Phinius Gage

Phinius Gage were an established and influential UK underground skate punk/melodic hardcore band who started up in 2002 and were active until 2008. They have reformed in 2015.^[1]

History

They played over 500 shows in their existence, touring with many bands including Streetlight Manifesto, spunge, Whitmore, Flood Of Red, Reuben, RedLightsFlash, Ten Foot Pole, Farse, and 4Ft Fingers. They released debut mini LP More Haste More Speed in 2003 on Deck Cheese Records - and their first full length, The Feeling Somethings Wrong on the same label in 2005.

Signing to Fond of Life Records in Germany, the band released a compilation of old and new tracks in 2006 entitled Brighton Rock, which included the band's only single, Brighton Rock, the video for which received airplay on MTV2 and Scuzz.^[2] The band then released their final album in 2007, Seek Out Your Foes, which is generally considered the band's best work. It made Kerrang's 'Best Albums Of 2007' list. However, the band split suddenly soon after.

Members have gone on to form many other bands, including Lay It On The Line. Mike Scott has also had a solo career.

Trivia

Phinius Gage are named after a science textbook case study called Phineas Gage, an 1840s railway worker who had an unfortunate incident with a sharp object and lost part of his brain. The story is often used in psychology lessons.

Master copies of The Feeling Something's Wrong album were printed with a photo of the band's Producer at 811 Studios, Sussex wielding a baseball bat called The Persuader in front of the mixing desk.

The studio space during the recordings of Seek Out Your Foes had only one chair in the entire building.

In the song Sick Mick (from More Haste More Speed), a can of warm beer was opened at the beginning and fully drunk by the end.

Influences

Phinius Gage plays fast, melodic hardcore music in the style of Pennywise, Strung Out, Consumed, Rise Against, and other bands of the SoCal description from record labels including Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph.

Final Members

• Carl "Karlos" Brown (guitar and vocals since 2005)
• Mike Scott (vocals and bass since 2003) Acoustic pageMike Scott website
• Matt Steele (drums and vocals since 2002)
• Ade Holder (vocals and guitar since 2002)

Previous members 2002–2006

• Damo St George (vocals)
• Martyn Haigh (bass)
• Andy Bligh (guitar)
• Ben Ince (guitar)
• Paul Fields (guitar)
• Gary Yay (bass)
• Jamie Kirkpatrick (bass)
• Edward Higgs (bass)
• Chas Mataz (guitar)
• Kalem Buckham (drums)
• Keith Whitby (bass)

Discography

Compilations

• Amped Up And Ready To Go (In At The Deep End Records, UK)
• Value Slices (Deck Cheese, UK)
• Cheese Supreme (free promo CD with Big Cheese Magazine, UK)
• Punktastic Unscene (Punktastic Recordings, UK)
• Punktastic Unscene 3 (Punktastic Recordings, UK)
• Ashcan Records 1 (Ashcan Records, Luxembourg)
• Change The Station II (White Russian Records, Netherlands)
• In Defense of Rock 2 (Fond of Life/Winged Skull, Germany)
• Quintisentially British (UK)
• Brighton Rocks (UK)

References

External links

• Phinius Gage Official MySpace page
• Review of Phinius Gage album "The Feeling Something's Wrong" from national website Punktastic
• Phinius Gage tracks played on BBC Radio 1's Lock Up Punk Show
• Phinius Gage Bandcamp page
• Lay It On The Line Bandcamp page