Close Quarters is the band from Vadstena that, without any management or label, has lined up one gig after the other, been in the studio with the well-known producer Thomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Hellacopters mfl), performed at club gigs in England and lately fronted both Takida and Backyard Babies. Completely on their own.

In other words there is an exceptional driving force in this gang, stronger than any you’ll find among many other aspiring artists. If you combine that with quite a bunch of fantastic songs, it’s only a matter of time before Close Quarters will explode up in the rock heaven.

This is a real band that plays real rock’n’roll the way that real rock’n’roll should be played. And I love every second of it! The guitar riffs shred like razor wire, the rhythm section comes booming in like a freight train and the singer’s voice bleeds like an open wound. Heart and soul all the way!

Close Quarters surely has a great future, but they will hardly stand still waiting for it.

They want it all…now!!

So listen to and download the songs below and visit the band for more:

Close Quarters on Myspace

Only In It For the Chicks
Go Away
Stand Up Fightem

The song Time from the gig with Takida and Backyard Babies:

Well, I do like powerchords that slides over the guitar neck and licks that dance straight out of the massive sound. Bad Poetry Band offers this in their high energy rock’n’roll.
This is how I remember Fireside or Backyard Babies in the late nineties. Whether it comes with long hair, beards or “proper” hair styles, the music is straight, honest and down to the bone!

Even if Bad Poetry Band is a tight and professional band, it is the vocals by Mula that really make the the difference. Han throws out the words at me like he was Dave Wyndorf. Listen to “Home of the Brave”, and you’ll hear what I mean.

“Home of the Brave” video:

Listen and download a few tracks:
Home of the Brave
Dudes and Dudettes
Just a Little

Visit the Band:
Bad Poetry Band on Myspace

Keep cool,
Jeppe