Strawberry Blondes

Strawberry Blondes are a punk rock band from Newport, Wales, UK. Keeping it strictly roots, punk‘n’roll mob kings, Strawberry Blondes like their rock'n'roll super charged. Their songs are short, sharp, shocks of highly melodic punk rock bile, based on the rudiments thrown down by the classic first Clash album, or against the grain conviction of the early Manics or the zeitgeist defining lyrical smarts of their beloved Rancid and Goldblade. The Strawberry Blondes, slash'n'burn two minute blasts of guitar driven punk rock'n'roll, their mini anthems-should-be-Top-30 missives. This is sheer pop perfection. The heartfelt vocals, the amphetamine rush of guitars, struck with a passion and fired with the burning frustration of living on the wrong side of nu millennium boom time Britain. Strawberry Blondes are the new face of punk rock in the U.K and have recently won over a ton of new friends gigging with the likes of Rancid, The Unseen and The Aggrolites – they even got the legendary Don Letts to remix one of their songs. More Authentic than a fistful of incendiary rock n roll albums, the Strawberry Blondes will not go down without a fight. Few bands in Britain have their melodic power, their insane conviction and their confrontational guitar slashing passion. They have been threatening to burn down the suburbs since 2003, maybe the time is right for their inspirational rock 'n' roll rush. Their debut album, "Rise Up" released in 2007. This was a raw mix of The Clash, Rancid & early Manic Street Preachers. Features guest appearances by John Robb of Goldblade & a remix by the legendary Don Letts. Strawberry Blondes return with their second full length album "Fight Back", set for an autumn 2009 release. 

While many bands fall victim to the dreaded ‘difficult second album’, Strawberry Blondes deliver a barrage of prime rabble rousing anthems, featuring guest appearances by The Briggs, Joey La Rocca and former Stubborn All-Stars front man and New York City ska legend King Django. "Fight Back" show’s that Strawberry Blondes like in the case of The Clash and The Specials before them, have that knack of writing songs that perfectly capture the mood of the time. These are songs that express the anger and frustration of living in the bleak and decaying cities of Britain, in a way that is culturally positive and delivered with a passion and an indefinable feeling that’s difficult to fake. This Band is the new Face of Britains Punk Rock. Fired with the burning frustration of living on the wrong side of nu-millennium Britain, Strawberry Blondes reinvent the past and spit it into the future.

Kingmob EP (2002)

01 - Kingmob

02 - Return Of The Young Soul Warrior

03 - Bricks Under The Westway

04 - Pull Me Down

Rise Up (2007)

01 - Rise Up

02 - Rebel Rebel

03 - Johnny Two Combs

04 - Misfit

05 - End Of The World

06 - Kingmob

07 - Beat Down Babylon

08 - Bricks Under The Westway

09 - I'm A Punk Rocker And I'm Never Gonna Fall In Love

10 - Young, Free'N'Easy

11 - Rip It Up

12 - Viva Havana

13 - Beat Down Babylon (Don Letts Dan Donovan Dub Cartel Remix)

Soul Shakedown Rock'N'Roll Single (2009)

01 - Soul Shakedown Rock'N'Roll

Fight Back (2009)

01 - Revolution Radio

02 - Fight Back

03 - Faded Dreams

04 - Manners And Respect (Feat. King Django)

05 - Culture Sucks The Life Out Of Me

06 - Hang'em All High

07 - Goodbye Inspiration (Feat. Joey La Rocca)

08 - 007-Rudi

09 - No Way Out

10 - R.C.H. Punx

11 - Out Of Luck

12 - No Pasaran!

13 - Las Brigadas Internationales

14 - Hard Times

15 - Social Control

Nothin' Left To Lose EP (2012)

01 - Dazed And Bruised

02 - Under Suspicion

03 - Nothin' Left To Lose

04 - No Direction

New Revolution (2013)

01 - Rise Up

02 - Rebel Rebel

03 - Fight Back

04 - Dazed And Bruised

05 - Manners And Respect (Feat. King Django)

06 - Rip It Up

07 - Misfit

08 - Beat Down Babylon (Feat. John Robb)

09 - No Pasaran!

10 - Nothin' Left To Lose

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