Band Info
Formed in early 2005 from the ashes of much lauded Hardcore/Punk bands Winter in June (Engineer Records) and former Radio 1 Lock-Up favourites My Dad Joe (Good Clean Fun Records), with the explicit intention of fucking some serious shit up.

• Bored of listening to haircuts and no-clue dorks harp on about shit flash in the pan bands, Herts based Gallows, influenced by the Scandinavian Hardcore bands, the 90s math rock scene and the earlier Dischord Records releases, focussed on dragging punk rock out of the grasp of the wannabe male models and making live shows an event where the crowd feel threatened for their own personal safety.

• Live, the band leave everything destroyed in their wake and Gallows have already shared the stage with the likes of JR Ewing, The Suicide File, Silent Drive, Architects, Bring Me The Horizon, Good Clean Fun, Send More Paramedics,The Juliana Theory, The Break In, Beecher etc.

Gallows take the riffery of Mastodon, the off-kilter tempo changes of JR Ewing, the rock n roll swagger of The Bronx and the dischordant noise of Swing Kids then wrap it up, sealed in a sweat and alcohol soaked Union Jack.

• Within a year of being together, Gallows secured an album deal with In At The Deep End Records and a feature in Big Cheese magazine and their debut album entitled ‘Orchestra of Wolves’ is 12 tracks of sincere and uncompromising punk rock, wrapped in the desperation and urgency that their peers can only pretend. Gallows are the real deal and in the live environment their incendiary performances have fast earned them the reputation of being the undergrounds best kept, and most volatile, rock n roll secret. It was only a matter of time before word got ‘round.

Read a live review of Gallows from Drowned In Sound HERE or an interview with the guys from the same website HERE

ORGAN MAGAZINE - DEMO OF THE WEEK
GALLOWS - A fizzing set of meshed up hardcore slashing wholesomely flavoured pronkoid discordant raw as F punk rock goodness from the outer edges of England. Screamingly frantic vocals and urgent rushes and bites that taste of the Panixphere side of cardiac arresting life. Mayday Mayday, man overboard again! Screaming slabs of slightly complex and scratchingly violent and urgently clever shout-along hardcore – screaming mad beauty and frantically urgent threats and grab some air, let me breath again. Just because you sleep next to them doesn't mean you're safe. This is the captain of your ship, completely overboard. We like this lots, the kind of thrashing thrailling thrashing hardcore punkoid tantrum metal that requires a little more colour and imagination. Totally unhinged and bending around it's own violent corners, singer man sounds like he's about to lose everything and he can't swim, Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attentions please, this is the captain of your ship, you need this delicate little five track violent onslaught, you're time is up, you have no clue how much you need this..... It may be raw and very DIY and blisteringly homemade, but hey, you need this fine and tasty violent noise - www.lastfightforthelivingdead.co.uk