| Max Raptor | |
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| Origin | Midlands, UK |
| Genres | Punk rock, alternative rock, indie rock, Britrock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Naim Label |
| Members | |
| JB Wilcox Matt Stevenson Wil Ray Tom Garrett Barney Hall Anonymous Raptor Fan |
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Max Raptor are a four piece punk rock band from the Midlands, UK, formed in 2006. They have toured the UK and played two dates in 2009 with Canadian Punk Rockers, Billy Talent and then toured 16 dates in 2010 with British Punk legends The Stranglers.
Max Raptor played Download Festival 2010[1] and played with Cage the Elephant, The Futureheads, Captain, Calvin Harris and Oceansize earlier in their career.
Max Raptor's first two singles were also released on Naim Label, The Great & The Good & Ghosts were recorded at Brighton Electric studios with Sam Bell, who has also recorded part of the Bloc Party album Intimacy plus new recordings for Weezer, Regina Spektor, Lost Alone, The Wombats and The Cars.
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A successful Facebook campaign lead by the young, attractive and single James Halstead (referred to in several articles covering this as an "anonymous Raptor fan") of the Gill and Beez Facebook page - a group which largely spearheaded the campaign in November 2011 along with pushes from Kerrang's Katie P and Amanda Follit Griffiths from Possessive Management bringing on other artists to support the cause - resulted in Max Raptor agreeing to play a show in the bedroom of a fan, Barney Hall. This show was streamed on Max Raptor's Facebook page on December 18 and gathered attention from Kerrang! and Front.[2] A comment made by several members during the show led to an official "WE ARE ALL BARNEY HALL" t-shirt being made available for a limited time. [3]