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Strain

Strain are powerful, uncompromising and in your face with their approach, but there is much, much more to them than being ‘just’ a hardcore punk rock act. The

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Little Things

Demo only
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Everything's Impossible

Discography Central / ALBUM - No Butts or Luggs It leaves me speechless, it's just stunning. It has an incredibly addictive riff, C: "I just want to make it all alright / And everything's all I want from you / But everything's impossible"…..
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King

A downbeat, slow-burner with a powerful kick...
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Looking

KERRANG! Strain are two peroxide blonds and one burly skinhead from Gloucester who nabbed a Kerrang! Single Of The Week. They play ultra-tuneful, no-frills punky pop...Strain are no one-trick pony.
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Man of the Moment

KERRANG! Single of the Week Don't know much about Strain, but they're a bit on the good side...The dynamics are in order, and the singer knows a good hook when he yells one. 'Man of the Moment' in particular sticks like glue. Jason Arnopp
NME / Singles - 'man of the moment' "WELL HERE'S a curious little bugger. Strain are three Helena Bonham Carter-eyebrowed, bottle-blonde snowboard instructors from Gloucester who come highly recommended by Kerrang!. The track is apparently about the Nietzschean glories of the eternal struggle between man and snowboard. What more do you need to know? It chugs and thunders in a relentless, utterly addictive monotone, ramming it's single killer riff so far down your throat that you can feel it in your toes. This is what 'Eye Of The Tiger' would sound like if it wasn't crap. I still think that snowboarders are twat-hatted trainspotters who probably say things like "rad" and "wicked" and think they're really hard because they drink Pepsi Max straight out of the bottle, but Strain prove that three of them at least are capable of rocking like gods." Steven Wells
Band/artist history
Scootering / ALBUM of the MONTH - No Butts or Luggs "Gloucester based guitar fuelled trio Strain are already firm favourites at the Scootering editorial office. Their unrelenting, full-on, hardcore punk rock with melodic pop slant has that certain X-factor that so many wannabe pop stars can only dream about. Strain’s music is probably better known than their name which is bizarre but true due to Strain tracks ‘appearing’ on almost every extreme sport programme on both domestic television and satellite and cable. Not forgetting that Strain songs have also featured on a host of videos, including snowboard action vids, the notorious ‘Berry on Bikes’, and five Strain songs are on the currently available Scooter Crazy video. To date they’ve notched up three singles, Carried, Man of the Moment and Looking. Strain go about things differently to most whereas a lot of bands issue an album that includes previous singles, Strain’s debut has none. There is a new version of Carried, and their forthcoming single The Most Beautiful Girl in America is included, but it’s by and large all new material...."
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Yup, whenever and wherever possible. Strain are definitely a live band. The whole band get very grumpy if they don't get to play often enough.
Your musical influences
Being Brave / Fanzine Album Review "The band mix serious pop tunes with a high energy guitar driven force that just leaves you breathless. I guess you could call it Pop Punk, but why limit it with name tags. This is just plain and simple top quality stuff. Top tunes one and all."
What equipment do you use?
Guitars, bass, drums, voice.
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