Who said punk is dead? Not if you are judging by Healthy Junkies.
Parisian Lead singer Nina Courson teamed up with British guitarist Phil Honey-Jones just over a year ago to set about writing and recording one song for a close friend’s birthday. The song entitled Glam sister turned out to be the first of many songs, and before long bass player Tjay Tarantino and drummer Steve Nightmare were on board and Healthy Junkies were born. Taking their influences from a fine blend of genres they are forging ahead and discovering their own unique style. Healthy Junkies are a reaction to the dominance of processed, same sounding pop music in the U.K.
The first release is the debut single “Copycat”. The song was born through a dispute between 2 Parisian girls (both in the video) over the theft of music and words, the making of the video reconciled them in real life with the help of feathers and knives.. The video was filmed and edited by Steve Walker. The debut album entitled “Sick Note” is now available for download on i-tunes, spotify etc.
Healthy Junkies and Banana Castle Records are part of the new generation of DIY underground. They have their own crowd, playing live regularly with other bands from the same melting pot of genres, all the time gaining followers and momentum at live shows in London and recently a short tour of France. [ReverbNation]
The Healthy Junkies kick butt, and they are a great antidote to boring sound alike pop songs.
Check out some of their tunes here.
Copycat
Suck
live @ The Dublin Castle during their New album "Sick Note", launch night 29, September 2011
I'm thinking maybe the camera was having trouble handling the sound, but a raw appearance at The Dublin Castle again, this is in Camden London. This was a couple of nights ago.
Play Me
Now who would expect this? Edit Piaf goes punk!! Great!!!
La Vie En Rose
Still wanting more? I know you are, so check out some more tunes.
