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Name: oddshapedhead
Last Online: Sep 26th 2008
Last Updated: Nov 28th 2006
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"Believe the hype cos Odd shApEd hEAd are simply f**king amazing" Get Rhythm magazine

“If you only see 1 band this year make it Odd shApEd hEAd” BBC Newcastle.

Leapfrogging conventional rock sounds and hop-scotching conformity, these unassuming young gentlemen yell ‘Up your pigeon-hole!’ to an industry obsessed with format and repeated musical templates. In the humble surroundings of a quaint English seaside village, four of the four members of odd shaped head reside in chaotic harmony: Paul (Bass/Vocals), Ricky (Guitar/ Vocals), Rob (Drums) and Andrew (Guitar); from childhood chums to grown up geeky misfits.

The quirky quartet take a plunge with their new single and video ~ the multi coloured ket song ~ due to feature on MTV and stamp their un-erasable mark on 2006. ‘I want a red one…you can have an orange one… well you can’t always get what you want!’ is the Odd shApEd mantra chanted as a dull grey world is assaulted with splatters of bold bright colour.

Their eclectic brand of energetic, rhythmic, funk-punk; jerky bass popping, powerful scatterbrained drumming and stabbing guitars bursting into vibrant melodies draws more fans along to venues already packed with a collage of characters.

Quintessentially British - just like The Beatles are rock, but aren't, Odd Shaped Head are punk, but aren't… every half-baked crap band in the world could learn something from these guys…this single will be their road to fame. Excellant!! Lowcut Magazine, Denmark 06

The multi coloured ket song is Odd shApEd hEAd’s first major single and follows repeated success on the underground UK music scene and a rapid increase in audience sizes, demanding more! In 2005, their debut performances were supporting some of the big names - Maximo Park, Golden Virgins, Vinnie Peculiar. They were voted overwhelmingly No.1 in a Best North East Band poll (inc Futureheads, Maximo Park and Your Codename Is Milo), toured with Danish monsters of mayhem Wild Evil Entertainment Dept, reached Number 1 on internet radio station Sky905’s Most Played, released 2 ep’s……..and finally…. Saw the year out performing to a fanatical capacity crowd at Newcastle Carling Academy, sending an MP3 bluetooth of their own selfishly grateful Xmas tune – ‘I Like Santa’ to over 400 people in the audience.

They have earnt an odd shaped niche in the hearts of other bands too, recently playing an exclusive aftershow party for The Cribbs, featured on regional radio shows around the country i.e., BBC Newcastle, BBC Liverpool, BBC Somerset and Manchester’s FuseFM in the top5 chart alongside Clor and The Artic Monkeys.

“Odd shApEd hEAd have an all action sound: punked-up funk with added throbbing melodies and enough chutzpah to carry them on a tidal wave of goodwill which has been raining down on them from all quarters.

Odds on favourites to 'make it' this year!!” Crack Magazine, UK, Jan 2006

“No-one matches up to these guys at the moment – Odd shaped hEAd are THE band of 2006” Mick Hedley, producer, Testin Out

Enter the online world of www.oddshapedhead.com and taste the flavour of their oddness, see ‘video of the week’ and find out more about their street team – the Odd mOb.

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Where HAVE you been?

Blimey- what a LOAD of factoids to update your hard drives with.

Firstly: Thanks to all you lovely fans who regularly come to see us- we wouldn't do it if we couldn't see the smiles on your faces

Secondly: The album (title to be released very soon) is going through the final stages of art work production and features our catalogue of work today. Some tracks are absent but will be released as B-Sides.

Thirdly: keep checking www.oddshapedhead.com for gig news- I'll try my darndest to get the calendar on here updated.

Fourthly: Anomoly Girl- the newest track in our repetoire is causing a stir amongst our fan base as it heralds the introduction of synthesisers into the Odd sound. Some have been heard to whisper in the shadows of the night 'this is the SHIZ!'- that means the song is really good.

Fifthly: Big gig at the Cockpit in Leeds on the 14th December- Hope you can make it?

Love you all dearly, thE hEAd xx

Peculiar Classical Spectacular!

Good Evening loyal Oddlings, how the devil are you?

