Hotwired Punk Band

One of the uks best streetpunk acts now have a new vocs man, this is some older songs given the new treatment and i think its worked, maybe im biased but who cares this band are very underrated...

Review by..ANARCHOI #15 Fanzine Christmas 2005.

Hi gang! Here's a little review of your set at the IWCA concert in norf london last saturday,haha!!

Got to Tuffnell Park at around 4.30pm as i wanted to get totally rat arsed with some mates and avoid paying a fortune at the gig itself: first stop, The Boston Arms, opp. Tuffnell Pk tube where I first met "Ludo" the French skin,then John from Mottingham in s.e.london and then only the greatest band in Norfolk: HOTWIRED!! Had a bit of a natter with new front man Dave Deathskull (he's also in Deathskulls and was in Nuclear Anarchy PLC,y'know) and the rest of the Norfolk mob!!
Couldn't afford another drink in the pub cos it was too expensive so went to a nearby offy and sat outside wiv a huge mob of punx and skinz all boozing their heads off,heh heh!! Then decided to get my brown arse into the gig just in time to see the Oppressed (brilliant) then downstairs Hotwired kicked things of, there weren't that many people unfortunately because most of the punters upstairs were watching Angelic Upstarts...but me and skingirl Marie had a right good bop around to Hotwired's set anyway! I think that out of the 50 or so people who actually watched Hotwired only 2 or 3 were dancing (me and Marie included.) Dave with his usual fag in one hand(nice one,mate!) makes a great frontman and Si and the rest of the gang were giving it for all it was worth,big time. A great set,very early 80's street style pogo punk and i werent left disappointed.
Then dashed upstairs to see the rest of the Upstarts! (but that's another story...)

Review by  Sir Mick Lightwieght

Hotwired live at the reef bar dvd  05/03/05

managed to eventually find a dvd player to play this, its in yer face aggressive punk going by this they're tight as fuck live, hope to catch em at the workin class unity gig in london in july, all the faves on here  make it count-yob-police informer-mr know it all-domestos and drugs.

reviewed by Anarchoi zine,3 hazelgrove, kilwinning, ayrshire, ka13 7jh

HOTWIRED ON TOUR

6/8/04

The eve of the big day, Hotwired's first tour outside the UK.....                            

we had all been excitedly looking forward to our European debut and in just a few hours we would be leaving Heathrow for Romania.We, the band our manager and the soundman, gathered at my house, preparing Cd's and drinking vodka until the van came. Soon we were heathrow bound.......

7/8/04

We arrived at the airport about 4.30am and some went off to find a bar. I told them to behave and not get too drunk and Sado called me an old Fanny. Soon we were on the plane, high above England, and really flying into the unknown.......    In Romania we were met by the manager of the Underworld club and our promoter in Bucharest, Gabby. Over a few beers we met some of his contacts and were told the first gig was canceled. We hope this didn't bode badly for the rest of the tour.After dinner we went to the apartment of a mutual friend, Oana, Who looked after us well. Sado in particular was very hungover so maybe we wouldn't have made such a good start.

8/8/04

The following morning Alan awoke to he had been drawn on and titch had his hair spiked with toothpaste. Oh the dangers of falling asleep first! At least no one lost an eyebrow. Our guide, Cicerone, traveled with us today to Timisora. We spent 8 hours on the train, we were not expecting such a long journey so were completely unprepared with no food or water. Ruggy had a tin of cold beans and the rest of us shared Cicerones sunflower seeds a local delicacy, apparently. This is a country where the average worker earns about £60 a month. We soon noticed there are no overweight people in this part of Europe and the food has nothing of the variety we are used to at home.In Timisoara we were met by one of the organizers and taken to the venue, it was great to see Hotwired posters in the streets on our way. We played night in a fantastic building , like an old church with chandeliers. Apart from some idiot letting off a mace canister when the excellent support band 'No Mans Band' played the gig went really well. We started with it's only punk rock and the crowd went mad, pogoing about all night and screaming for more at the end. Later that night we spent our earnings on takeaway for everyone and were amazed to find we could get pizza delivered at 3am! Finally got to sleep at 5am knowing we were catching the train at 7am.....

