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The Go! Team

Some bands take themselves too seriously, but The Go! Team doesn't take themselves seriously at all - and that‘s just part of their charm. Sounding something like the aural bastard child of day-glo 1980’s hip hop and cheesy 1970’s action movies, The Go! Team’s wacky sample-laden brand of dance/rap definitely sets them apart from the pack. The band is the brainchild of UK amateur filmmaker and musician Ian Parton, who made the band’s first recording in 2000 by himself in his parents kitchen.

With an array of microphones, VCR’s, and record players spread out all over the kitchen counter, Ian spliced together raggedy old tapes and vinyls to create an early version of The Go! Team’s first album, Thunder, Lightning, Strike - when his mother wasn’t bust cooking dinner, at least. Soon the record caught the attention of UK independent label Memphis Industries (The Ruby Suns, Tokyo Police Club), who released the album (after obtaining rights for the samples used) in late 2004. Thunder, Lightning, Strike was a surprise hit, eventually peaking at #48 in the UK when it was re-released by Columbia Records in 2005. Standout tracks include "Huddle Formation" and "Ladyflash".

As The Go! Team’s popularity increased, it became necessary for Ian - once the band’s only true member - to recruit a backing band so he could go on tour with Franz Ferdinand. After assembling an array of talented multi-instrumentalists in the form of Sam Dook, Chi Fukami Taylor, Silke Stedinger, and Jamie Bell (all of whom play drums and guitar among other instruments, allowing The Go! Team to play with two live drummers at a time), Ian decided to enlist female English rapper Ninja (real name Nkechi Ka Egenamba) to provide live vocals in lieu of the samplings found on the band’s recordings. As a result of this arrangement the band’s live sound differs considerably from recordings, though many of The Go! Team’s rabid fans will tell you that the band’s energetic and unpredictable live performances overshadow their recorded work.