KONG

UK DATES FOR MEN

2011-02-16T09:53:00.000-08:00

JAPAN BLOG COMING SOON!

2011-01-29T05:05:00.000-08:00

VICE SHOW LEEDS

2010-12-06T10:19:00.000-08:00

http://www.viceland.com/blogs/uk-photos/2010/12/06/dr-martens-50th-leeds/vice-8-copy/

TV TIME

2010-11-23T11:28:00.000-08:00

http://www.rockfeedback.com/tv/direct/channels/297400/1033977/

TOUR DIARY PT1

2010-11-22T07:12:00.000-08:00

So after a near 4 month break we had a 20 minute rehearsal ,saturday morning, before heading to southhampton , in the zoot mobile, for the first show of the tour with 65 days of static . No cobwebs in the red knickers though ,we played a banger then celebrated by smashing a bottle of jacks face clean off . Aftershow was spent with some fans at their huge house in bournmouth and after a round of cartoon zoots and another bourbon shake or 3 i was asked by one of the guys if i would be able to breath with one lung!!! the dude was sat looking down on me in my kip bag so i slyly grabbed my keys and placed them ready to attack his jugular if the bastard tried owt funny!.....

So if that wasn't enough to freak out ,even the magpie , look at what we woke up to in the morning .....

The morning after was spent eating eggs ,drinking the hangover off and doing japanese press over the phone , im pretty sure they asked me the same question at least 6 times and it involved oasis and new order but i couldnt tell you what it was about so i waffled on about burgers, cum and pokemon

Norwich we played in a church and to be honest i reckon the crowd were all virgins awaiting a piece of jesus bread and a penance but those are 2 things we can't provide , instead we chucked our gear all over em instead of loading off in a regular fashion.

So here we are in oxford hurting from bullet bourbon and sucking on vocalzones like they are fresh erect nipples and contemplating food , although last time i was on this street Ian brown recommended a jamaican take away where i was served a goat carcass on a pile of manky rice so maybe we will sniff out the papa johns for a pizza party ...... ohh and im gunna visit that mad rasta pub in a bit

but who gives a shit.......

KONG JAPAN 2011

2010-11-16T15:01:00.001-08:00

NOVEMBER TOUR 2O1O

2010-11-11T10:19:00.001-08:00

NOVEMBER TOUR SHIRT

2010-11-11T09:41:00.001-08:00

FREE SHOW ...TICKET LUCKY DRAW HERE!

2010-11-04T17:28:00.000-07:00

http://apps.facebook.com/dm-competition/leeds-50th-party/

NEW KONG BOOK AVAILABLE HERE!

2010-10-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.leedsmusicforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=31797

RED

2010-09-29T09:53:00.000-07:00

Red is the color of love (or lust). From boxes of chocolates on Valentine’s Day, to roses, hearts, lipstick, and popular song (“Lady in Red,” “Red Red Wine,” etc.), red is unarguably the official shade of Eros.

Many animal species use red to attract mates, like stickleback fish, rhesus macaques, and even some species of crustaceans. While in the nonhuman animal kingdom red is generally used by males to attract females, human conventional wisdom points to women using red to attract men (think red dresses and makeup). However, a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology shows that red also makes males more attractive to women.
Andrew Elliot and his team presented pictures of men for different female (and male) subjects and adjusted the color of the background and the men’s t-shirts, pitting red against blue and white:

We found that red influences women’s perceptions of the attractiveness of men but does not influence men’s perceptions of the attractiveness of other men or womens’ judgments of men’s overall likability, agreeableness, or extroversion. This specificity of the red effect with regard to both sex of perceiver and type of positive evaluation suggests that red functions as a sexual signal in this context (Elliot et al., 2010).

But why is red attractive? One explanation asserts that red is a sign of good health (think of a flushed face compared to a pale one). Elliot et al. believe it is also a potential sign of status.

In a few experiments they added a “status” variable to the mix, e.g. “Stefan (the person in one photograph) works as a medical doctor for an annual salary of 58,000 euros. Stefan (the person in another photograph) works as a street cleaner for an annual salary of 12,000 euros.”

The results of the “status” experiments showed that women generally assumed that the red-shirted or red-background guys were of higher social status than the non-red guys (It’s important to note, however, that in this experiment higher status merely meant “makes more money,” which is certainly debatable).

