JANUS STARK return with a brand new AA-side single. And you can get a copy FREE when you subscribe to Vive Le Rock!
'Last Call' c/w 'Gimmie Everything' represents the Peterborough band's first new music since 2022's widely praised 'Face Your Biggest Fear'.
Co-written by band founder, ex-Prodigy, English Dogs and Destructors guitarist Gizz Butt along with former Janus Stark, English Dogs and Damned drummer Pinch, 'Last Call' originated as a prescient 90s environmental early warning and now, angrily staring down climate change deniers, makes a timely return.
“We had to coerce our producer into getting out of his comfort zone,” says Gizz. “We wanted a sound mix that was absolutely uncompromising, like the Sex Pistols meets Blizzard Of Ozz, with guitars so loud they trample over everything else you’ve ever heard. The best noise on the planet!”
Meanwhile, lyrically stemming from Gizz's Prodigy-era diary, 'Gimmie Everything' is, appropriately, a raucous grab-bag of influences from 60s British Invasion to hardcore punk, to glam, metal, powerpop and beyond.
Released through Gizz's new label Bam A Lam via Time & Matter, the guitarist/singer is emphatic about the importance of the DIY principles in grassroots music: “Collaborating within the punk and alternative scenes has always been crucial, but nowadays, it has a heightened importance as it enables us to pool our resources in order to keep our scenes alive and kicking against an ever-demanding economic struggle. We are determined to keep our venues packed and sweaty and the independent record shops stocked and buzzing.”
'Last Call' c/w 'Gimmie Everything' is available digitally and as a limited edition 7" here.
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Catch Janus Stark live at....
Mar 14 - DIRT Records, Norwich (video shoot)
Mar 28 - Ostrich, Peterborough (w/a-tota-so)
May 3 - Beltane Gathering, Dylife, Wales
May 23 - Victoria Bikers Pub, Coalville
May 29 - JT Soar, Nottingham
Jun 12 - Steel Bar, Corby (w/ Class Of 79)
Jul 17 - Real Live Time, Chesterfield
Jul 25 - Unity Fest, Corby
Aug 6 - REBELLION, BLACKPOOL
Sep 5 - Wipeout Festival, Whitehaven
Sep 26 - Handfest, Boston Music Room, The Dome, London.
Oct 3 - The Ostrich, Peterborough (w/Healthy Junkies)
Nov 13-15 - Morecambe Punk Festival