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The Hedrons are an all-girl four-piece rock band, formed in early 2005 in their native Glasgow.

Career

The band have released three singles on the Glasgow based label, Measured Records. Two singles went top 5 and one went top 20 in the Scottish Chart. Their debut album One More Won't Kill Us was released on 5 February 2007.

The Hedrons appeared at several UK music festivals in 2006, including Download Festival, T In The Park, Isle of Wight Festival, Be in Belhaven and Guilfest and also undertook several UK tours. They toured America three times, appeared at SXSW, Candaian Music Week & Quebec City Music Festival. They have been special guest openers for bands such as Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Towers Of London and Alice in Chains.

They toured Germany in 2007 with Pigeon Detectives and The Wombats.

Critical comment

“Self-assured and deliciously energising…The Hedrons debut is a pedal-to-the-metal affair of great promise.” MOJO ^{[This quote needs a citation]}
“Unashamedly authentic four-piece female rock and rollers” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ^{[This quote needs a citation]}
“Four Scottish females bashing about in a punk rock style” FHM^{[This quote needs a citation]}
“Raucous rock n roll with a huge pinch of glam has rarely been done so well.” FUSE^{[This quote needs a citation]}
“Short, sharp, hook laden songs prove that The Hedrons are on the rise.” POWERPLAY^{[This quote needs a citation]}
“...the live delivery is the confident, energetic onslaught of punk rawness and rock cockiness that you would expect from a band that practically lives on the road.” THE MAG^{[This quote needs a citation]}

Discography

Singles

"Be My Friend" / "Stop Look & Listen" (31 July 2006)
"I Need You" (9 October 2006)
"Heatseeker" (8 January 2007)

Albums

One More Won't Kill Us (5 February 2007)

External links

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 The Hedrons appeared at several [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[music festival]]s in 2006, including [[Download Festival]], [[T In The Park]], [[Isle of Wight Festival]], [[Be in Belhaven]] and [[Guilfest]] and also undertook several UK tours. They toured America three times, appeared at SXSW, Candaian Music Week & Quebec City Music Festival. They have been special guest openers for bands such as [[Sex Pistols]], [[Rolling Stones]], [[Towers Of London]] and [[Alice in Chains]].
-They toured Germany in 2007 with [[Pigeon Detectives]] and [[The Wombats]]
+They toured Germany in 2007 with [[Pigeon Detectives]] and [[The Wombats]].
 ==Critical comment==
-* “Self-assured and deliciously energising…The Hedrons debut is a pedal-to-the-metal affair of great promise.” MOJO
+* “Self-assured and deliciously energising…The Hedrons debut is a pedal-to-the-metal affair of great promise.” MOJO {{Citequote|date=August 2010}}
-* “Unashamedly authentic four-piece female rock and rollers” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
+* “Unashamedly authentic four-piece female rock and rollers” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH {{Citequote|date=August 2010}}
-* “Four Scottish females bashing about in a punk rock style” FHM
+* “Four Scottish females bashing about in a punk rock style” FHM{{Citequote|date=August 2010}}
-* “Raucous rock n roll with a huge pinch of glam has rarely been done so well.” FUSE
+* “Raucous rock n roll with a huge pinch of glam has rarely been done so well.” FUSE{{Citequote|date=August 2010}}
-* “Short, sharp, hook laden songs prove that The Hedrons are on the rise.” POWERPLAY
+* “Short, sharp, hook laden songs prove that The Hedrons are on the rise.” POWERPLAY{{Citequote|date=August 2010}}
-* “...the live delivery is the confident, energetic onslaught of punk rawness and rock cockiness that you would expect from a band that practically lives on the road.” THE MAG
+* “...the live delivery is the confident, energetic onslaught of punk rawness and rock cockiness that you would expect from a band that practically lives on the road.” THE MAG{{Citequote|date=August 2010}}
 ==Discography==
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 *[http://www.tippimusic.com Tippi's Homepage]
 *[http://www.thehedrons.com The Hedrons Homepage]
-*[http://www.myspace.com/thehedrons The Hedrons MySpace]
 *[http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/feature_view.cgi?FeatureID=348 Interview with Soup from Room Thirteen]
 *[http://www.the-mag.me.uk/Band-Profiles/The-Hedrons/ The Hedrons Reviews and Interview on The Mag]