The red-as-high-status argument does have some robust anthropological evidence as well, as the authors point out:

In ancient China, Japan, and sub-Saharan Africa, red was viewed as a symbol of prosperity and high status (Donkin, 1977). Classical Romans called the most powerful men in the city coccinati—“the ones who wear red” (Greenfield, 2005)—and red was the color of regalia and ceremonial clothing throughout Central America, South America, and the Pacific Islands (Pickenpaugh, 1997). Beginning in the late 12th century, the Christian church adopted red as a symbol of its authority (using a red cross on a white shield as its emblem), and red was the color of nobility and rank in medieval Europe, worn by kings, cardinals, and judges (Gage, 1999; Munro, 1983)…
…In contemporary times, a red tie is used in the business world to indicate power, the popular rock group "kong" wear a red uniform to openly arouse the females that attend their live music concerts , a “red letter day” is a day of great significance, and “rolling out the red carpet” signifies special treatment typically reserved for celebrities or dignitaries. It is possible that this link between red and high status is a product of social learning alone, but there is reason to believe that it may have roots in our biological heritage

FREE DOWNLOAD SINGLE

2010-09-24T05:27:00.001-07:00

http://www.brewrecords.net/?p=488

INTERVIEW WITH A MAGPIE

2010-09-16T09:08:00.000-07:00

Stopping off in Glasgow for the night the Manc 3-piece pummel the audience with thick slabs of noise and a guitar tuned to the sound of razors slicing through skin. Clad in red lycra they leer through translucent plastic masks punctuated by gaping eyes and lipless mouths. Both entrancing and unsettling a Kong show is something special. Their performance is impeccable and they hold the audience - giggling like schoolgirls at every word - in their sweaty palms. Whilst they break to change a drum skin, bassist Lulu summons ‘Gary’ from the merch stand to belt out a Bon Jovi number and stretch his foreskin out as far as he can. It’s the biggest in the world apparently.

What marks Kong out from the rest of their hardcore brethren is a true mastery of their instruments and an ingenious approach to song writing: part telekinetic jam; part assault on the senses. This is embodied in secret weapon Krem, otherwise known as Mark Heron from Oceansize. Krem is the engine of the band; relentlessly powering his fellows along with brain-straining beats as they pound punk rock into impossible shapes. Jerking in all directions these sound less like songs structured and performed than spontaneous fits of rage channeled into sound. Rather than tugging at your heartstrings Kong tear your body to pieces; tossing your entrails around and blowing bubbles in your blood.

Having at last slunk offstage, the atmosphere buzzes with the delight of the crowd, breathlessly recounting the best bits. Kong have them now.

Intrepid correspondent Thomas Hoare and myself caught up with singer/guitarist Magpie afterwards for a bit of a chin wag.

Jim - How’s the tour been so far?

M - Well we’re only two days in so it’s alright. We’re off to play a festival in the moors somewhere. Uh… Skipton, that’s it.

Thomas - No way, that’s in Yorkshire, innit? Have you played a gig in Barrow-in-Furness?

M - We haven’t done yet but we play there on the 14th at The Canteen. Sounds like part of a school which would be pretty good actually.

T - That’s where I‘m from. It’s a pretty interesting place. Really weird. It’s famous for making nuclear submarines.

M - We could go and see some submarines?

T - Yeah man, have you heard of Trident?

M - Toothpaste?

T - More or less.

M - Trident is a fuckin’ toothpaste! Oh no, Spearmint! Spuggy! Fuckin’ chewing gum. So yeah, the tour’s fuckin’ good. We’ve done two days and two young men have had their willies out.

T - Yeah, I enjoyed the foreskin.

M - Oh Gary! He saw us play in Preston last night and was so wasted. He had seven litres of cider, crawled in our van and woke up in Glasgow.

J - Did you know he was there?

M - Oh yeah. We’ve got him selling our t-shirts. He woke up this morning and was like, “How long am I away for?” We’re like “9 days” and he says “Oh no” (whimpers). He got on the phone and rang his boss and said “I’ve got some bad news.. I got really wasted and I climbed on a tourbus and now I’m not in the country.” It is the truth but it sounds so fuckin, unreal! He’s like a cocktail bar guy, he does (gesticulates with hands) cocktails and all that. So day 1 and 2 have been alright and now we’re in Glasgow which is fucking phenomenal! Got lots of friends here.

J - I seen you played here at the Stag and Dagger festival in May.

M - In Sleazys? That was alright but I think we were fucking drunk that day.

J - You were downing a drink after each song.

M - Some shows get ropey with Jack Daniels but I think we’re trying to stop that as much now.

T - Is it not hard on tour? Y’know, day after day?

