Chewing On Tinfoil

StJimmy · 13-11-2005 10:44am #1

Just wondering does anyone like the Dublin based band ''Chewing On Tinfoil''. They're a punk band with the influence of ska also. Theyve been compared to the likes of Rancid, Bad Religion, Green Day, NOFX, etc. They've played a few gigs around the city, including appearances at the all-ages, non-profit 'BLAST'. You should really check them out if you havn't. The bassist/vocalist Stu works in the shop Purple Haze in Temple Bar and hes really cool. Oh and i think they could be playing a gig this saturday in town....

ferdi · 13-11-2005 1:44pm

chewing on tinfoil is a line from the green day song 'ha ha, you're dead!'

StJimmy · 13-11-2005 1:57pm

Yeah that's right, it is. I'm not sure if they got their name from that though

dregin · 13-11-2005 5:18pm

"Blast"

OLP · 13-11-2005 5:23pm

dregin wrote:

"Blast"

agreed.

Ro: maaan! · 13-11-2005 5:51pm

Of course that's where they got the name!

Oh yeah, and... "Blast".

StJimmy · 13-11-2005 6:08pm

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Of course that's where they got the name!

It's actually not - if you read up on it, you'll find out it was something to do with one of the members getting braces and the dentist told never to chew or have tinfiol in your mouth. Oh and what's wrong with Blast?

ANarcho-Munk · 13-11-2005 8:37pm

Hmm I remember reading about them in the tv guide that comes with the irish times. And yeah i remember it saying something about the name that StJimmy mentioend above.

PurpleFistMixer · 14-11-2005 7:23pm

Chewing on tinfoil is a horrible, horrible experience/taste.

As for the band, I think I might have seen them at an acoustic gig a while back, or something. Actually, it's possible I got thrown out before they played. I recall there being disappointingly little trumpets.

*Sam* · 15-11-2005 5:24pm

StJimmy wrote:

Just wondering does anyone like the Dublin based band ''Chewing On Tinfoil''. They're a punk band with the influence of ska also. Theyve been compared to the likes of Rancid, Bad Religion, Green Day, NOFX, etc. They've played a few gigs around the city, including appearances at the all-ages, non-profit 'BLAST'. You should really check them out if you havn't. The bassist/vocalist Stu works in the shop Purple Haze in Temple Bar and hes really cool. Oh and i think they could be playing a gig this saturday in town....

Any more details on where and what time the gig is on?

Can anyone tell me about it?

dregin · 15-11-2005 5:27pm

No.

PurpleFistMixer · 16-11-2005 12:21am

I heard it was the International Bar at 2pm. You might check if they have a website or something, though.

StJimmy · 16-11-2005 3:31pm

Yeah they do it's www.chewingontinfoil.tk

ANarcho-Munk · 16-11-2005 4:01pm

StJimmy wrote:

Yeah they do it's www.chewingontinfoil.tk

They sound like the boringness of GBH mixed with really annoying fat mike pop-punk vocals.:v:

dregin · 16-11-2005 4:56pm

YAY, it's an on/off side project.

Ro: maaan! · 16-11-2005 6:22pm

dregin wrote:

YAY, it's an on/off side project.

Eh? Is it?

su_dios · 16-11-2005 6:30pm

Saw them twice so far..I like them.. They seem to be one of the good few ska bands in Ireland although I don't know really of any others

Ro: maaan! · 16-11-2005 6:37pm

su_dios wrote:

They seem to be one of the good few ska bands in Ireland

Good few, or few that are good?

dregin · 16-11-2005 7:16pm

Pocket Billiards are the best ska band to have ever come out of Ireland. Not that I actually know many more.

W.A.F.

Ro: maaan! · 16-11-2005 7:24pm

Yeah!

F.M.C.

StJimmy · 16-11-2005 9:54pm

They're not an on-off side project

ferdi · 19-11-2005 6:42pm

they are extremely american sounding, even for a punk ska band! sound like less than jake mixed with...something else/

dregin · 19-11-2005 7:05pm

In other words they sound like something that sells...

*Sam* · 19-11-2005 9:21pm

I saw Chewing on Tinfoil for the first time today, they were really really good!

Faddymackshyte · 19-11-2005 9:29pm

They really are a good band and have an incredible following!!

if anyone's interested on any gigs that they play, check out www.mediocore.tk for info on their band and other bands that they play with.

Ro: maaan! · 20-11-2005 11:32am

dregin wrote:

In other words they sound like something that sells...

Dregin, stop judging the band before you've ****in' seen them.

You should know better than this...

dregin · 20-11-2005 1:14pm

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Dregin, stop judging the band before you've ****in' seen them.

You should know better than this...

I've heard what's on their site. That's enough to make an opinion with.

