"Why do they always look like this?" - Asmongold We used to dye our hair as Warped Tour era teens, in order to stand out. To individualize ourselves. They co-opted hair-dye in order to signal adherence to the cult of Marxism. We are absolutely not the same. Highlighted Comments: " “I’m childless” Thank you for your service." " It's like someone gassed the whole city with the joker toxin.." " "I have nothing to lose so let me destroy the future for everyone else's children."" " “We are going to fight back” says a person who has panic attacks answering their front door." " I feel like nose rings are the new straight jackets." " Remember yall: Things in nature that are Toxic or Poisonous will adopt Bright Colors" " "I don't have anything to lose", and yet most of them are overweight." " Parents: "Son why arent you married and have kids yet?" The Women to pick fro...
"The world is in chaos! Humans are
psychologically mad & crazy. Are we in the final innings of the
human experiment? As we look around, we can either fill ourselves with
rage, feelings of hopelessness & sadness, or we can create art
inspired by the madness… and that’s proFESSional!
Said to be one of the most exciting bands to emerge this year – that’s Stooges-exciting, Pixies-exciting, Queens Of The Stone Age-exciting… proFESSional’s latest single TELEVISION is now switched on & out there for all to hear. On it, vocalist Mani sings “I saw the news & now I’m scared to leave the house / I saw it all on television” – which presumably goes some way to suggesting that the revolution will be televised whether we like it or not! Mani continues “…
television lays bear the profound impact of today’s media culture &
the existential dread channelled directly into our homes. It delivers a
commentary on the overwhelming & ridiculously disturbing overload
of information that we all consume on a daily basis…”
With a video to accompany the release directed by Archie McCallum (better known by his screen name Franko_flint) & featuring Dylan Smith (Lord of the Rings, Maze Runner), the band are seen performing the song while being trapped inside a television set.
So who are proFESSional &
how did it all begin? Three musicians called Rob, Paul & Marco meet
Croatian physical therapist Mani & talk about forming a band. Mani
starts humming guitar riffs in their ears… “na-na, na-na, na-na”, that
kind of thing – then he starts sending voice notes & on it goes. It
soon transpires that the riffs & the lyrics come to Mani at the
same time since they’re formed out of the same idea. Some music scholars
like to call this doubling: we just think of it as what proFESSional do.
proFESSional are
Mani (vocals), Rob Hennebry (guitars), Paul Fifield (guitars), Marco
Gaspari (bass) & Jonny Brister (drums). In terms of
flavours/influences, think Stooges, think Hives or Fontaines DC… that sort of thing. Or at least that’s when they’re not reminding you of Buzzcocks, Swell Maps or Spizz… or
something else that’s been preserved in a time capsule &
transported from 1978. That’s right: there’s nothing 1977 about them at
all.
Having just wowed a packed house when they headlined Islington’s O2, proFESSional will be playing with the Levellers at Margate’s Dreamland (12th Nov) as well as with The Luka State at Brighton’s Green Store Door (14th Nov) & London’s 100 Club (16th Nov).
With
further single releases that tackle the darker side of society’s
celebrity culture between now & their album release in the summer of
2025, proFESSional are definitely a band to watch out for. Now then, just turn off the television… you know you want to!"