M - Well, Europe was bad because they treat you like gods over there. Krem (drummer) doesn’t drink Jack Daniels but me and Lulu; we’d put it on cornflakes if we could. We were literally getting two litres of Jack Daniels on our rider every day for three weeks. We were drinking a litre before fucking sound check and we were the support act so you were either seriously pissed or beginning your hangover just as you were about to play. So you’d start nailing the second bottle of Jack Daniels and you’d be super fucking high again. But only for about 30-40 minutes. It was hell after a while.

T - You’ve got some quite provocative artwork. Who does that then?

M - Well, I’ve always done all of our T-shirts, all of our record covers, all of our posters, all of our passes. The only one I didn’t do was ‘Blood of a Dove.’ That was Joby J Ford (of The Bronx) who did that. I do artwork for a bunch of bands: Future of the Left, Biffy Clyro.

J - So what‘s happening with your new record? Have you started recording?

M - Well, the thing is there’s lots of material. We jam out for a long time and get lots and lots and lots of recordings. Then Krem takes them apart and finds the really odd bits that maybe I wouldn’t pick, and puts them together. It takes a while but you think: “Fuckin’ hell! He was right there.” So we do a lot of that and then there’s the other style of writing songs where I basically bring the guitar riff and I’ve got an idea of how I want it to go and then the other two just smash it into a million fuckin’ pieces and I’ve got to relearn it. We do that quite quick, so some of the new songs like ‘Rat Lab’ and ‘Ribbons’ come together pretty fast. We’ve got a lot of stuff we wanna put on it. J - And are you gonna do it the same way you did the first one? Record it live?

M - Yeah yeah. Up to now the only way we can represent this fucking music is just to play it in a room together. Because we have to tour on next to no money there’s no way you can be ambitious. Even to add an extra member into the band would just add an extra dimension. Its not even plausible. You’ve just got to be able to play what your record is.

J - So is it you guys actually doing the recording or do you have an engineer? Do you know much about recording and stuff?

M - Oh yeah we all fucking know about recording. Big time. We all know what we want. We recorded the first record three times with three different people and they all had their own idea of how it would be to record us, and it just never worked out at all. Then we stumbled across this guy called Robert Whiteley who made some records that we really like: That Fucking Tank and Kill Yourself. They were and still are amazing records. The Kill Yourself album is just unreal for when it was recorded. We were just like “We want a bit of that.” You know it’s just a band in a room somewhere. We just recorded a new single ourselves in the studio we share with Oceansize and then sent it to him and he just fuckin’ made it bombastic. I think it’s coming out in December on 10″. They wanted to put another Brew band (Kong’s label) on it so they chose Castrovalva. They asked us to pick another band to be on it so we picked Shield Your Eyes who are the best fucking band in the world right now. Fucking nobody’s near them motherfuckers. Out! Of! This! Fuckin’! World! I fully love and endorse everything they’re doing right now. Three albums in three years. Solo records in between. They stink, they smell really bad. And the other band is That Fucking Tank. They’re just… People should know who TFT are! They used to be quite crazy but now they’re these grumpy middle-aged Yorkshiremen. I like them even more.

J - So what’s the second album gonna sound like. Is it more/less of anything? A different direction?

M - I don’t know. It’s really funny because I can’t really compare it to anything. I don’t really like much music and I don’t really listen to much fuckin’ music. I’m being honest, I don’t. So it’s hard for me to compare it to anything other than us. But I can’t say it’s more of anything. Up to now, the idea for it is to be heavier, so you can move to it more. It’s not simpler fuck’s sake. It still fries my fucking brains out. But I think it’s gonna be more bombastic, and fuckin’ bsssssh! There’s not as much screaming going on. It’s more just torture, just moaning like “aaauuuugghhh!” Just letting it come out. I don’t know. It’s weird.

T - I’ve read a lot of reviews about Kong and the band you get compared to every time is Fugazi. Are you happy about that?

M - Of course, I’m happy. No! I’m unhappy. I like to be compared to them because they were an independent punk rock band who put out very simple, very simply recorded records that were fuckin’ unreal and toured it on their own label and stuck with it! But musically I don’t know where that comes from. I don’t think Kong sounds a bit like Fugazi, especially because Fugazi to me is straight sounding guitar with jazzy punk drums and that’s totally not what we do at all.

J - I think most writers covering you are struggling to think of something to say.

M - Yeah, they just copy everybody else. Everybody says Shellac and Fugazi. That just because of Steve Albini’s sound. Most of my peers and friends - and me - are just like “Oh fuck we wanna make an Albini record.” There’s that connection because Rob kinda works like Albini. He’s a microphone freak and we’re all gear freaks.

J - I just find it lazy. When we’re writing we always try not to compare bands with other bands. Unless you really have to, y’know.

