Twinkle and The Sluts

- Rugeley, STS, UK Punk / Rock

About

Members: Twinkle - Vox, Alex - Guitar, Curlz - Drums,Ash - Bass

Sounds Like: The Official Distillers, Queens Of The Stoneage, Siouxie & The Banshees, The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, Juliette and the Licks

Bio: "Biting your face off with horrible riffs, thrashing drum beats, smash your ribcage in bass lines and wash-your-mouth-out with soap lyrics; Twinkle & The Sluts are living proof that there are still bands out there who don't aspire to be Simon Cowell's new bitch.
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Status

We're number 8 on the ReverbNation Punk charts for UK. http://www.reverbnation.com/twinkleandthesluts #KeepItSlutty

Press

"What can I say about Twinkle And The Sluts? They are the meaning of showmanship, they are full of attitude with an amazing blend of sounds, they will be your new favourite band!"

— Paul Squires, Broken Stereo Promotions

"Trashier than a 30 something soccer-mum, wearing ripped tights and thigh high boots, having alleyway sex with a stranger, in a bin. Twinkle And The Sluts want to trash your ears, and they will, the trashy fuckers!!" "Jarring, aggressive trashiness with a splash of style. Imagine Hole mixed with a bit of Gallows...yeah it's sort of like that - now fuck off, I'm getting wasted and listening to some trash, Twinkle And The Sluts style!!!" Feel free to take the parts you like from this and mix them up - or if you want something less offensive/professional then let me know :) AND I'LL TELL YOU TO GET FUCKED!!! You've made me this way!! With your trashy sounds!!

— Alex Baker - Kerrang Radio DJ, Quote from

"...They are a really talented outfit who never fail to put on a great live show. With two solid EPs under their belt, they’re heading for great things."

— Indie Cult, Selt Titled EP Review

"The Twinkle and The Sluts EP is a great piece of combat to stand toe to toe with, of course the band wins but it is great fun succumbing to their uncompromising mischief..."

— Ringmaster Reviews, Self titled EP Review

"This is real, no nonsense, solid punk. To be as brutally honest as they are, it’s fucking brilliant.."

— Ash - Punkprospect, Self Titled EP Review

"These are gritty, angry, attitude filled songs, don't be mistaken, these songs do bite"

— The Cake Man, The Cake Man Show

“One brash, vile display demonstrating everything the band stands against. ”

— Music Review Unsigned, Twinkle and the Sluts ::: Self Titled EP

“It's not post-alt-street-punk or any of those other bullshit pigeon hole 'genres' that I don't quite understand. It's just good old punk rock at it's finest. It's a little bit dark, a little bit evil, and a whole lot dirty...and Hellfire loves it.”

— New Hellfire Club, Twinkle And The Sluts Debut EP Review

"Twinkle and the Sl**ts, who look every bit the punk band that their explicit name suggests. Based in Stafford, Richard Buxton has again hand-picked another great band from the local scene of our neighbours, matching the quality of music and performance as those such as Sea Based Turtles and Platypus Duck who played at the Hippy Haze Festival. Radical, original and racey, lead singer Twinke has an outstanding voice, almost too good to front a punk band, but her angry lyrics and punk attitude more than fit the bill, and the sound the band creates is very powerful, with energetic drum beats and perfectly timed bass riffs, all being beefed up by well structured guitar play. To hear a real punk band these days is pretty hard, but to hear a real punk band with a female vocalist is even more so, but even if there was a plethora of female fronted punk bands in Staffordshire, I think you would be hard pressed at finding one to match the sounds of Twinkle and the Sl**ts."

— Radicals Rising

"There are so many other bands I could talk about but I don't want to go on, Sankofa, Suzie Does It and Stop Motion Silence deserve honourable mentions, as do The Holy Ghosts and Twinkle and the Sluts. All bands doing something original and exciting, and all bands that are being overlooked far too much. All of these names should be familiar by now, and they're not, but make no mistake, they will be."

