Second Live Performance!
On Thursday 25th April, with doors at 19:30, Corporate Retreat, the Gunkus + Leonardo Lemuel punky superband, will be playing their second collective show supporting FUBAR, who are great. Come on out and see us play live again! Check out our hit new single "Not Real Communism" below. We're working on a pretty great album.
Register interest and buy tickets now!
Where am I?
Welcome to the front page of Emo in Bristol. Enjoy some fine music from some fine people in Bristol, and maybe the odd post or two about acts you should check out.
Latest Releases
Corporate Retreat
"We just haven't really tried it yet."
Released:
Leonardo Lemuel
Do I really?
Released:
Gunkus
More great mellow stuff from Patrick.
Released:
Who are you?
We are:
- Andrew Wray (Leonardo Lemuel)
- Patrick Fenton (Gunkus)
- Chris Beale (Chris Vox)
- Mike (everyone's friend)
- Together... "Corporate Retreat!" (Our band)
- And various other acts...
What even is Emo, anyway?
Start with what Emo is not.
Emo is not:
- My Chemical Romance (okay, maybe that first album?)
- Green Day (That first album tho)
- Blink 182
- Fall Out Boy
- Most of the 1990's and 2000's
- Wearing fashion
- Being sad because your girlfriend fucked Todd
- Those stupid fucking belts
Emo is:
- 1983 - Rites of Spring
- 1985 - Embrace
- 1989 - Cap'n Jazz
- 1990 - Drive Like Jehu
- 1993 - Braid
- 1995 - The Promise Ring
- 1995 - Rainer Maria
- 1995 - Bright Eyes
- 1995 - Cursive
- 1998 - Rilo Kiley
- 2001 - Desaparecidos
- 2005 - Algernon Cadwallader
- This guy (Love you, Sam!)
- "The bands that Sam Grudgings will tell Andrew aren't Emo, but they are. Like, it's all a matter of perspective, and honestly if you feel it in your heart then you know it's like..."
- Too many bands and songs to name
- "The stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard in my entire life." ("Come on, man!")