Basic Information
Label: None
Members: Captain Mayhem, Major Layoff, Private Parts, General Ignorance
The Red Pills
Leeds, UK
Rock / Punk / Blues
Bio
The Red Pills took their name from the 1999 movie 'The Matrix.' In one particular scene, Keanu Reeves' character 'Neo' is presented with a choice of pills to ingest; a red pill or a blue pill. Each is a metaphor - taking the blue pill will allow Neo to continue to live a cosy, comfortable lie. Taking the red pill will allow him to wake up to the truth.
The band's live show 'has to be seen to be believed' according to Rebecca Atkinson of Leeds Music Scene and has been described as 'refreshing...
Comments
EP Emsley:
So this is what happens when The Dead Kennedys and The Undertones collide in a Large Hadron Collider!? It's another dimension. fo sure.
Nov 30
Peak Studios:
Hey. Just letting you know that there are slots available at Peak Studio in Bradford. £250 for a full day for top quality professional recordings. If you are interested please look at our website www.peak-studios.co.uk for...
Oct 05
The Beat Dolls.:
#14 on the charts!!!! way to go y'all!!!!...Chk out new recordings by Little Plastic Records'
The Beat Dolls., from Austin TX!
Have a listen to the other artists on the label while ur there!
Thanks,
The Beat D...
Aug 17
Press
“The Red Pills are refreshingly bonkers - a good old-fashioned punk four-piece that round things off with a rousing romp through a barrage of authentically grimy two-and-a-half minute agit-pop songs.
It's bracing stuff, if a little neutered by the over-professional musicianship and synthesized sounds of modern amplifier technology. But bare-chested frontman Tom Hey is a gem, channeling the spirit of Johnny Rotten through the face and body of James' Tim Booth as he snarls out the pithiest chorus I've heard in some time: "This is my band/so f**k off/I'd rather have a proper job".
If that had been written in 1977, Hey would have been minted for life.”
Artist Stats
Fans: 2,391
Song Plays: 1,434
Visits: 3,034
Video Plays: 176
Widget Hits: 6,054
Status
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The Red Pills has a show on 2012-02-10 at 19:00 @ The Library in Leeds, LDS http://t.co/js1pPEyn #concert
Blog
BOMfest 2010: A review
Jul 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM
So, we played our first festival this weekend - BOMfest in Barnsley. We gotta say this is an excellent festival that deserves all the praise that we can dish out, really friendly people and no shortage of enthusiasm in the crowd.
We were due to go on at 13:20 and planned for a 25 minute set so as not to overrun. Tom turned up at 11.15, but the re...