M - Yeah I guess maybe if you were ever gonna do that it would be so you didn’t isolate the band. So you could recommend Shield Your Eyes and That Fucking Tank as part of the same scene. Ox Scapula from Stoke are another fucking unreal band. It’s these bands you find on the road. What they’re doing is really inspiring. Not musically but how they’re doing it, and you end up crossing paths. It’s mad how you’re nowhere near each other in the grand scheme of things but something just makes you go “Fuckin’ hell! I’m glad I met you because your band’s unreal.” I won’t listen to radio, I don’t watch TV at all. I listen to Rolling Stones records and old fucking blues records on 12” vinyl and I love music that way. And that’s what we’re trying to do. Just need to get some more 12”s coming out. I can’t say much about it but there will be Kong on vinyl.

J - The only way I could describe your music - and I’m not saying it’s what you’re trying to do - is like punk with the emphasis on musicianship and dispensing with any pretensions about talent not mattering. Is that something you’d agree with?

M - Yeah’ I guess. When there’s three of you in a band you’ve all got to be on it and work really well together. And we do. We all play quite well I guess. I mean I might put 5 strings on my guitar next year, who fucking knows. But at the moment I don’t know if I would consider myself a great musician. I can make parts up pretty quick. I think that’s my trick: coming up with something really quick and then just sticking with it.

J - I guess the chemistry between the three of you is more important than the individual members.

M - Yeah, it’s funny though. When you’re actually rehearsing there’s very little of that. You’re just in your own zone because you have concentrate. A lot! And then after that you’ve got it. I mean we’ve been playing this shit for a long time now, especially the ‘Snake Magnet’ material. I could play it while jerking off y’know. Whacking one out over Front magazine, blowing my nose and wiping my arse on a burger and still play the fuckin’ songs. They’re second nature now. You can go a little bit looser on them.

J - Night night Magpie.

M - Night Night.

BOWLS

2010-09-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

So we played a game of crown green bowling in Chorlton ( Poor man's Manchester) for Chimp Magazine . Myself and Lulu went up against some rapper guy from Broken English and the editor of the magazine. Id never played the ,piece of shit , game before but that didn't stop me n lulu coming home with the anual trophy (snow globe) . To be honest you have to be either a widow or real fucking ugly to play crown green ; and on that note there is no females anywhere in sight. We were treated to a pre game beer that was as thick as maccy dees milkshake and tasted like donkey shit ...so all in all if your thinking of taking up a new sport id suggest anything but bowls ...next time run a wrestling competition and send 50 cent! ill drop his gangster ass in the squared circle for a snow globe any day of the week !

UK TOUR TA!

2010-08-23T09:29:00.000-07:00

Our Uk headline tour was fucking unreal ...we sold out all shows bar one and had amazing touring support bands along with us...... Big boy love to catrovalva and blacklisters .

Barrow -in-Furness: Were sorry we were rudely interrupted and shut down by the cops . Security guards don't mean shit at a kong show but the pig's can hussle old magpie here off to jail in a split second , so again were sorry and will play an extended set at our next show there !

Moor festival: Next time you hippies decide to book bands maybe check them out before you do.

We have been banned from future events for inciting a stage invasion and supposedly being drunk and disorderly ? We may drink Jack Daniels like T-model and Spam but believe me were good drunks and never throw around bad vibes in any situation . If i decide to smash the shit out of my guitar or for that matter any of our gear thats our prerogative and in no way disorderly . As soon as i saw a young kid on the stage (around 10 years old ) i stopped to high 5 him and made sure he was safe , sound and more importantly rocking out with a beaming smile on his grill!

Glasgow /Preston / London / Brighton : were all highlights and i cant thank you enough for loosing it a little and getting freaky ! i always said it takes 2 years to get into kong and you all proving me right ...next tour i want more than naked dudes though ...girls you gotta get involved in the strip show .

Ill post a more detailed account of the tour when im on free internet but for now many thanks :

Debbie Clare

Brother Clare

Big Slice (Tour manager)

Canny Boy ( Hostage for 5 days)

Grifftorious ( Guitar Tech )

Whalley ( BBQ King )

Brothers Brew

Rocksound Magazine

XYZ Magazine

Rockfeedback

Blacklisters ( Favourite Uk band right now )

Castrovalva ( ohh and anthony's Mam n step Dad )

and anyone else who made this happen

last but not least

Jack Daniels

RIBBONS RELEASE DETAILS COMING SOON

2010-07-13T10:43:00.000-07:00

UK TOUR POSTERS 2o1o

2010-07-07T12:07:00.001-07:00

Past Passes vol 1

2010-07-07T12:01:00.000-07:00

Entertainment for the day

2010-06-30T06:04:00.001-07:00

Here is what i'm watching & reading today......Horny to say the least!