A double whammy of Odd action to inform you of... Firstly, hear the boys on Ian Gordon's radio show: Utopia FM 102.4FM on Friday 22nd of September at 7.30. You will hear an exclusive interview with the band as well as hearing the band play live acoustic tracks. Also, especially for you, Ian will play a studio version of There's A Corpse In the Kitchen never heard by human or gnome ears ever before. Tune in around 7.00pm!

Secondly, Get yourselves along to the Carling Academy in Newcastle on Monday 25th of September to see Odd Shaped Head in action. 5 pounds to get in. See: People of Santiago, El Bistro and the Arse Klarts. Doors open around 7.30

Phew! Who says we don't spoil you?!

Love you all, thE hEAd x

Special Secret new OSH track to be performed live on Monday.

DO NOT MISS IT!

There's been a homicide!!!

Ooh, some really great news!

Last week we received a appreciated accolade from Emergenza International battle of the bands by being voted in the top 3 unsigned bands in the UK!

Wow!

Not only that but Paul was presented with a Music Man Bass at the Astoria in London for being the UKs best unsigned bass player!

wowzers!

On the 30th August we record a live performance and are being interviewed by 'The Download Show' in Shoreditch, London. The Download Show is a programme that appears on the musicians channel (SKY 308 I think). Our performance and interview will be shown the week after but we will announce screening times and upload the show onto one of our websites.

Keep checking: www.oddshapedhead.com

www.myspace.com/oddshapedhead

and of course www.profileheaven.com/oddshapedhead

Album news to follow in the next few weeks along with launch patry news. You ALL have to come!!!!

Speak soon- mail us! x x x

Update on a rainy day

Hello!

We've just got back from London where we played to a capacity crowd at the Astoria as part of the Emergenza event. We are exhausted but smiley and are back in the studio to complete the recordings for our forthcoming album.

REMEMBER! We are playing the Other Rooms in Newcastle on the 8th of August and it would be greatsmashingsuper to see some of you there.

Come along- introduce yourselves, have a laugh and see the mighty hEAd in action.

Take care peeps. the bOys x

Long time no see!

Sorry for being gone so long- we're back in circulation now to chat with all our Profile Heaven chums- you are a good looking lot !

This weekend we play the Astoria in London representing the North of England in th UK Battle of the Bands www.emergenza.co.uk

Keep your fingers crossed for us! We'll report back when we are home

Keep your eyes peeled for exclusive album news VERY soon.

Love you all, keep in touch, thE hEAd x x x

Evening all!

Oh, goodness- loads to catch up on.

Our single is available on Itunes right now- Please buy a copy- 79p- a right good bargain!

Thanks to all the Oddlings in Leeds who came to see us on Saturday night. Some shapes were pulled on the dance floor like you wouldn't believe!

Also, we here at Odd Shaped Head played a charity show in sunderland, helping to raise over 1000 pounds for Cancer research in donations- thank you sooo much for donating; its for a worthy cause.

Check out www.oddshapedhead.com for the time being to see out forthcoming gigs before we update our profile heaven page.

We love you all, thE hEAd x

Update on all things Odd...

Firstly can I just say a HUGE thanks to all your friendly comments and messages of support, they're all greatly appreciated!

Thanks also to those of you who came along to our single launch on Monday in Newcastle to cheer us on and dance like body popping robots. We're collecting images, photos and flyers to update our site so please keep popping back to say hello and see our art work and promo images.

Speak soon, thE hEAd x

The single launch

OddShApEdhEAd single launch

the multi-colured ket song

Location: Stereo @ Newcastle Quayside . Time: Doors open at 8pm

See Odd Shaped Head perform live and be the first to get a signed copy of the single!

Also featuring The Spies live

See you there Oddlings

Hello and thank you

Well, this is our very first blog on our new profileheaven site so we better make it interesting!

Thanks for taking the time to read this and explore our pictures and music. We endevour to update the site very soon with tonnes of exclusive images and music just for you our profileheaven buddies.

Stay tuned Oddlings: great things ahead

Check out our video on MTV2

Come to our single launch at Stereo in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Monday 24th April

Download the 'multi-coloured ket song' on Itunes, Napster, Virgin Download, Karma Download, HMV download and more

Love you all,

thE hEAd x

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