UPDATED 1.2.2011

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ON A MAGIC CARPET RIDE

ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DEVIANT AMPS

 

DEVIANT AMPS are a 3-piece psychedelic indie rock band from Essex who have been building up a good live reputation over the last few years. They came together as a three piece in spring 2006. An ep, "Giving It All Away", was released in the summer of 2006. Two songs from this ep, “Give It All Away” and "If You Got Yours, I've Got Mine", went to number 1 in internet charts.

They have played on the same bill as The Damned, Here & Now, Dodgy, Boomtown Rats, Hayseed Dixie, John Otway, Newtown Neurotics, Hot Chip, Neville Staples, Zion Train, Invisible Opera, The Sweet, Gunslinger, NUKLI, Paradise9 among others.

The bands first album, DEVIANCY AMPLIFICATION SPIRAL, was released in May 2008 and is currently available to download from i-tunes or Amazon now. DEVIANT AMPS played many gigs and festivals throughout 2011 and released a download only cover of Walking In The Air in December 2009. They released their second album MAGIC CARPET RIDE in November 2011.

DEVIANT AMPS record on their own DAMP recordings.

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DEVIANT AMPS FAMILY

PAUL "WOODBINE" WOODWRIGHT GUITAR/VOCALS 1983-PRESENT. ALBERT "HERB" LEWIS CONGASS 1983-1985. LAST SEEN SLACKING IN THE WEST COUNTRY. BRIAN "BAZ" HASLER BASS 1983-1998. CO-FOUNDER OF AMPS AND FRIEND OF BAND. DAVID LEADER DRUMS 1983-1985. CO-FOUNDER OF AMPS. STILL SEEN AROUND HARLOW. TIM "TINY" KITTS GUITAR 1983-2002. CO-FOUNDER OF AMPS NOW LIVES IN LEAMINGTON. DAVE "DOG" THOMPSON KEYBOARDS 1986-2000 NOW RESIDES IN LEAMINGTON. KEIRAN MCGOUGHLIN SAXAPHONE 1985-1987 WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. MIKE HAWKIN DRUMS 1985-1987 NOW LIVES AND WORKS IN CANADA. ANDY KOLTHAMMER DRUMS 1987-1995 STILL DRUMING IN COLCHESTER. NIKKI BATLEY GUITAR/VOCALS 1989-1996 NOW LIVES IN SPAIN SONGWRITING. TIM BOULTON DRUMS 1987-1999 LAST SEEN DRUMMING AT AUSTINS SHIRTS RE-UNION. NICK DISS DRUMS 1999-2001 WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN LESLEY DISS GUITAR/BACKING VOX 1999-2001 WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. MARTIN WHEELDON BASS/VOCALS 1998-PRESENT. KEITH CHENNERY DRUMS 2001-PRESENT. STEVE SHELSER GUITAR 2002-2005.

"Woodbine"
"Herb"
"Baz"
Dave Leader
Tim Kitts
"Dog"
Keiren M

Mick Hawkin

Andy K
Nikki Batley
Tim Boulton
Nick Diss
Leslie Diss
"Bangers"
Keith
Steve Shelser