KONG CHICKENHAWK SCRAP!

2010-03-31T04:17:00.001-07:00

WAR OF THE ROSES ALL OVER AGAIN! CEPT FOR THE JOCK!

NEW RAG

2010-03-19T20:37:00.004-07:00

new

2010-03-19T20:37:00.003-07:00

new

2010-03-19T20:37:00.001-07:00

PHOTO QUEEN

2010-03-19T15:59:00.001-07:00

CHECK OUT THIS PHOTOGRAPHER , GOT SOME COOL KONG SHOTS ON THEREhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lisaflynnphotography

2010-03-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

WE HAVE "THE DUKE" FROM http://www.themarmadukeduke.com/ DRIVING OUR BUS AROUND EUROPE THIS APRIL . WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND A GOD DAMN WORD HE SAYS BUT A WIDE SMILE AND BULBY EYES GO ALONG WAY , WELCOME ABOARD SLICE:

CYBER COP THERE IS VIBE ENHANCER AND MAGPIES BED BUDDY

BLACK DEATH IS LABEL BIG WIG AND MURCH LURCHER

KONG LIVE IN POLAND DOWNLOAD

2009-12-15T13:14:00.001-08:00

CLICK PRINT CUT FOLD STICK

ARTWORK - http://depositfiles.com/files/tquu5aoz6

DOWNLOAD BURN DISC

BOOTLEG - http://edirolling.blogspot.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR 2O1O

2009-12-15T13:11:00.001-08:00

WE WILL BE OPENING FOR 65 DAYS OF STATIC IN APRIL NEXT YEAR .

KEV

2009-12-15T12:46:00.000-08:00

HERE IS KEV , TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT HIS MUG ON THE SCREEN; AS IN REAL LIFE YOU CAN NEVER ACTUALLY SEE ALL OF HIS FACE AT ONCE!

KEV DRINKS CRATES OF LAGER

SUPPORTS MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

AND LISTENS TO KONG

HE CAN ALSO MANAGE TO TAKE ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT OFF THE STAGE ON HIS OWN IN LESS 60 SECONDS , WE HONESTLY DONT MIND THAT EVERYTHING IS STILL PLUGGED IN OR SOMETIMES STILL BEING USED . HE SEEMS TO JUST TANGLE IT ALL UP CLUMP IT TOGETHER THEN DRAG 3 AMPS AND A HUGE DRUM KIT OFF IN ONE GO.

THE PICTURE HERE WAS TAKEN AFTER I HAD DYED HIS EYEBROWS BLUE ,

HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE BALLS TO DO IT AND SO JUST SAT REALLY CALM AND STILL!

IF YOU EVER SEE KEV AT A KONG SHOW GO SAY HELLO, YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!

KREM'S MESSAGE FROM HOSPITAL!

2009-10-14T16:25:00.000-07:00

OUR DEAREST DRUM BOY ,KREMMER 900, AWOKE TO DISCOVER A MINI VERSION OF HIMSELF ATTEMPTING TO GROW OUT OF HIS VERY OWN BLOODY SNOOKER ARM!! GET T THOSSY LAD! HE HAS BEEN STUCK IN HIS BED MADE OF PENCILS ON WARD 3D FOR DAYS , DUE TO HIS REGULAR ANGUISH CRY'S , THAT ARE REWARDED WITH MORPH!

HERE ARE SOME PICS HE SENT ME FROM HIS BED AND BELOW IS A FB POST

Yes . .. ...... I was starting to think I was starring as a mental case in a remake of one

flew over the cuckoos nest. Seriously , every time I asked to see a doctor to give me some information about my situation in here . Manchester Royal infirmary. I was told one would see me soon . Then all I get is some more drugs , zone out for a while and forget what the fuck I'm doing here ..
Finally started to kick up a proper stink .. Some big doctor appeared as if by magic , took a look at my arm and in an instant burst the fuck out of my horrible bulge , I never seen so much puss

and blood
Fuckin sore it was , but what a relief . Think I should be out of here by Friday ... Kong rehearsal

Saturday then in the city gig Sunday ,,
I hope
Don't want to stay here anymore , been sitting on my arse for far too lon
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WHAT'S LULU BEEN UP TO?

2009-09-21T16:20:00.001-07:00

THANKS FOR THESE IMAGES THAT WERE POSTED TO US VIA TWITTER OF POSSIBLE LULU SIGHTINGS!

