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The Alpacinos have been annoying each other for quite some time now. Colin, Grunter and Eddy have lived together as siblings for all their unfortunate lives. Ally went to the same school and though he hated and tried to avoid contact with them, ended up in the band. Morph arrived later in a less spectacular fashion. Lingering threateningly on the edge of Glasgow it always seemed like an interesting place to invade. This finally occurred around about
autumn 1997 and Glasgow hasn't quite made it back to its feet yet.
Heralding from a place called Motherwell near Glasgow. It used to have the Ravenscraig steel works and proper jobs, and then there was the Milk Snatcher, now its just another post-industrial waste with nothing to do and nowhere to go. This sounds a bit bleak, but the place has always had a great music scene, with lots of bands out to have a great laugh and hammer out loud, live music.
Over the last 4 years, the guys have been showcasing their brand of fast, filthy, melodic-punk all over the UK with a great response from punksters and industry insiders alike. The highlight has been support slots with New
York's Step Kings of Roadrunner Records and Capdown of Householdname Records. They have also enjoyed gigging with
The Swellbellys, Caffeine, B*Movie
Heroes, The Real McKenzies, Sona Fariq,
The CherryKicks and Groop
Dogdrill.
The Alpacinos are on the look out for a recording contract, but rather than sitting on their arses and waiting for it to happen they have been working hard to capture the essence of their live performance in the environs of the studio. They have produced 2 Singles and 2 EPs. Their latest EP "Awe That Kill Yer Granny Music" will be available in the not-too-distant future.
Their world view is almost as fast and filthy as their music. They've not washed their hands for months, they're in your sister's bedroom, out on the road, raiding your fridge, drinking your dirty dish-water, harassing your pets and licking your dinner plates clean. They stand for fast filthy stunts of unapologetic
punk-rawk-guitar-slapping debauchery - get out there and experience their live circus of daftness!! All the fun of the fair!!!
Sadly the Alpacinos split in 2006 |