9/8/04

We mostly slept on the journey back to Bucharest as we traveled through a strange land of cattle drawn carts and people in fields. Back at the Underworld club we found we were the only band playing that night so knew we had to make it a good one. We played really well and the crowd loved it and jumped around during the whole set. Our covers went down really well and again we played an encore.

10/8/04

Today Gabby and Cicerone took us to Dracula's castle in Transylvania. It took a long time to get there but it was worth it just to say we had been. Later back at the Underworld, we played another gig but word had spread and tonights crowd was even bigger. During the gig Gabby, was backstage organizing tomorrows transport to Bulgaria, top bloke.

11/8/04

Next day a van arrived and we crossed the border into Bulgaria with no hitches. In Plovdiv we met up with Mad Wolfy and a load of Bulgarian punks and headed to the Sax club, a dim, seedy looking underground cellar, for the next gig.We were the first British band to ever play there! The beer was very cheap and we played a great gig in a very busy venue. The crowd were really enthusiastic, jumping around and hanging from the roof beams they loved Hotwired but for us the evening was soured by the Nazi leanings of some of the crowd.After the gig we headed to the local off license where we spent in minutes what the owner normally takes in days ! Punk Rock boosts the economy!!

12/8/04

The final leg of our tour and what a ride to Shumen! Dodgy roads full of potholes , lorries and cars zig-zagging to avoid them. At the venue we were interviewed several times by Bulgarian T.V and Radio stations. Bands from all over Eastern Europe were playing, including Bulgaria's top band and we were listed to headline! We knew had better pull it off. This was one of our favorite gigs of the tour we played well and the audience especially enjoyed our version of 'Sex and Violence@ with Titch our soundman on drums. They went mad when Alan and tom stage-dived into the crowd, what a great gig, and fantastic tour.

NB.

At least a dozen of our new friends turned up to see us off on our last day. We promised to come and i think we will. Thanks to all of you that looked after us so well .

HOTWIRED ... MAKE IT COUNT

Newie here from norwichs finest oister band, 12 in all my faves are police informer-domestos and drugs and big issue, theres a coupla crackin covers thrown in as well warhead and smash the discos. great cover and photies make this a superb package. ANARKOI  ZINE.  3 HAZELGROVE, KILWINING, AYRSHIRE, KA13 7JH                                        

HOTWIRED..MAKE IT COUNT

New twelve-song D.I.Y CD from good time Norfolk Punkers Hotwired. Loud, catchy and fun to listern to, Hotwired dont take themselves too seriously and a good indicator of what they sound like is the cover tunes they pick to play here- The Subs Warhead, and the Business Smash The Discos. Late70's and early 80's influenced music. This CD has its moments but a lot of the ideas havent had time to fully develope at this stage and i reckon the peek is yet to come. The best part of Hotwired is thier guitar work and backup vocals, which compliment the no-frills approach to thier backing musuic wonderfully. RIOT 77 MAGAZINE.C/O CIAN HYNES, 31 ST. PATRICKS PARK, CLONDALKIN, DUBLIN 22, IRELAND

HOTWIRED..MAKE IT COUNT

12 track album from this good set of lads from Norfolk, 10 of thier own with a couple of covers thrown in on the end of the cd. namely The Business's Smash The Discos And Warhead by The Subs. The band have a sort of '77 style feel to thier music but with street punk style lyrics and at times thier singer sounds a bit like the early 4 skins singer, the one before Roi Pearce who for the life of me i cant remember his name(i'd better give myself a smack for that one) Anyway back to the cd , it's well played, the recording and playing are fine but nothing really stands out from the norm, i'm not saying its bad (its very good in parts) it's just that its all been done before, whether thats a good thing or a bad thing is for you to decide. 4 out of 5                                

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Here is a review of our latest demo cd, FRIDAY NIGHT.
Reviewed by Carry No Banners UK online version of their fanzine.

