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Post War Wage Slaves

By Alicia Rose

Newcomers 'Post War Wage Slaves' are three Liverpool Lads who, in their own words, are from the "rough bit" of Huyton and they're on the starting blocks of their race to the top. The alchemic power of this trio is to be reckoned with and in all probability they will reach the heights of bands such as The Police, The Jam and Supergrass, but under their own branded genre of 'Urban Punk'.

Twenty-two year old lead guitar player and vocalist David Ruddock has a voice to match that of Kurt Cobain. Major influences to him are Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison of The Doors. David came up with the name of Post War Wage Slaves in empathy with all the millions of people who have to work, but don't want to.

Andy Cowan is twenty-one and he plays bass; it was a transition from years of playing guitar that he thought he would move his dark and melodic tunes to a deeper level. His main influences are Simon and Garfunkel and Paul Weller. Cowan spent six months at LIPA and says the course he attended gave him "great direction and opened doors". He was able to work with several successful 80s musicians; Keith Mullen from The Farm, Eddie Lunden from China Crisis and Matt Flinn from Honey Records who all gave him an insight into the musical arena.
The youngest member to conclude the threesome is "wanted and convicted" drummer Patrick Rossiter, 19. He was lured to the drums just two years ago, saying they have "a space age primitive quality". His musical inspirations are The Offspring, CKY, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Guns n Roses.

The boys give their first choice of bands they'd like to support as Dirty Pretty Things, Razorlight and The Kooks. In the next year or two they see themselves signed and on tour, or else in "AA meetings". One of their goals is to headline at the V Festival. We can expect their debut album before winter of 2006, filled with "hypnotic, melodic, groovy, bitey, rock”.

These mercurial lads don't have time for bands like McFly or My Chemical Romance, and they sure as hell aren't into "bubblegum pop music" saying it makes people wear dogs in their handbags; girlettes like Paris Hilton should be disallowed from the musical arena full stop.

Post War Wage Slaves are little known at the moment, however with boss tunes such as 'Sex in the City', a potential first single, 'Baby J' and 'Suicide Strangers' and an astonishing artillery of other anthems under their belts, they're likely to detonate before too long.

Website: www.myspace.com/postwarwageslaveband