The Punkles
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The Punkles were a band performing songs by The Beatles
in punk
style. They formed in 1998 in Hamburg
, Germany
and it was actually a side project of Prollhead!.
After a lot of touring around Europe they toured together with Beatallica
in October 2005 and in Spring 2006. Unlike Beatallica they performed the Beatles songs "as they are", singing the same lyrics and playing cover versions of the originals, just a "little" faster and with a punk feeling.
They were quite successful in Europe, as well as in Japan, where their best of
CD The Punkles 1998-2003 (2003), and the following album, Pistol (2004), both entered the Top 50. Their final album For Sale! was released in April 2006. They have not appeared in public since.
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
in punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
style. They formed in 1998 in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and it was actually a side project of Prollhead!.
After a lot of touring around Europe they toured together with Beatallica
Beatallica
Beatallica is a mash-up band that plays music made from combinations of songs of The Beatles and Metallica. A Beatallica song is typically a blend of a Beatles song and a Metallica song with a related title Beatallica is a mash-up band that plays music made from combinations of songs of The Beatles...
in October 2005 and in Spring 2006. Unlike Beatallica they performed the Beatles songs "as they are", singing the same lyrics and playing cover versions of the originals, just a "little" faster and with a punk feeling.
They were quite successful in Europe, as well as in Japan, where their best of
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
CD The Punkles 1998-2003 (2003), and the following album, Pistol (2004), both entered the Top 50. Their final album For Sale! was released in April 2006. They have not appeared in public since.
Band members
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| 2002-2004 |
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| 2004-2006 |
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Albums
- The Punkles (1998 - Wolverine Records)
- Punk! (2002 - Bitzcore)
- Beat The Punkles (2002 Bitzcore - reissue of the first album)
- 1998 - 2003 (Imperial/Teichiku Records)
- Pistol (2004 Bitzcore & Imperial/Teichiku Records)
- Punkles For Sale (2006 Punkles Records & Imperial/Teichiku Records)
External links
- MySpace site
- [ Allmusic Review]