Much more Oi! Some than these Norwich lads debut LP "Pissed & Knackered" this one, shame there's only 3 songs tho. Tuneful Guitars, singalong chorus's, clever and funny lyrics this lot could come thou as the new VICIOUS RUMOURS. All 3 songs are great even if they're let down a little by the production but the best of which is "Trunky" which could just as easily be dedicated to Steve DIY as anybody else Trunky twat.

Here is a review of our latest demo cd, FRIDAY NIGHT
Reviewed by Punk & Oi in the UK web site.
Three track CD. Not bad oi and punk band at all. This band have had various line-up changes since I first saw them, and are a lot better. The tracks are 'Friday Night' (the best track), 'It's So Sad' and 'Trunky'

These are extracts taken from a review of the Sth London Punx picnic gig 28/07/01
by STEVE DIY. July 30th 2001.

"Went to see Hotwired in action despite them being, great on the night the place was far too hot and nearly passed out with the heat and amount of booze supped".

"Cheers to Mick keeping for keeping Punk alive and great to see bands like Scum and Hotwired".

Here is a review of our latest demo cd, FRIDAY NIGHT
Reviewed by EATEN ALIVE PUNK Zine.

Demo quality release from Norfolk's hotwired.3 tracks of oi! Style punk rock. The lead track "Friday night" has Ogden's weekend written all over it; "it's Friday night and I've just been paid, going to get pissed and maybe laid……10 pints later i start talking shit, try to impress her, she thinks I'm a tit" - poetic. The other two tracks are "it's so sad", a Billy no mates loser in love and "Trunky" about nosey bastards.

Here is a review of our latest demo cd, FRIDAY NIGHT
Reviewed by SAVAGE AMUSEMENT Zine.

While bored rock musicians turn pop-punk and hassle their accountant parents for a grand to do a demo , bands like hotwired defy the trend. they all the passion of me and the missus arguing over money, but need a lot more tightening up. these are good tunes (especially their most well known song "trunky" which appears again here) which I'd like to hear with a bigger budget and without the bizarre drumbeats that jump out of the left speaker)

Here is a review of our Pissed & Knackered demo CD
Reviewed by RUNNING DOWN THE STREETS Zine.

Musically pitched somewhere around exploited/blitz/stains territory, some numbers are more thrashy, some lead by catchy choruses. lyrics are of a fun nature or at least a relaxed approach to life. favorite tracks were "Trunky" about interfering twats and a good singalong to boot , and also "another boring summer" about yearly Norfolk life. hotwired are a bunch of reprobates from the Norwich area, and you might catch them on the punk 'n' oi! circuit round there.

Here is a review of our Pissed & Knackered demo CD
Reviewed by Organart web site.

Old school binliner punks who are destined to fester on the dole for ever and ever, while they wait for the next punx picnic to come around - for all you blitz/subs/motorhead/rejects scum everywhere- you know you want it. Real punk rock is good for you (and we're not talking blink 182 here), check 'em out they do it well.

Here is a review of our Pissed & Knackered demo CD
Reviewed by Punk & Oi in the UK web site.

Ok, this is the bands own bootleg release. it contains fifteen self-penned tracks. i find them hard to describe, but i will try , mix motorhead with the Ramones, throw in a splattering of attack and a good measure of major accident and you have got hotwired. My favorite track is one of the slower ones 'Trunky' if you happen to fall across a copy of this , pick it up . This band has potential.

Review by Krusher.

Here is a review of our Friday Night CD demo.
Reviewed by http://www.ukbase.org.uk web site.

Hotwired now a five piece from Norfolk, play oi'ish punk rock 79-81 style. On the sleeve notes it say there is a lead guitarist, but i don't think he played on this if he did I can't hear it. 3 songs are served up one about getting pissed, the next about heart ache, but not exactly done in a emo way :-) , and the last about noisy bastards, and people that butt into conversations. There's nothing about the songs really their just catchy oi songs, and not well produced, but i think that's the idea, to have a laugh, a few beers (well a skin full) and play music they like, and you can't knock that. The CD can be picked up from their web-site.