Official Euro Store

2009-08-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.bandstores.co.uk/shop/kong/products.php?cat=1093

SNAKE MAGNET DELUX CD AND LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE HERE

ABOUT TO DROP

2009-08-19T09:08:00.000-07:00

I LIKE THE WAY THEY SMELL

GIRLS AND THEIR CAKE

2009-08-04T16:22:00.000-07:00

REGULARS WILL NOTICE THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST KONG CAKE TO APPEAR ON THE BLOG.

THIS IS BECAUSE WE GET A TONNE OF GIRLS COMING TO OUR SHOWS AND THEY LOVE US ENOUGH TO BAKE US CAKES!!!

SOME EVEN PHOTOGRAPH THEM AND SEND YOU A PREVIEW!

MMMMN WE LOVE WOMEN AND CAKE!

JOE BALLS

2009-08-03T06:06:00.000-07:00

THIS HERE IS JOE BALLS AKA "BALLS" AKA JOEY G OF WIGAN LADS CLUB FAME.

HE DOES HIS BEST TO KEEP US IN LINE WHEN WE PLAY LIVE BUT WE PRETTY MUCH JUST MAKE HIS LIFE AS HARD AS A STIFF ONE IN JAIL .

IF YOU EVER SEE THIS GUY AROUND AND DONT WANT TO LOSE YOUR NATURAL ACCENT PLUG UP AND RUN , HE IS MORE ADDICTIVE THAN HERION!

GROUNDHOG DAY AKA ALBUM REVIEWS

2009-07-30T07:34:00.000-07:00

http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14529/reviews/4137443

http://www.nme.com/reviews/10642

http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/kong-snake-magnet

http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-5745.html

http://www.kevchino.com/review/kong/snake-magnet/1812

http://www.loudandquiet.com/articles/4/645/kong

http://rocketfalls.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/kong-snake-magnet/

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/kong-snake-magnetx26x05x09

http://www.pinpointmusic.com/kong-snake-magnet-music-reviews/

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/kong-snake-magnet

http://www.diskant.net/blog/2009/06/30/kong-snake-magnet-cddvd-brew-recordswhite-drugs/

http://www.musicomh.com/albums/kong_0709.htm

http://www.alterthepress.com/2009/07/album-review-kong-snake-magnet.html

http://www.dieshellsuit.co.uk/article_detail.asp?rID=3707

http://www.clickmusic.co.uk/articles/11597/Kong---Snake-Magnet.html

http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=3576&type=content

http://beardedmagazine.co.uk/wp/?p=984

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/46079-kong-snake-magnet

http://www.getfrank.co.nz/album-review-kong-snake-magnet/

http://www.citylife.co.uk/music/release/5995

http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/cd_view.cgi?CDID=10011

http://www.subba-culture.com/article_album.php?id=9858

http://theonlythingiknowforsure.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/album-review-kong/http://www.deafleftear.com/album-reviews/kong-snake-magnet/

http://www.puregrainaudio.com/reviews/kong

http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/music/buzz/8801

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2009-07-30T07:13:00.000-07:00

BREW

2009-07-28T07:18:00.000-07:00

THESE HERE ARE THE FREAKS THAT RELEASED SNAKE MAGNET IN THE UK

WE LOVE THEM ....HARD!

SNAKE MAGNET OUT NOW!

2009-07-13T09:18:00.000-07:00

RECORD OUT JUST ONE DAY AND WERE IN THE HMV CHARTS!

2009-07-03T10:30:00.000-07:00

BROKEN HANDS / TOUR SHIRT

2009-07-03T09:11:00.000-07:00

OUR LULU HAS BROKEN HIS HAND IN 3 PLACES WHILST MOON LIGHTING AT THE HOTEL CHEVALIER IN PARIS .....LETS HOPE THIS TOUR SHIRT WILL CHEER HIM UP .

AVAILABLE ON TOUR IN JULY

WE AINT GOT NO SHAME

2009-06-25T15:59:00.000-07:00

MICHAEL JACKSON 1959-2009

2009-06-25T15:17:00.000-07:00

R.I.P

YEP

2009-06-18T15:56:00.000-07:00

SUE US LEGO

TALKIN SHIT 2

2009-06-17T10:19:00.001-07:00

http://www.dieshellsuit.co.uk/article_detail.asp?rID=3763

- Are magpie and lulu afraid of permanently shredding their vocal cords?

MORE BOTHERED ABOUT MY EAR DRUMS! BOTH OF MINE ARE PERFORATED ...THEY STING LIKE FUCK WITH HIGH FREQUENCIES AND THATS ALL I PLAY ....I GOT THE INDUSTRIAL DEFENDERS ON THOUGH AND THERE DOUBLE PACKED.
- How much does your home town influence their music?

