Spraydog

Spraydog are an English band from Newcastle upon Tyne, who formed in Chester-le-Street and Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Spraydog
OriginNewcastle upon Tyne, England
GenresIndie rock
Labelsvarious
Websitehttp://www.spraydog.co.uk/

Band members

The current line-up consists of

  • Steve Robson (vocals, guitar),
  • Maria Fontana (vocals),
  • Phil Tyler (guitar)
  • James Atkinson (bass) and
  • Jonny Partington (drums).

Recordings

They have released five studio albums, four on their own label, Ferric Mordant, and numerous singles and compilation contributions on a variety of independent labels including Fierce Panda, Stupidcat and Fortuna Pop! and nine EPs on Beautiful Pigeon Records. Their most recent album, Karate Summer Camp was released in late 2006.

They also recorded two BBC Radio 1 sessions for DJ John Peel. They kick-started their career touring with the band Kenickie and continue to play live both in their hometown and occasionally elsewhere in the UK and Europe.

According to their MySpace profile, their musical influences include Pixies, My Bloody Valentine and Pavement. NME magazine described them in 2006 as "very great, scrummy lo-fi scuzz". Spraydog celebrated their 10th anniversary in April 2007.

Additional information
  • Phil has a sideline as a folk duo performing shape note and early American folk songs
  • Chris Lanigan also plays drums in the current line-up of Milky Wimpshake and Phil frequently guests in the same band on fiddle
  • Maria Fontana played the dental nurse in the Royal Television Society award-winning 2002 short film Danny and His Amazing Teeth
  • A compilation album of early material, Lines Are Drawn Only By The Eye was released in the USA on Kittridge Records
  • The cover artwork of all Spraydog albums and the majority of their singles is by long-time Spraydog collaborator Sarah E Hall and Jason Gibbons
  • Acclaimed singer-songwriter and poet Neville Clay contributes the spoken-word part on the Spraydog track "Amaranth"
gollark: If there's some leather available, and two different production processes needing leather, how do you decide which factory gets which?
gollark: And a quota for "10 tons of nails", so they made a single 10-ton nail.
gollark: There were things with Soviet truck depots driving trucks in circles pointlessly because they had a quota of "40000 miles driven".
gollark: If your factory is told to make 100K units of winter clothing of any kind they will probably just go for the simplest/easiest one, even if it isn't very useful to have 100K winter coats (extra small) (plain white). Now, you could say "but in capitalism they'll just make the cheapest one", but companies are directly subservient to what consumers actually want and can't get away with that.
gollark: That is why we have the "legal system"./
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