BOUNDERS AT THE BOUNDARY
3rd JUNE 2002-FROM DINNER TIME TILL THROWING OUT TIME
(BOUNDARY ROAD NORWICH)
YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ALL THESE BANDS ALREADY BUT HERE GOES:­

THE FIRST BANDS ON AT THIS EVENT WERE: FLIX, DEATH ON THE STREET + VISUAL OFFENCE, THESE BANDS ARE WHAT I THINK IS CALLED HARDCORE, I AM NOT WELL QUALIFIED TO CONSTRUCT AN OPINION ON THIS STUFF, SUFFICE TO SAY INDIVIDUALLY EACH OF THESE YOUNG BANDS HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER A NUCLEAR PLANT!
NEXT WAS SCAPEGOAT (THE BAND I PLAY IN) DOING OUR USUAL BRAND OF OUTLAWED FUZZ GUITAR BOP! THINGS WERE STILL PRETTY QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT AT THIS POINT (MIDDLE OF THE AFTER NOON)
FOLLOWING US IT WAS F.F.R- PERFORMING WELL PLAYED COVERS OF POPULAR PUNK CLASSICS, I RECKON THEY WILL BE A POPULAR FIXTURE TO THE LOCAL PUB ROCK SCENE AND ADD A WELCOME SENSE OF FUN TO IT, I HOPE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE INITIALS STAND FOR SOME TIME. FOLLOWING THEM DOWN A DARK ALLEY TO DESTRUCTION WERE THE SNUFF MOVIE STARS, WITH SONGS OF INCEST, PEDOPHILIA AND GENOCIDE AND THE WARD ROBE OF THE LIBERACE FROM HELL. A BAND WHO BORROW FROM CLASSIC HORROR ROCK SUCH AS SCREAMING LORD SUTCH AND GLAM ROCK AND METAL SUCH AS THE NEW YORK DOLLS AND KISS AND GIVE THEM A PUNK `N' OI BOOT UP THE ARSE. I IMAGINE THIS IS WHAT DEMENTED ARE GO WOULD BE LIKE IF THEY HAD COME FROM THE SUBURBS INSTEAD OF THE BACK WOODS.
NEXT WERE WEEVIL- I THINK THIS IS WHAT GREENDAY WOULD SOUND LIKE WITH THE SINGER FROM THE CRASH TEST DUMMIES! MAKES A CHANGE FROM THE USUAL MR ANGRY STYLE SHOUTING (THAT MY MUM USUALLY ACCUSES ME OF!)
STUMBLING ONTO STAGE NEXT WAS THE PISSED TWATS -A KIND OF TRAVELING CIRCUS/PUNK KARAOKE, THE MAIN INSTIGATOR ROUNDS UP A HERD TO GO ON STAGE AND JAM (A PRACTICE I USUALLY ASSOCIATE WITH BLUES AND JAZZ!), AS A BACKDROP FOR SOME FOUL, MOUTHED AND FUN ABUSE AIMED AT THE LIKES OF "FUCKING TRENDIES".
THE POSITIVES - A SKA PUNK BAND WHO- UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED AS AT THIS POINT I DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR MY FAVOURITE MEAL OF COD AND CHIPS FROM THE CHIPPY BUT I HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE THEY WERE GOOD FUN
THE NUKES -AN INNOVATIVE AND UNIQUE BAND WHO PLAY VERY PROFESSIONALLY WHO I THINK WOULD APPEAL TO A WIDE AUDIENCE. SURELY A RECORD DEAL IS ON THE CARDS AT SOME POINT. ENOUGH SAID.
THEN BOOTBOY RECORDING STARS HOTWIRED - WHO MUST SURELY BY NOW HAVE EARNED THE TITLE OF NORFOLK'S SEX PISTOLS! WHO PERFORMED OI ANTHEMS (SHOULD THAT BE -OR! ANTHEMS) AS "THASSA RUM-UN", THE PUB SING-A-LONG "TRUNKY" AND THEIR SINGLE "IT'S ONLY PUNK ROCK!"