ME AND LULU GREW UP ABOUT 200 FT AWAY FROM A MENTAL HOSPITAL ...IN OUR HOME TOWN CHASING AND TEASING THE NUTTERS WAS A POPULAR ACTIVITY.... THATS 100% THE TRUTH TOO.
- What inspired you to make such a glorious noise and not, for example, ambient electro-folk involving hand-claps and songs about farming?

WE HAD GUITARS AND A LOAD OF MASSIVE AMPS WHAT ELSE WERE WE GUNNA DO? BUT THEN AGAIN LEAVE US WITH ANYTHING FOR 5 MINUTES AND WERE ALL MAKING A RACKET . GIVE US A BOWL OF FRUIT AND WE'LL BUST OUT AN UM- BONGO TUNE EASY
- What can an audience expect at your live shows?

3 PUFFS ON FIRE
- Where would you most like to play?

WRESTLING RING ON FIRE
- Does making the music come easily or is it like pulling Brontosaurus teeth?

WE SPEW OUT MUSIC ALL THE TIME, AND WE GET TO RECORD EVERYTHING...WERE JUST PICKY WITH HOW WE PRESENT IT AND WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR ...SNAKE MAGNET IS ENOUGH FOR NOW.... IT TAKES ABOUT 2 YEARS TO GET INTO IT

if you weren't making music, what would you be doing?

PROBABLY MAKING HOLLYWOOD FILMS OR A PRO WRESTLER'S MANAGER

WHITE DRUGS SHOW

2009-06-15T10:41:00.000-07:00

Watch The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx / Kong @ ULU, London in Music | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

2009-06-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

Kong - Snake Magnet (trailer) from Roach Productions on Vimeo.

T - MINUS 1 MONTH

2009-06-14T16:52:00.001-07:00

CD/DVD (DELUX)

AVAILABLE 13 JULY 2009

TALKIN SHIT

2009-06-12T17:40:00.000-07:00

Kong Interview If music is the food of love, what does Kong taste like? Like a big fat man sausage that's half way down your neck ....chuck a couple of warts on the end of it too. What's with your visual image? Masks could imply deep-seated fears, and an unwillingness to reveal one's true self. Is there something dark and sinister in your collective backgrounds; are masks a way of removing yourselves from association with previously musical ventures, or simply reflective of that fact that dressing up is fun? That little bit of plastic is like a giant shield...you know like.. I would probably square up to Ric Flair in that mask...it's weird you feel almost invisible. As a kid I was terrified of those huge promotional bears and Disney type costumes at fairs and sh*t as I could not see what was in them but knew even then that they weren't real huge purple dinosaurs or whatever. I was more frightened of the weirdo inside it! How do you feel your live persona's and sound translate to the recorded medium? Are you better live or on 'record'? Well our L.P was recorded live so it kinda works well both ways but to be honest I've never seen a Kong show and the record wrecks my head in ... How do you feel about the apparently incessant need for the world to compare music and other art forms to previous works in the genre? For example, "Kong sound like Shellac and Fudge Tunnel" is a lazy and essentially pointless association, but one which gives comfort to some. Discuss? Well to be honest I don't think its possible to describe music clearly with words ...and pictures can't capture sound but you know, here I am writing about our band. I think comparisons are used to reel in fans of other things. It isn't a bad thing, yes it is lazy, but there was a time in all our, music loving, lives that we have bought something on the back of a comparison or recommendation. What's the worst thing anyone could ever claim about Kong? A. That we are that coffin dodging excuse of a band from Amsterdam ,also named Kong. (we actually told them to f*cking retire and stop staining our path with their incessant trail of sh*t!) I'm not bitter about it....ugly flat faced twats! B. That we are a side project ...were not even close... Were more of a sideboard project. How involved are you with the recording process on your material? Does creativity continue to flow during recording and mixing, or is it simply an exercise in sonic 'capture and manipulation' of previous creative outputs? Were very involved. The L.P was recorded at least 3 times, with three different engineers, before we were happy with it and yeah there is no f*cking around with overdubs or any of that sh*t I think dubs are great for somethings but for Kong it would just be a fatal lie..like when you see a girl with huge busters and you get her home whip off the cone case to reveal fried eggs, I mean that is false advertising in its most carnal form! I don't want to release a wonder bra album, I want people to hear the same thing live and on the record and vice versa....

