Part Chimp

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Part Chimp is a band from Camberwell in London that were formed by Tim Cedar, Jon Hamilton and Nick Pryor (who left the band after their first record) in 2000. Current line-up includes Iain Hinchliffe and Joe McLaughlin.

They play rock music with elements of noise. Both on record and live, Part Chimp have a reputation for sounding extremely loud. Their records are released in the UK by Rock Action Records, in Europe & Japan by Play It Again Sam, and in the US by Monitor Records.

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[edit] History

Tim Cedar (guitar & vocals) & Jon Hamilton (drums) had previous played together in Ligament. Nick Pryor (bass), formerly of Scarfo, joined Ligament for their last tour. When Ligament split, Tim, Jon & Nick played one show as Part Chimp in late 2000 before adding Iain Hinchliffe on guitar. Nick Pryor left the band in Feb 2004 and was replaced by Joe McLaughlin.

Tim Cedar has also played with: Penthouse aka Fifty Tons of Black Terror, Sophia, The Loveblobs, Action Swingers, Iron Kat, & Beef Wellington.
Jon Hamilton (aka Hamilton Industry aka Drumm Chimp) has also played with: Ligament, Our Lady of Miracles/Vertigo Angels and released a solo album in 2006 as Drumm Chimp.
Joe McLaughlin has also played with: Kling Klang, Krautrock, 20'000b.C, The International, & Firestone:Legend of The Hawk.
Iain Hinchliffe has also played with: The Schoolhouse, Foil, & Sawyer.

Tim & Jon also currently play live and record as Die Munch Machine.

[edit] Discography


Upcoming are releases of a compilation CD of singles on Monitor Records in the US and a split 7" with Torche on Chunklet records.

[edit] Radio Sessions

[edit] Reviews for I Am Come

"Album of the month.. ..Part Chimp's staggeringly LOUD I Am Come (Rock Action). Christ! Turn up the noise. Good to see someone hasn't forgotten the lessons of Eighties Sonic Youth (Evol): guitars get shaken and battered, drums are thumped and thumped again in terrifying fashion, speakers distort, rhythms speed up and slow down, amps get turned up way past 11, a voice screams out stretched beyond endurance over the top of this glorious, coruscating, heartwarming confusion of noise and sex and humanity. Think it sounds unapproachable? No way. This is ROCK! Rock, as I understand it: vivid, colorful, full of hidden intricacies and tumbling delights, guitars as instruments of expression, songs sharp and sudden nonetheless, climax and anti-climax, thrust and counter-thrust, melody and counter-melody. Absolutely fucking wonderful." Everett True, Plan B Magazine.

"Is it any different than last year's Chart Pimp? Is the loudness louder, is the noise nosier? Well, yes and yes, not to mention tighter songs and the band getting a deeper grasp of their dynamics (meaning the few seconds of calm are more concise and effective). Hard to believe that with a sound that's all about overkill, not one note is wasted. These songs are as tight as any pop groups, just played with ear-splitting volume. I wouldn't call it unpredictable, but I Am Come has slight variety amongst the chaos, anchored by a canny sense of pacing. Add that to the 20-ton hooks of "War Machine" and "Bring Back the Sound", you've got a noteworthy sophomore record-- and, most importantly, one that rocks." Jason Crock, Pitchfork

"..unadulterated, amp-blowing eardrum pummelling for the hell of it. Ferocious but fundamentally euphoric. Going deaf has never been so enjoyable" 4/5 - Simon Goddard, Uncut

"After listening to 'I Am Come' you will either feel so violated that you'll want to kill yourself or so exhilerated that you'll want to live forever. Isn't that recommendation enough?" 8/10 - Hardeep Phull, NME

"Iconoclasts Part Chimp, however, hark back to a time when primordial noise was hip among the guitar-toting, and the Jesus Lizard and Sonic Youth were deities. The Chimps's second album is a marvellously sludgy affair, malevolent and slack by turns. Songs such as 'Hello Bastards' and 'Dr Horse Pt 2' are anachronisms in a well-styled world of angles and edges, but the innard-quaking sensations they induce feel good." Kitty Empire, The Observer

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