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Janus Stark | |
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| Origin | Peterborough, England |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Labels | Earache Records |
| Members | Gizz Butt Richard Gombault Si Martin Fozzy past_members = Pinch Shop Gavin King Ben Calvert Alex Cummins Lee Churchill |
Janus Stark are an experimental punk rock band from Peterborough, England. Their album, Great Adventure Cigar, was highly rated by Foo Fighters and Die Toten Hosen (Vom Richie asked the band to support for the Die Toten Hosen Live tour 2000 and Campino would introduce and praise the band before each performance) and was a fusion of Punk rock, hard rock, heavy metal and alternative with influences from Helmet to The Ruts to The Beatles to The Clash. Fronted by The Prodigy live guitarist Gizz Butt, their name comes from a character, Janus Stark, in the seventies comic books Smash and Valiant.[1]
Their song "Every Little Thing Counts" was featured on the soundtracks to the 1998 films Disturbing Behavior and Varsity Blues.[1]
The band split up in 2002 and Gizz Butt reformed the band in 2018. "Gizz put together Janus Stark who signed to well-respected Nottingham label Earache and released the often overlooked album "Great Adventure Cigar" ("Still a massive high point for me", he reckons). He has since put together a harder, thrashier act, The More I See. [2]. Fast forward to 2018 and Gizz decided to reform the band, roping in Richard Gombault of 90’s pop-punk band Midget and friends Fozzy Dixon and Simon Martin.[3] The reunion gig was the Hamburg Punk festival Booze Cruise. In September they will release a new song and video, influenced by The Ruts "It was cold", Joy Division "She's lost control", Helmet "Exactly what you wanted" and Sex Pistols "Submission".
Original line-up
Discography
- Dynamo EP (1998, Earache Records)
- Great Adventure Cigar (1998, Earache Records)
- Every Little Thing Counts EP (1999, Earache Records)
- Janus Stark (Self titled EP) (2002)
- Angel In The Flames (T&M Records) (2019)
Reviews
- '"Every Little Thing Counts" takes the irresistable blueprint of The Beatles,kicks it into the present with lashings of Punk Rock swagger, and slams a bastard great Heavy Metal cherry on the top. In short - stark raving brilliant' [4]
References
- ^ a b Stewart, Allison, (23 November 1998), "Gizz Butt Splits Time Between Janus Stark and Prodigy", Rolling Stone
- ^ Glasper , Ian, (May 2004), "[1]
- ^ Hughes, Ben, (13 December 2019), "http://rpmonline.co.uk/2019/12/13/janus-stark-angel-in-the-flames-time-matter-records/"], rpmonline/rpmonlinetcb
- ^ Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, 24 April 1999
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