The Dirty Disco.
The Dirty Disco are one of my favorite bands. When asked to describe the pulsating electro theatrics of The Dirty Disco, one crackpot follower had this advice: “Imagine… the lust child of Ziggy Stardust and Britney Spears”. And they weren’t far from the mark. What they neglected to mention was this Britney Spears would also have to have a penchant for bad acid, more than a passing interest in the happenings of back-street Soho and a unique way of fusing gyrating electronica with infectious pop hooks.
Their influences range from David Bowie, Depeche Mode Michael Jackson and Jefferson Airplane to Britney Spears and The Black Eyed Peas.
The Dirty Disco formed in 2007. Olly explains “we met whilst studying our Music Production degree’s at ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) in Guildford. The original members consisted of Adam K on vocals, Andrew Ignatius on guitars. Myself, Olly Dexter on bass and Kyle Mackenzie taking care of electronic and synth duties.”
Olly says “as a band we were all producers with a shared love of varying genres of music, partying and a shared hatred of the stale indie culture of the time, we then began writing songs together with an aim to be different, outrageous but without being too extreme. We quickly found we had an ability to write catchy songs without being too cheesey yet retaining a rock and electronic edge. We then discovered their original drummer, a young American named Emmett Stang (who only stayed with the band for a few months before returning to the states to pursue his own music). So the remaining band members held auditions for a new drummer and found Kyle Langley, a fresh faced young lad who blew us away with his skills and the final piece of the puzzle was slotted in to place, completing The Dirty Disco!”
They are in the process of remixing The Problem Being song which will no doubt be a remix to look out for.
Expect the dance floor to be filled with their beats. Grab a glostick, get down and get ready to disco.
[...] In an interview I did with Olly last year he told me “we began writing songs together with an aim to be different, outrageous but without being too extreme. We quickly found we had an ability to write catchy songs without being too cheesy yet retaining a rock and electronic edge.” And that’s exactly what they do and they do it well. [...]