Dinosaur Pile Up

Tonight was the night for punk rock. London based girl band Bleech kicked off the night with their fiery rock and roll that infused early 90’s grunge with modern day indie pop. Happy, rocky, and good to dance to, it’s modern day grunge that will excite young punk fans all over the UK. Next up were our headliners for the night. Yorkshire based post-grunge band Dinosaur Pile Up, who got their name when a young Matt Bigland watched King Kong and thought it was rubbish! Subsequently, a lot of kick-ass songs were written and DPU were born. “Did you see the latest remake of King Kong? It was awful,” says DPU’s lead singer Matt. “There’s this bit in it where a huge gang of Brontosauruses get ambushed and they all end up falling over each other. I joked about naming a band Dinosaur Pile-Up, and when it came to naming us now, I couldn’t get it out of my head. It’s not meaningful, just funny.” The band seems to take a more light-hearted approach when naming their material, titling their new EP ‘The Most Powerful EP in the Universe.’ Whether it is or not isn’t certain, but it does have some powerful tracks on it that are definitely worth a listen. Matt describes the band’s sound as rocky, with influences from early Foo Fighters and Nirvana, but admits there is a more pop twist to his music, “I write really catchy songs, I don’t know why,” he laughs. “Some are even quite poppy.” I asked him what fans can expect from a typical Dinosaur Pile Up show, “good, catchy music with riffs which are driven by drums.” And the night was certainly that. A loud and ferocious yet catchy and fun set meant that the heavy rockers were satisfied, and the indie kids could still have a dance to it. Stand out tracks for me were ‘My Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and ‘Cat Attack!!’ Definitely 2 tracks you should download. Or if you really liked them, then you can buy their EP, ‘The Most Powerful EP in the Universe’, which is out now. But fear not, if you missed Dinosaur Pile Up you can still catch them. The band will be touring with Pixies until the end of this month, so get tickets now! They will sell out fast.