Chewing On Tinfoil

StJimmy · 13-11-2005 11:44AM #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 02:44PM

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

StJimmy · 13-11-2005 02:57PM

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

dregin · 13-11-2005 06:18PM

"Blast"

OLP · 13-11-2005 06:23PM

dregin wrote:

"Blast"

agreed.

Ro: maaan! · 13-11-2005 06:51PM

Of course that's where they got the name!

Oh yeah, and... "Blast".

StJimmy · 13-11-2005 07:08PM

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 09:37PM

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 08:23PM

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 06:24PM

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 06:27PM

No.

PurpleFistMixer · 16-11-2005 01:21AM

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

StJimmy · 16-11-2005 04:31PM

Yeah they do it's www.chewingontinfoil.tk

ANarcho-Munk · 16-11-2005 05:01PM

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 05:56PM

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

Ro: maaan! · 16-11-2005 07:22PM

dregin wrote:

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

Eh? Is it?

su_dios · 16-11-2005 07:30PM

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 07:37PM

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 08:16PM

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 08:24PM

Yeah!

F.M.C.

StJimmy · 16-11-2005 10:54PM

They're not an on-off side project

ferdi · 19-11-2005 07:42PM

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

dregin · 19-11-2005 08:05PM

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

*Sam* · 19-11-2005 10:21PM

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

Faddymackshyte · 19-11-2005 10:29PM

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 12:32PM

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 02:14PM

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 07:04PM

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 03:39AM

shall look into it

kels · 04-12-2005 02:31PM

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 02:36PM

kels wrote:

they will make it

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

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