Dogshite formed because they wanted to have a laugh and to make music equal to that of their heroes of old, bands like obscurist indie types the Shapes and Kleenex, mixed with the sound, energy, and political nihilism of classic punk bands like X-Ray Spex, the Slits and Anarcho legends Crass. Not only that, they also wanted to be in a band that actually had something to play for, that weren’t just an insipid excuse for lounge-rock/ vacuous posturing/ sub-rebellious MTV nonsense BECAUSE where are the youth of today when you need them? Aspiring to be in bands that sound like they were manufactured in a hair salon it seems....

Guy Mcaffer (legendary London Techno Producer and ex-festi drop-out from dub-meets-crusty dance pioneers Back To the Planet), and Chris Liberator (notorious Acid Techno DJ also of Anarcho-punk agitators Hagar The Womb, Cold War, and other bands including never-quite-made-it indie types We Are Going to eat You) decided to start a band that hailed back to real punk ideals and attitude circa 77-84, a time when bands really couldn’t play but had a lot of fun trying, a time when you put your own music out on your own or mates labels, organised your own gigs and generally just went for it. After writing 2 songs they recruited budding vocalist and squat-party debutante Carmel (aka Tiddles) and drummer David (from exotic South American country Venezuela) and started playing gigs in London and elsewhere building up a solid following on the London Squat and toilet pub circuit with their humorous brand of agit-pop/ska tinged socially aware anarcho Punk Rock. Following on from this they hit the Underground festival circuit clocking up regular appearances over the next few summers outside London at BOOMTOWN FAIR, ONIONFEST, WAVEFORM , GLASTONBURY and BRIGHTON PUNX PICNIC before releasing a debut 3 track vinyl 10”/mp3 download on Beetroot records.

In 2013 David the drummer left and Chris switched to drums, and Carl Hendrickse (from Back To The Planet and The Rockets) joined on bass giving the band a tighter sound. More gigs in London, Bristol, Cornwall, and Weymouth, as well as festivals like MISCHIEF and ST PAULS CARNIVAL have built their following up and got them noticed by The Mob’s ALL THE MADMEN records who recently released the band’s 2nd vinyl EP (“Legacy Of Shame”) in conjunction with the band’s own Your Face My Arse Records. A CD will follow shortly and another release on the Y.F.M.A. label later this year.

Reviews of their first ep….

“I was really looking forward to reviewing this e.p. purely based on the name. I truly didn’t expect to enjoy as much as I did in the end….straight bang-in-your-face punk, simple as.” ( ROOM THIRTEEN )

“London’s Dogshite are a rambunctious outfit whose music hails back to the D.I.Y. ethicsof punk’s golden age…a mix of scuzzy guitar and politicised vocals, sounding like a deranged face-off between Crass and the Slits.” ( THE SKINNY )

Dogshite, old enough to know better…..