Fletch Cadillac are an English
psychobilly influenced
punk rock band from
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, England. The band formed in the early months of 2004 initially as a 3 piece consisting of brothers Ben & Joe and long-time friend Dov. The band brought in Ollie 'Jugs' Ward in early summer 2006 to form the 4 piece they are today.
In September 2005 they filmed their first music video for their song ''Time To Die'' with funding from BBC Norwich.
Fletch Cadillac's debut EP was released on 27 January 2006 at their headlining show at
The Ferryboat Inn, Norwich. The EP is being released with the help of
Power Chord
A power chord (also fifth chord) is a colloquial name for a chord in guitar music, especially electric guitar, that consists of the root note and the fifth, as well as possibly octaves of those notes. Power chords are commonly played on ...
, a local independent record label.
Fletch Cadillac's next release will be a split EP with Destructors666, a reformed version of UK punk band Destructors.
Band members
* Joe Halliday - guitar, vocals
* Ben Halliday - drums, vocals
* David 'Dov' Platford - bass, vocals
* Ollie 'Jugs' Ward - guitar
Releases
* ''Time To Die'' (single, self-released, 2005)
* ''Time To Die'' (music video, September 2005)
* ''self-titled EP'' (EP, The Power Chord Label, 27 January 2006)
* split EP with
Destructors 666 (split EP, Rowdy Farrago Records, 7 September)
Touring
The band completed its first European tour in November 2006 as touring support for
The Creepshow
The Creepshow is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario. The band formed in 2005 when the four original members got together with the purpose of starting a psychobilly band. The Creepshow writes the majority of their songs about horror f ...
, with shows in Germany, Switzerland, France, UK and Netherlands.
Trivia
* The band name is taken from the film ''
Fletch Lives
''Fletch Lives'' is a 1989 American comedy mystery film starring Chevy Chase and the sequel to '' Fletch'' (1985), directed by Michael Ritchie from a screenplay by Leon Capetanos based on the character created by Gregory Mcdonald.
Plot
Fletch ...
''. The idea for using this as a name came from their Father, who also played the Butler in their "Time To Die Music" video.
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References
External links
Fletch Cadillac official websiteFletch Cadillac myspace pageThe Power Chord Label
English rock music groups
British psychobilly musical groups
Horror punk groups
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