APOLOGIES TO THE OTHER BANDS THAT FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER DID NOT GET REVIEWED HERE BUT WHO SHALL NOT REMAIN NAMELESS - WAS :­

DOG SHIT SANDWITCH

ELEVEN BANDS AND NO ENTRY FEE OR BAND GEAR CHANGES IN SIGHT, IF ONLY EVERY GIG COULD BE LIKE THIS.

REVIEWED BY SCAPEGOAT DALE, not a punker like you 12" Mohawk, bisexual, necromantic, party animal, woman stealer, drug user, mosh king, college boy, Satanist, hardcase, skateboarder, politically motivated, loony tune or prostitute, just someone who was asked to do a review of this gig OK!

     BOLTON&LIVERPOOL

Just a few words about the gig and weekend as a whole. Started of on Saturday lunch time being picked up by Dave and straight into the back of his van. There was a fridge in there full of lager. But I got to say it was warmer in that fridge than it was in the back of his van.

Sado and Paul were both in front with a heater. Sado reckons it was because of his asthma that he needed to sit in front..Yea right … we got there around 6ish I think .took gear in then heard about the cops trying to close it down. There was a health inspector coming any moment with 2 or 3 cops to check if all safety things were in place.

 were those guys from GASHcollective.com found those first aid kits and exit signs so quick is amazeing.still it did the trick as cops could find no legal reason to stop it...the Hotwired  boys then went of upstairs to put on make up. I got lots of  pics of this and I got to say they really seemed to enjoy putting it on a bit too much for my liking  lol.

Then it was of to get even more beers down before the gig started. It was a packed venue and Hotwired played a great set with plenty of people dancing and falling over watching them. They finished up with Sheena is a punk rocker as an encore witch went down very well..

Later on around half 5 in mornings the cops finally raided the place on noise grounds and kicked everyone out. So back to frozen van for uncomfortable few hours sleep till off to Liverpool. We got to that venue around midday and they let us sit in bar till 2pm drinking our own beer which I thought was well good. Then it was pictures of lager till band went on.

It was more a rock crowd there and as we had long way to travel home they let band play 2 hours early. So after 8 pictures of lager we were of home .got back around 2am I think..Cheers to Dave for driving and get a bloody heater mate ok J

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Cheers Ruggy.

Cambridge,Man On the Moon

I drove Tom Dale and Sado to this gig along with Marie. We left late and arrived just about on time so not to bad I think. After setting up the gear there was no time left for a sound check. Dave wasn't bothered anyway nor Paul as they arrived much earlier and had done there bits so weren't too bothered about rest sounding ok or not. Then it was outside pub for a beer or 2 and only 2 in my case L.Overload were on first as Henry and the Bleeders were not on. and ive know idea why they didn't show. Overload were great. The local crowd witch were mostly skinheads seems to love them. The lead singer told me after the gig that he had a broken arm but it was ok as he had another so what the fuck..Now that's dedication to the course…After a great set and short beer break Hotwired were on. Now I missed a few of there gigs this year were I normally go to almost all of them. This one was I think the best I have ever seen them play. The crowd were in to them from the start and the sound was spot on. They have changed a few bits of some of there normal songs and also a few new ones I not heard before. I got to say the changes are very good and improve there overall sound greatly. Marie was dancing as normal and got herself a bang on the nose and head so maybe she a bit more normal now lol but along with everyone else the lads went down very well indeed. There is even a chance of a trip to Italy coming out of this gig as the support band members were so impressed by Hotwired they want them to play over there.. well that's about it I drove home real fast and had to miss the next gig on the Saturday night  but hopefully someone will write what went on on here so I know..Ruggy