Bus Station Loonies

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Bus Station Loonies


Img_capt = The 'Loonies at The Nowhere Inn, Plymouth, UK in December 2005
Landscape = yes
Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1995—present
Origin = Plymouth, South-West England
Genre = Punk
anarcho-punk, pop-punk cabaret
Label = Ruptured Ambitions, Campary Records, Beat Bedsit, Loony Tunes, Pumpkin Records, Helen of Oi!
Associated_acts = Oi Polloi
Disorder
Eastfield
S Punk 3
Denada
Profane
Anarcho Folko
Subhumans
Citizen Fish
Selwyn Froglet
The Shy Teds
Harakiri Karaoke
Current_members = Chris Wheelie
Tony Popkids
Steve S Punk
Chris "The Machine" Mildren
Past_members = Angus Old
"Dirty" Gav Sanchez
Sam Ladiesman
Jessi Fivestrings
Oliver Large'un
Sean O'Porno
Aaron Sweater
Dr.Paul Tax
Ben Dur
Goz Hayter
"Wild" Johnny Clipboard
The World-Famous Nuf
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/thebusstationloonies]

The Bus Station Loonies are a 'cabaret punk' band from Plymouth, UK. They have been described as a cross between Dead Kennedys, Undertones and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

The band formed in 1995 in an attempt to put fun into the anarcho-punk movement. Original Loonies Tony Popkids (drums) and Chris "Felcher" Wheelchair (real name Chris Willsher b.1971 in Ilford, London) (vocals, keyboards, kazoo; ex-drummer with Oi Polloi, Disorder (band), Riot/Clone and DIRT, among others), sharing a mutual love of such U.S. punk outfits such as The Dickies, still continue with the band today, having recruited approximately 30 other band members over 13 years.

The band was featured in the UK's Channel 4 documentary, "Punx Picnic". The Bus Station Loonies were the first band to set the official world record for the most concerts/gigs performed in 12 hours (25 different shows) on 29 Sept 2001 in and around Plymouth, Devon, UK raising money to buy musical equipment for pupils of the Dame Hannah Rogers (special needs) school in Ivybridge, Devon.

The band featured in the Guinness Book of World Records until 2006 when the record was beaten.

The Bus Station Loonies recently completed recording their second full-length album. Entitled "Midget Gems", it is due for release on their own Ruptured Ambitions record label in September 2008 and features 8th guitarist Angus Old (real name Phil Cawse), before he recently relocated to Thailand.

The band's frontman, Chris Wheelie, is currently involved in a solo project Harakiri Karaoke, as well as drumming with several friends' bands on a stand-in basis (including Eastfield, Anarcho Folko, HIV and The Positives, and his old band, originally formed in 1989, C.D.S.).

Discography

* Dodgy Cider Fix cassette (1995)
* Squiffy on a Small Amount 7" EP (Campary Records 1996)
* "Everyday Bullshit" track on A Scream From the Silence vol.4 LP (Loony Tunes 1996)
* Split cassette with Fungi Gone West (1996)
* In Cider We Trust split cassette with Combat Shock (1997)
* "Save Our Cider" and "The Blacksmith's Arms" tracks on Punks, Skins and Herberts vol.1 LP (Helen of Oi! 1997)
* "Charlie Harper" track on Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records 7"EP/CD (Ruptured Ambitions 1998)
* "The Sideboard Song" track on The New Wave of Chas'n'Dave CD (Spanking Herman 1998)
* Ensure Your Needle is Clean and Free from Dust split 7"EP with Anal Beard (Ruptured Ambitions 1998)
* Mad Frank's Zonal Disco LP/CD (Ruptured Ambitions 1999)
* "The Last Post" track on It Don't Come Right to Me CD (Beat Bedsit 2000)
* "Can't Cheat Karma" track on Angry Songs and Bitter Words CD (Ruptured Ambitions 2003)
* "Hungry, Hungover and Skint" (live tape)
* "You Won't Find a Bigger Knob" (live tape)
* "The Blacksmith's Arms" track on UK Punks Vol.1 CD (Pumpkin/EHC 2005)
* "Dick Dastardly" track on Blackpool Bounce" (Through the Net 2006)
* Midget Gems CD (to be released on Ruptured Ambitions September 2008)

External links

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=66355920 Bus Station Loonies Myspace page]
* [http://www.bus.station.loonies.00band.com/ Bus Station Loonies website]