The Punkles
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 Live at Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, 5 October 2005 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres | Punk |
| Years active | 1998–2006 |
| Labels | Teichiku Records, Punkles Records |
| Members | Joey Lennon Sid McCartney Rat Harrison Markey Starkey |
The Punkles were a German band performing songs by The Beatles in punk style. They formed in 1998 in Hamburg, Germany, and was a side project of Prollhead!.
After a lot of touring around Europe they toured together with Beatallica in October 2005 and in Spring 2006.[1] Unlike Beatallica they performed the Beatles songs "as they are", singing the same lyrics and playing cover versions of the originals, just a "little" faster and with a punk feeling.
They were quite successful in Europe, as well as in Japan, where their best of CD The Punkles 1998-2003 (2003), and the following album, Pistol (2004), both entered the Top 50.[2] Their final album For Sale! was released in April 2006. They have not appeared in public since.
Band members
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| 2002–2004 |
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| 2004–2006 |
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Albums
- The Punkles (1998 - Wolverine Records) The cover is a tribute to the album Black and White by The Stranglers.
- Punk! (2002 - Bitzcore) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles album Help! and the first Sex Pistols album.
- Beat The Punkles (2002 Bitzcore - reissue of the first album) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles album A Hard Day's Night. The name was a parody of the album Meet The Beatles.
- 1998 - 2003 (Imperial/Teichiku Records) The cover is a tribute to the famous The Beatles Yesterday and Today "Butcher" cover.
- Pistol (2004 Bitzcore & Imperial/Teichiku Records) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles Revolver.
- Punkles for Sale (2006 Punkles Records & Imperial/Teichiku Records) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles Abbey Road. The name was a parody of the album Beatles for Sale.
References
- ^ "Yahoo". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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