1. THE HISTORY OF ANTIPLACID
The story of AntiPlacid began when once upon a time two
good friends Johnny Dabbs and Danny Milner began jaming together with their new found basses and guitars in late 2002. They
had a bash at writting riffs and songs, and one of the things they came up with was the 'Lose Control' riff which was
used for quite a long time. Just when they started to think, 'Hmm, if we're gonna make a band we'll need a drummer,'
their other good friend Josh Barker phoned them up and said 'I well got some drums today.' PING! LIGHTBULB!
So the threesome
started jamming late Jan 2003 doing mainly covers, before starting to create 'Lose Control', or 'Made in China' as it was
then known. During this time, we got another guitarist Danny G. At this point we thought we'd better get a name, and as we
were eating digestive biscuits at the time, we decided to call ourselves Digestive Biscuit. After about a month, there was
a bit of confusion as Danny left the band. It turned out that someone had quit for him, but by the time we learnt this it
was too far in the past.
So we began our
search for another singer, and luckily, at some party we met the man himself Joe Cunliffe, who agreed to bring his talented
singing/guitar ability to the band, and also the name AntiPlacid. After many praticses we had a decnt set of songs and decided
to book our first gig at Chorley Community Centre, which went down rather well. After this, we decided we wanted to have a
ska song so for our next gig at ACC we enlisted the trumpting talent of Danny Wheble. As we worked well together, we decided
to have Danny as a permenent guitarist/trumpet guy which ment Joe had a lot more freedom as a vocalist onstage and
also we could venture in a ska direction. We also obtained Mr Ben Hartlebury as out managerial asset, to get us gigs and suchlike.
So, firmly established as a 5 piece, we
went on to write more songs, do more gigs including the Chorley Mid-Summer Festival and shape a style of music consisting
a hybrid of rock, ska punk and emo.
During late November,
after being a 5 piece for around 6 months, we decided to make our first EP. It was done by recording each instrument part
seperatley with a general purpose mike and some computer software. This was the best way of doing it with the materials we
had, and the sound quality was pretty good. With the help of Mr Ben we got three songs down, our most well known songs
which were 'I Know,' 'Currupt Buddah' and Lose Control.' We also included a comedy dance mix named 'Banging Tunez,' just for
the comedy value. We sent this EP of to a panel of judges as part of a competition, who put us in the finals to be held
late February, which was a good result.
In what was possibly the highlight of the
bands history, we won the competition. A truly amazing night. We performed what were our three best songs - Let Go, Corrupt
Buddah and DDDDD for the encore. This resulted in some profesional recording time, which was rad.
Being in the studio was an ace experience
for the band, where the band had the aid of producing master Seamus Heffernen, at Shamrock Studios in Blackburn. Josh went
in alone on the first day to mic the kit and such. He also layed down the drum tracks without the aid of his band members
which was, apparently, the first time it had been done at that studio. The next day saw the rest of the band come in, and
recorded and mastered 3 of the 4 songs. When not recording, the band watched Pulp Fiction, stenciled the local architechture
and messed about with a frisbe. The 4th track was done on day three, and took all day, for some reason. The result was the
self titled EP, 'Antiplacid.'
Well, that is pretty much the story of AntiPlacid's
largely sucessfull first year-and-a-bit . "So where did it go wrong?" I hear you cry.
The trouble started one particular gig where Johnny was
unable to play, so we got the help of trusty Ben H. Even though it was one of the best shows we ever played, it sparked tension
within the group, as the question 'Who should be our bassist' arose. No disrespect to either party there, but thats just the
way it was. This was an issue that never really got resolved, partially because the band had more important things to worry
about at the time, namely GCSE revison and the X Factor the auditions!
The X Factor was, really, an all round comedy experience
for the band. It was a time where we got to party in Leeds a few time, got told we 'were pretty good and had bags of potential,'
by Louis Walsh, we 'were good but it wasn't the right competion,' by Sharron Osbourne, and 'you fcuking suck,' by Simon Cowell.
When the band finally decided to sit down and sort
their shit out, it became pretty obvious it was pointless to do so. Josh annouced he was movin to Australia in a month, thus,
obviously, eliminating him from the line up. Joe, Wheble and Milner had joined other bands playing there preffered styles
of rock, ska and emo respectively. This was the moment when we looked at eachother and said, 'dude, we dont have a band anymore.'
But the memory of Antiplacid lives on, in the CD players
of men and the hearts of women. 'But what's everyone doing now?' Joe is playing and writing songs with Coppul punk heroes
Jack in the Green. Josh has moved to Australia but is still drummin. Milner is in emo band 20 Below, with ex PAB members
and all round cool guys Seb and Pat. Wheble is living the dream of ska is his new band Jethro.
2. DISCOGRAPHY
'Antiplacid' - our profesionally produced EP.
Live long let die - possibly the heaviest song we did, with bit of an old
school intro
Let Go - fast catchy punk song. Josh wrote it, hence there is a drum solo
Corrupt Buddah - maybe our most well known song. Pretty damn nu-school ska.
Yesterday - probobly our best song. Featured Ben H backing vocals
'Uno' - our first EP, recorded in Wheble's bro's room, on ejay. Good fun,
but sounds shit in comparison
I Know - This song really rocked 6 months later, when we could play our intruments better
Currupt Buddah - Original version of the above track
Lose Control - our first song ever. Catchy riff, repeated through entire song
Bangin' Tunez - scally piss take comedy dance track.
Other tracks - live classics that never got recorded
Barbie Girl - cover of MxPx's Aqua cover. Our early signature song, great fun
Mentally Insane - rap-rock kinda song, with cool guitar intro
Gay Bar - well liked cover, by a non gay band we assure you.
3. OTHER SHIT
ANTIPLACID WERE (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER);
Josh Barker - Drums/Web Site Dude
Joe Cunliffe - Vocals/Song Writing
Mastermind
Johnny Dabbs - Bass
Ben Hartlebury - Backing
Vocalist/Manager/Bass
Danny Milner - Rhythm Guitar
Danny Whebble - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
All the old material of the site is still below -
some of it can stil be enjoyed. Try and have fun.
