Tin Pot Operation

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Tin Pot Operation
Also known as	TPO
Origin	Belfast, Ireland
Genre(s)	Indie rock, Punk rock
Years active	4
Website	TinPotOperation.com
Members
Anto O'Kane (vox, guitar), Ray Lawlor (vox, guitar), Shaz Morgan (bass), Brian Steenson
Former members
Marty Malone (drums), Máirtín Mag Uidhir (drums)

Tin Pot Operation or TPO are an indie-punk band originally from Belfast, Ireland, where they have a large local following.

They are notorious for the political content of their music with songs about racism, media manipulation, war and so on.

The band have also played support to the likes of The Stranglers, Aslan (rock band) and Duke Special and most recently were picked by The Damned to play as part of their Twisted Caberet show in Belfast.

They have released a 14 track album entitled Manufacturing Dissent (2005) and a 6-track EP called Here! It's the Tin Pot Operation. They most recently released a download only single "Blackeye" in December 2006.

The band were featured as part of a documentary on the music of Northern Ireland following The Troubles [1]. Also noted as being one of the few non-traditional bands to actively write and perform in the Irish Language. They have appeared live on BBC2 NI's Irish Language Music show "An Stuif Ceart"[2] and reached the final of the Irish Language band competition "Deis Roc" [3] judged by Horslips member Jim Lockhart.

The political content of their music has also seen them listed at The Centre for Political Song at Glasgow Caledonian University [http://www.caledonian.ac.uk/politicalsong/links/artists.html

The band are currently in the process of recording a new album called "Human Resources" for release in 2008, and appeared alongside Foy Vance, David Holmes and Ocean Colour Scene at the New Years Eve celebrations in Belfast.