About this Event

Thursday 7th February at The Hop Wakefield...



THE CHAPMAN FAMILY

thechapmanfamilyisnotacult.com

Meet Kingsley (vocals/guitar), Paul (guitar), Phil (drums) and Pop (bass). Together they cook up a firestorm of feedback drenched punk with the dynamics of The Sex Pistols, the intensity of The Fall and the discordance of Shellac.

Most of all they have a desire to do things differently. The Chapman Family are proud of their hometown of Middlesbrough in the same way that only a child is allowed to criticise its own parents. It's a strained kind of affection, one that has seen Pop shot at with air rifles for looking the way he does. When Kingsley talks of "next door neighbours sitting on the porch from 9am, drinking cans of Carling," his tongue is only halfway into his cheek. As he explains, "it's a forgotten part of the UK, the people are very insular. Ambition isn't always seen as a good thing. Everyone is fiercely proud to be working class or even below, so anyone who wants more than that is treated with suspicion."



with support from...

THE MICHAEL AINSLEY BAND

michaelainsley.bandcamp.com



THE GRAND

thegrandwakefield.bandcamp.com



Doors 7.30pm - £4 - 16+

Tickets available from The Hop, Jumbo, Crash and Ticketweb