KONG KERRANG

2009-06-11T08:09:00.000-07:00

BZZ

2009-06-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

CHECK THIS ARTIST OUT "NIAGARA" HER WORK IS AT THE RICHARD GOODALL GALLERY IN MANCHESTER...IF YOUR RICH PLEASE BUY ME ONE........

GERMAN TRANSLATION

2009-06-08T07:30:00.000-07:00

This is probably as sound recording some cause confusion, because in these KONG are not the Dutch-quadrophonic geniuses who over the entire nineties caused a furore and anno 2009 renewed the new album "What It Seems Is What You Get" on the market pose, but a relatively new trio from Manchester, which is stylistically far removed from the namesakes, but also still quite unconventional sounds produced.

ANON PHOTO

2009-06-01T15:23:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A GREAT SHOT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT ?! IF IT WAS YOU OR YOU KNOW WHO...YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO .. DO BEE DE DO ..

FESTIVAL

2009-05-31T08:16:00.000-07:00

WEVE JUST BEEN ADDED TO THIS FESTIVAL LINE UP!

CHECK IT OUT http://offsetfestival.co.uk/

AND MAKE SURE YOU ROCK THE EXECUTIVE!

CHAMELEON

2009-05-31T06:21:00.000-07:00

... SO WERE PLAYING THIS CRAZY VENUE ON OUR JULY TOUR ...WE PLAYED HERE ONCE BEFORE AND LOVED THE L.S.D. BATTERED OWNER SO MUCH WE JUST HAD TO GO BACK ....HE'S A SCARY GUY BUT I GUESS EVERYTHING LOOKS CRAZY AND SCARY TO HIM IN HIS PERMA TRIP LIFE .....

THE POSTER ROCKS TOO!

GREAT JOB!

CAKE

2009-05-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

PROMOTERS THESE DAYS DON'T BOTHER SWEET TALKING YOUR FEE DOWN ...THEY BAKE YOU PERSONALIZED CHOCOLATE CAKES! AND DO ONE......

SPIN EARTH

2009-05-27T15:56:00.000-07:00

LIVE STUFF HERE AT SPIN EARTH...

http://www.spinearth.tv/report/kong-we-heart-northern-perversion

ROB WHITELEY

2009-05-26T18:06:00.000-07:00

ROB WHITELEY RECORDED SNAKE MAGNET

HE DID IT IN THE WORKS STUDIO, BREDBURY,MANCHESTER.

IT TOOK TWO DAYS.

I DIDN'T HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM SO I JUST HIT GOOGLE & HERE HE IS!?

ORIGIN OF THE SNAKE MAGNET

2009-05-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE FIRST EVER SNAKE MAGNET ENCOUNTER .

NEW T !

2009-05-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON TOUR IN JULY!

COHEN PHOTO

2009-05-25T10:40:00.000-07:00

HERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH THAT HAS JUST BEEN CUT FROM THE SNAKE MAGNET ARTWORK.

THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN , BY OUR VERY CLOSE FRIEND MARTIN COHEN, DURING THE FILMING OF OUR LEATHER PENNY PROMO VIDEO

WE ARE PICTURED HERE AT "UPPER CUTS" BARBER SHOP IN THE NORTHERN QUATER MANCHESTER.

THE PLACE HAS SINCE MOVED; SO YOU'LL BE UNABLE TO COPY OUR FLY BARNETS!

CHECK OUT MARTIN'S WORK HERE :http://www.flickr.com/photos/martincohenphotography/

LEATHER PENNY SOLD OUT!

2009-05-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

THIS LITTLE BEAUTY HAS NOW SOLD OUT!

WAS ON A MINI 5" VINYL/CD FEATURING MATT FROM THE BRONX AND FALKO OF FUTURE OF THE LEFT. WAS A CRAZY LAST MINUTE THING AS ALWAYS! WE'D HAD THE COVERS PRINTED FOR WEEKS BUT HAD YET TO RECORD THE B SIDES WITH GUESTS..... IT LITERALLY GOT DONE WITH LESS THAN AN HOUR TO GO!

DON'T THINK THIS WILL GET A REPRESS BUT THE TRACKS MAY GO ON-LINE IN THE FUTURE ....

MAGPIE800

FIRST L.P.

2009-05-25T09:12:00.001-07:00

THE SOUND TRACK TO THE 1984 FILM "BREAKIN"

AFTER A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH MY MUM TODAY , IT WAS CLEARED UP THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST LONG PLAYING RECORD I EVER BOUGHT, AT THE AGE OF 4, FROM MALCOM'S MUSIC LAND .

MYSELF AND LULU WATCHED THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT ...SO SO STREET SO !