has seen heavyweight collaborations with Andy Cairns [Therapy?] teaming up for a vocal assault on the "Radio" single & Jack Endino [Nirvana, Soundgarden, Zen Guerilla, Supersuckers etc.] recruited to produce the super powered "Sacred Heart".
2002 - the battle continues..............................................
