Crazy Arm

CRAZY ARM :- WEST COAST ROOTS PUNK

Plymouth quartet, Crazy Arm, is the versatile, roots-punk lovechild that arose from two popular UK bands, NoComply and The Once Over Twice.
Although forming in May 2005, it wasn't until their respective bands split up a year later that they became a more serious concern.

Pitched somewhere between the dark twang of 16 Horsepower, the punk thrust of Fugazi and Hot Water Music, the crunchy pop of Ted Leo and the protest songs of Dick Gaughan, the band have developed a distinctly progressive and aggressive style, shot through with a healthy dose of grass-roots politics. They rely chiefly on folk/country open tunings and slide guitars to evoke moods that are at odds with the punk orthodoxy.

The band are all vegetarian/vegan, internationalist and atheist; identify with human and animal rights struggles; and support the efforts of grass-roots activists worldwide.

Crazy Arm have completed many UK tours with numerous one-off shows and festivals, playing and striking up friendships with the likes of Frank Turner, Chuck Regan, Sonic Boom Six, Failsafe, Howards Alias, Capdown, The Cut Ups, The Computers, OK Pilot, Random Hand, Solutions, Intro5pect, Chillerton, Lucero and The Casting Out.

After signing to Seven Inch Records for their debut 7" release 'Broken By The Wheel', Crazy Arm went out on the road for a full UK tour in March 09 with Bangers.

Their critically acclaimed debut album 'Born To Ruin' was released in June 2009 by Xtra Mile and the band went back out on the road, playing shows with Propagandhi, This Is A Standoff, A New Day and OK Pilot.

Following a busy summer, 'Harry Fabian Flynn' was released as a download only single by Xtra Mile and another UK tour was completed with the final show of the tour at The Croft in Bristol with Drag The River and Chris Wollard & The Shiptheives in December.

2010 has been a busy year for the band, with a full session aired on Mike Davies Radio 1 Punk Show, a short run of European dates in February and a full European tour in March & April supporting Frank Turner & Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music). Their next single released on Xtra Mile was a split with Frank Turner, their track is the live favourite 'Still To Keep'.

The summer of 2010 saw the band playing several festival dates across the UK and Europe, including the Reading & Leeds festivals and Relentless NASS.
A full tour of Europe supporting Against Me was unfortunately cancelled at the last minute.