Puppy (band)

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Puppy
Puppy live 2018
Puppy live 2018
General information
origin London , England ,
UK
Genre (s) Alternative rock , metal
founding 2014
Current occupation
Jock Norton
Will Michael (since 2015)
Billy Howard Price
former members
bass
 Matthew Rickleton (until 2015)

Puppy ( Engl. : Puppy ) is an English rock band from London .

history

The band was formed in 2014 when the band Polterghost broke up. Their guitarist Jock Norton and drummer Billy Howard Price met bassist Matthew Rickleton in a bar . Together they talked about the soundtrack to the movie Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey through Time and decided to start a new band. According to Jock Norton, the band name is an acronym that has not yet been deciphered. In the same year the band released their first songs Forever and The Great Beyond , before Puppy released the self-titled EP in September 2015 . At the same time the band played at the Reeperbahn Festival . Shortly after the EP was released, Matthew Rickleton left the band and was replaced by Will Michael. In the summer of 2016, Puppy played at the Download Festival before touring the UK with Sorority Noise .

In March 2017, Puppy were signed by Spinefarm Records . At the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2017, the band was nominated in the category Best New Band , but the award went to Venom Prison . This was followed by appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals , numerous tours in support of Creeper , Milk Teeth , CKY and Kvelertak , before Puppy released their second EP Vol. II in November 2017 . In early 2018, Puppy toured supporting Turbowolf and Grove Street Families before the band played at Bloodstock Open Air that summer . In autumn 2018, the band recorded their first studio album with producer Tom Dalgety , who has previously worked with Royal Blood or Ghost . The Goat was released on January 25, 2019. At the same time, Puppy toured Europe in support of Monster Magnet .

On October 25, 2019, the band released their third EP iii . A European tour followed in support of Bokassa .

style

Stefan Reuter from the German magazine Visions described Puppy as a band that unconcernedly brings together power pop , grunge , thrash and heavy metal . Christina Little by German magazine Metal Hammer wrote that Puppy " indie - pop and alternative with doomy heaviness and classic rock - Hooks weave". At Puppy, Weezer would meet Alice in Chains and Ozzy Osbourne . Wenig compared the singing of Jock Norton with that of the Ghost singer Tobias Forge . According to Allmusic's Neil Z. Yeung , Puppy provides muscular rock with cracking riffs inspired by the big four of Thrash Metal ( Metallica , Slayer , Megadeth and Anthrax ), listening to melodies from Weezer and the experimental flair of Smashing Pumpkins .

According to Jock Norton, the band's lyrics are "dark and sad," which contrasts with the lively music. Nevertheless, the band wants to be fun with their music and “celebrate a certain silliness”. In April 2019, the US online magazine Loudwire listed Puppy as one of the 16 bands currently defining rock music in the UK.

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • 2015: Puppy (Best Fit Recordings)
  • 2017: Vol. II (Spinefarm Records)
  • 2019: iii (Spinefarm Records)

Music videos

  • 2016: Arabella
  • 2017: Beast
  • 2017: Entombed
  • 2017: Demons
  • 2018: Black Hole
  • 2018: World Stands Still
  • 2019: Bathe in Blood
  • 2019: Poor Me
  • 2020: Powder Blue

Awards

Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards
year category For result
2017 Best New Band Puppy Nominated

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefan Reuter: Goodbye to drawers . In: Visions , issue 312, page 35
  2. ↑ PUPPY SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH SPINEFARM RECORDS. Spinefarm Records , accessed April 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ wookubus: Winners Of 2017 'Metal Hammer Golden Gods' Awards Revealed. The PRP, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Christina Wenig: The celebration of the uncool . In: Metal Hammer , February 2019, page 40
  5. ↑ Jake Richardson: 16 Bands Defining Rock in the UK Loudwire , accessed April 26, 2019 .

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