Joeyfat
The thing known as Joeyfat began about seventeen years ago in a place called Tunbridge Wells, in the darkest recesses of
southern England.
The band spent the early '90s releasing music with a number of independent labels including the well-respected Fierce Panda
and Love Train and toured with a variety of bands including Ligament, Green Day, China Drum, Jawbox and Scarfo,
leaving a name for themselves wherever they went...
All in all, only a tiny amount of their early work was ever held down to vinyl before they went their separate ways in 1996
to pursue other projects, which included The Club Giants, Unhome and Cove.
Four years later along came 'The Unwilling Astronaut' CD, a 16 track collection of studio, live and session work spanning
the years 1991-'96.
Joeyfat reformed and played a handful of live shows to promote this album in the summer of 2000. They have since remained
together and have been playing gigs at a steady rate and releasing occasional tracks with people they like.
Their latest 13 track album, entitled 'You Can Change People's Lives With Your Mouth / The House of the Fat' was released
on CD and limited edition vinyl in July 2003 on Unlabel.
Also in July of 2003, Joeyfat recorded a John Peel Session for BBC Radio 1 - photos of this unique occasion can be found
here: Joeyfat at Maida Vale.
In April 2004 a split single with Part Chimp was released on Awkward Silence and a launch gig with both bands playing live
was held in Tunbridge Wells. Joeyfat have continued to play live and cause chaos alongside bands as diverse as S*M*A*S*H,
Art Brut and Trencher.
The Joeyfat project is constantly evolving and new material is being written and recorded at the present time. Expect a new
album in 2010. No, really.
Other people said this about Joeyfat:
"Joeyfat’s unrealisms tickle the avant-fancies of many a man possessed at some stage or other of their
lives by tales of piracy and, well, piracy. Something Naval, anyway: M. Edward Cole – tall, Jarvis skinny, From Another
Land – drags his (literal) tail through the crowd, weaving between faces full of knowing admiration and genuine confusion
bordering on terror. He shrieks, something about an encounter with a man who would dare to be _he_; chancer, fraud, faker,
everything this man – towering above everyone even when off the stage – is not. Spoken word deliveries get knocked more
often than not – can’t sing, don’t bother at all – but Joeyfat’s skewed riffs and intelligent compositional design allows our
central protagonist something of a free reign to romp lyrically, playful and splitting with spat-forth imagery. They’re
old-timers sharing a bill today with a number of could-bes, but as DiS makes an early exit to catch the final southbound,
Joeyfat prove that they’re so enduring for one reason: they fucking rule live".
(Mike Diver, Drowned In Sound, October 2007)
"In certain, cooler-than-you circles, the name Joeyfat has been an uber-dropable credibility catcher
for years. Joeyfat are astonishing. Powerful, original, affecting, funny, brave, tuneful and brilliant".
(Will Storr, Loaded)
"Joeyfat add rapier wit, nagging chords and a clownish cunning of their own... Therein begins a hardcore show more evil
than most". (NME)
"I've been fortunate enough to see this Tunbridge Wells six-piece three times in two months, once on home turf at the TW
Forum playing to the converted, who lapped it up. Once in the comfortable/nervous surrounds of the Maida Vale Studios
playing live on John Peel's show to 50 lucky competition winners, and once topping the bill at the Arts Cafe. On each
occasion they stole the show". (Joe Thompson, Unpeeled)
"The year's first post-spoken-word album is from these recently reformed, supremely talented pioneers of the UK hardcore
scene, led by seven-footer M. Edward Cole, who recites tales that could be a hybrid of Edward Lear and Jacques Brel".
(The Independent)
Joeyfat:
M. Edward Cole
J. Dormon
J. Booth
unjohn
T. House
M. Roe
A. Wootton
B. Saunders
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Photos:
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Joeyfat's Unlabel Releases:
un014cd 'You Can Change People's Lives With Your Mouth / The House of the Fat' CD album.
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un014lp 'You Can Change People's Lives With Your Mouth / The House of the Fat' vinyl LP.
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un005 'The Unwilling Astronaut' CD album.
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un001 'Gin Rummy For Beginners' 7".
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Tracks appear on:
un077 Various Artists - 'Bah Unbug [a forty-five track unlabel compilation]' 3xCD album.
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un069 Various Artists - 'unununium [a thirty-four track unlabel compilation]' 2xCD album.
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un056 Various Artists - 'ünlaut [a thirty track unlabel compilation]' 2xCD album.
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un046 Various Artists - 'Hundrum' compilation CD album.
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un040 Various Artists - 'un40rmulated' compilation 2xCD album.
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un027 Various Artists - 'Minus 27 and Counting' compilation CD album.
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un023 Various Artists - 'un23' compilation CD album.
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un017 Various Artists - 'un17' compilation CD album.
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