No strangers to the European live circuit, in the last couple of years
Garden Gang have played more than 200 club gigs and festivals in
Germany, England, Spain, Slovakia, Austria and Switzerland, together
with The Vibrators, The Lurkers, The Damned, Attila The Stockbroker, as
well as regular touring partner TV Smith from The Adverts, who also
contributes backing vocals to the current albums.

The actual Garden Gang Albums SHOPPERS UNITED and FOLLOW THE TREND are
available in shops throughout Germany on redwinetunes, distributed by
Rough Trade and schlecht & schwindlig records, distributed by New Music
(Germany, Switzerland + Austria) and are also available for ordering
from WWW.AMAZON.DE and WWW.AMAZON.COM.

ALL GARDEN GANG MERCH IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH THESE GUYS:
WWW.PUNK-SHOP.COM and WWW.INTERPUNK.COM.

Garden Gang in OTHERS' words:

Bouncing sneer-punk with its sights locked on twenty-first century
consumerism and its fingers itching at the trigger.

Despite their late 70's feel, Garden Gang burst onto the stage with far
more than their fair share of glam-rock pizazz. A male and a female
singer front up the Gang. They've got a great dynamic going, he with the
lanky body and high hair, launching a Biafra cry to the sky, she the
shocked and wide-eyed 50's cheerleader, with babydoll chorus chants from
a parallel universe.

Meantime, guitar revs into fast-frilling riffs, wild west twangs with
spangly reverb, drizzling chords and wah-wah squiggles. Deep rumbling
splurges from an almost hidden keyboard join punchy bass hooks on a
highjacked train hurtling to destruction.

Lyrics focus on money, spending and power, yet they're delivered in
football-anthem style. Chorus repeats of 'Parcel packer number 1' are
more rousing than derisive, whilst 'Shoppers United' and 'All around the
market place' seem like celebrations. On the other hand, there's the
trademark TV Smith dystopianism of 'Euro-disneyland tomorrow' ("We speak
the same language, we wear the same clothes") and the classic John Lydon
parting shot "Waiting for your mother's pension".

Garden Gang give 1977 punk the overhaul that it's due, but stay true to
the essence. At the trad end of the spectrum, there's plenty of
reference to the Sex Pistols and Anti Nowhere League, on the glam side,
surprising elements of The Dickies and the early years of Adam and the
Ants. Catchy and anthemic music that never loses the sense of danger,
chords pitched to resonate your sternum. Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat the rich, tonight.