— Ben Corry - The Madding Crowd, Strokesism and the Rise of Uniformity‏

“Dave Chi, SoundBar MD, said: "We're really delighted to be working with such a raw but mature talent as Twinkle And The Sluts. They have the fire and drive to power their unique brand of Dirty Slutty Rock into your hearts and ears. Very few bands have excited me like this for quite a while, and I guarantee these guys will be getting into your brains very soon. You have been warned!"”

— Soundbar Entertainment, Post

""Twinkle and The Sluts latest offering, ‘Sluttier Than Thou’ is pure filth. I feel there’s no better way to put it. With their ‘who the fuck do you think you are?’ attitude it’s about time a female fronted band had something more to say for themselves than ‘look at my red hair and tiny tits; aren’t I pretty?’""

— Ash - Punk Prospect, Twinkle And The Sluts

“Having been raised on a diet of the likes of the Slits, X-Ray Specs and Penetration it's been great to get back into hearing a band that consider a three and a half minute song to be epic. "Sluttier Than Thou" is good honest mosh pit pogo fodder for which Twinkle & The Sluts can be justifyably proud. This is an ep that's not only got the sound it's got the attitude, it positively growls all the way through. The songs just blast out with barely a pause for breath. This is punk not only as it was, but as it should be. And this is nostelgia for my sake, love it. ”

— Fatea, Twinkle & The Sluts - Sluttier Than Thou EP

"The last band of the evening Twinkle and the Sluts finishing the evening where it began a good dose of old fashioned punk with a female singing which is even more rare. In the songs I saw you can see there old school female punk references with bands like Siouxsie and The Banshees and Blondie and the new contemporary bands following this path such as Julliette and The Licks & Distillers..."

— Marc Lungley, The Catapult Club - The End Bar Birmingham

"Twinkle and The Sluts and Sluttier Than Thou will have you off your feet and joining in within moments of the first song, they are that contagious. There are not many truly outstanding punk/rock female fronted bands around currently but Twinkle and her cohorts are well on the way to joining them."

— RingMaster, Twinkle & The Sluts- Sluttier Than Thou

“There is something raw about TATS, catchy choruses and a punk edge to their sound, which screams ‘I do what I want and I dont care what you think’. A band who I think will never change their style and their attitude, unsigned or signed.”

— Zombiegirl, Twinkle & The Sluts

"What do you get when you mix The Runaways, Blondie and a dash of The Clash? You get dirty-rock band Twinkle and the Sluts..."

— Tori Olson, Sluttier Than Thou Review

“'Female vocals over punk riffs and drums beats are clearly saying, “I don’t give a f**k, and if you do, tell someone who cares.” Their music is not only upbeat in sound, but also in expression. Music should have the ability to bring you to different heights or change your perspective regardless of what drama is going on in your life.'”

— Shari Sanahi, Twinkle & The Sluts EP review

"Female punk with the aggression of the Olympic kick boxing team"

— Lisa Nash - Suns and Stars - Signmeto

"It’s quite evident with their sound the chorus’ will be key to their success. Generally consisting of power chorded catchy riffs with well thought out lyrics, they work well. After listening to the songs a few times I already have them stuck in my head, which can only be a good thing."

— TheMusicMag.com

"Twinkle and the Sluts offer the UK music scene a future while at the same time sticking a big middle finger up at the X-Factor Society, that seems to be single handedly ruining our music business..."

— Dave Smith, Ravenheart Records

"...playful cub, sharpening nails, learning to growl...."

— Mudkiss Fanzine, Review

"I’m always wary of bands who try and define themselves as fitting into different genres, but I think these guys have nailed it. Their music is solid dirty rock music, but it’s got a punk edge to it. There’s something in the frantic nature of the way it’s produced that can’t help but make you think about the older punk bands and proper rock bands, and then makes you realise that THIS is the future..."

— Loud-stuff.com

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lunarian
keep up the great work
Slydigs
Love the punk sound
Flaming June
You write songs about Narcissism too :-) Good work x
Lewis Hamilton
Happy New Year to you and yours - best of luck for 2012 !!!
The Fores
Hey, came to check your songs out really like your stuff hopefully catch you at a gig sometime! Keep ROckin!!
Barrett
Love your sounds. Have a great Christmas! Mark