MILK PLUS full of punk rock garage blues
Butch La Rea and Robbie Pinna hail from The Elephant & Castle district in south London, where Charlie Chaplin was born. But soon people might be saying, it’s where Charlie Chaplin and Milk Plus are from!
Milk Plus is Butch La Rea (23) and Robbie Pinna (26). They play songs which are best described as being garage, punk, rock & blues all thrown in for good measure.
They have released a three track EP, Little Victories, which you can listen to the Milk Plus MySpace page. My favourite is Fear Of Numbers with its gorgoeus sounding grungy slide guitar, reminiscent of The Gun Club.
Milk Plus state a wide range of influences on their music, including Deep Purple, Ike Turner, Clash, Bo Diddley, The Doors, Lee Scratch Perry, Funkadelic and Led Zeppelin. How can they go wrong?
When asked why they started the band, Butch replied:
“We started Milk Plus because we felt that people were satisfied with half measures of passion & execution from the music industry, we wanted (on whatever scale..big or smaill) to push ourselves live & on record. We don’t believe in microwave dinners & IKEA flatpacks, We believe that it hurts every so often & if there is no pain then you are not alive.”
Apparently the Milk Plus live shows are more frantic and energetic than the recordings, and they are starting to make a name for themselves in and around the London area.
Upcoming shows include:
18th September Storm Leicester Square (London)
30th September Rhythm Factory (London)
15th October Punk (London)
Visit MySpace.com/MilkPlusTheBand for more information.
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