StJimmy · 20-11-2005 6:04pm

The stuff on their site was recorded about 3 years ago. They're much better now and they're even better live. Yeah their gig was amazing. The very first power chord they hit on the very first song they played brought the whole venue into a massive mosh pit. They were great with the croud, having extremely fast wall-to-wall moshes, claps, roars and the bassist/vocalist Stu even dropped his bass for their last song to go crowd surfing while risking getting his head chopped off from the fan rotating above...

melekalikimaka · 21-11-2005 2:39am

shall look into it

kels · 04-12-2005 1:31pm

I like them a lot, I no stu( he saved me at the distillers) but my boyfriends and his mates think they are "tight" good together and they will make it but they just don't like there music. Talking about bands in the Dublin area has anyone ever heard of THE O.B.C.D.

dregin · 04-12-2005 1:36pm

kels wrote:

they will make it

Make it to what? Slane? I don't know any punk bands that want to "make it"...

kels · 04-12-2005 1:38pm

dregin wrote:

Make it to what? Slane? I don't know any punk bands that want to "make it"...

I mean like to become famous.....

Anarchist · 04-12-2005 2:13pm

StJimmy wrote:

Just wondering does anyone like the Dublin based band ''Chewing On Tinfoil''. They're a punk band with the influence of ska also. Theyve been compared to the likes of Rancid, Bad Religion, Green Day, NOFX, etc. They've played a few gigs around the city, including appearances at the all-ages, non-profit 'BLAST'. You should really check them out if you havn't. The bassist/vocalist Stu works in the shop Purple Haze in Temple Bar and hes really cool. Oh and i think they could be playing a gig this saturday in town....

None of the above bands are Punk in the remotest so why did you describe Chewing on tobacco as a Punk band?

Now this is Punk Rock!

dregin · 04-12-2005 7:57pm

No. That's just the A-Z of how to be a ****in liteweight

Also. Become famous? Some punk bands have more important things to worry about.

StJimmy · 04-12-2005 8:57pm

Chewing On Tobacco? Wtf Anarchist!?! They are punk - okay maybe not as heay as The Misfits or Leftover Crack or whatever, and so are the bands mentioned. So you're sayin you wouldn't call Rancid or Bad Religion ''the remotest bit punk'' and that lying on a bed in a UK Subs tee and looking like a freakin idiot is? Whatever...

Anarchist · 05-12-2005 12:13am

I vouch for me in everyway.......

ANarcho-Munk · 06-12-2005 7:23pm

Anarchist wrote:

Hey....... where'd ya get the punk trousers?

dregin · 06-12-2005 10:24pm

ANarcho-Munk wrote:

Hey....... where'd ya get the punk trousers?

At the end of a €130 bill, eh Janer???

Anarchist · 06-12-2005 11:55pm

I bought them in an 0xfam shop for €1.30, including the plastic bag €1.45 in total, fcking government levies

dregin · 07-12-2005 3:41pm

disko wrote:

You obviously never saw foot in mouth in their prime! oh yes.

No

Were they at GGI last year? I've definitely seen them on flyers for something I was either at or should have been at but haven't heard/seen them. Didn't realise they were ska. For some reason without hearing them I always invisaged them as being something like fuktifino/the boy you hit is dead.

It's all in the name yo.

Anarchist · 07-12-2005 3:54pm

I have seen Foot in Mouth and er I may be a biased Punk but they were ok, nothing more.

Ro: maaan! · 07-12-2005 6:30pm

A lot of people seem to think Foot In Mouth are brilliant. I never really liked them that much. Pocket Billards are far better imo. Both live and on record.

Anarchist · 07-12-2005 7:25pm

To be fair Ro:womaaan! Foot in mouth sound better on CD then on record but I get ya point.:v:

_sara_ · 13-12-2005 5:56pm

chewing on tinfoil are so cool...nice guys too! well not really al hes bit of a prick to me!! but there music is great! and stu works in fresh in temple bar!

StJimmy · 13-12-2005 9:05pm

Oops yeah, it's Fresh.

EFC-4eva · 24-12-2005 12:27pm

I aint too fond of them, one of my less favourite bands.. Emily, now they're worth a listen.

ANarcho-Munk · 24-12-2005 2:18pm

_sara_ wrote:

chewing on tinfoil are so cool...nice guys too! well not really al hes bit of a príck to me!! but there music is great! and stu works in fresh in temple bar!

Wow, you're so punk.

_sara_ · 26-12-2005 1:40pm

ANarcho-Munk wrote:

Wow, you're so punk.

ye and i never said i was punk...idiot!

StJimmy · 02-01-2006 4:25pm

ANarcho-Munk wrote:

Wow, you're so punk.

Wow, you probably think you're so punk posting something like that, don't ya?

ANarcho-Munk · 02-01-2006 6:37pm

StJimmy wrote:

Wow, you probably think you're so punk posting something like that, don't ya?

Wow, you're so punk.

StJimmy · 02-01-2006 7:10pm

ANarcho-Munk wrote:

Wow, you're so punk.

Haha! Just what i thought

Chewing On Tinfoil

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