THE BLOOD TUB ORCHESTRA
Digging up the 19th century and murdering it again! ‘The Ghosts of the Halls returning in the guises of demons.’
Current album: ‘The Seven Curses of the Music Hall’
https://thebloodtuborchestra.bandcamp.com/album/the-seven-curses-of-the-music-hall
A very different proposition than most of what you’d find Transglobal Underground involved with!>…having explored so many other traditions, Tim Whelan decided to get his hands dirty by delving into the mysteries of the British Music Hall. For this he teamed up with members of Headbutt, Echobelly and the London Dirthole Company, who already had a punk take on music hall going, and they proceeded to twist and turn a bunch of 19th century favourites into something new and much uglier…
“Like a ride on Satan’s merry-go round” BBC6 Fresh on the Net
“Good tunes and a hardy, bloody aesthetic” Norman Records
“Rowdily exploring a fascinating tangent” The Arts Desk
“Something that you should see at the earliest opportunity” Fear and Loathing
“We arrived in time to catch most of The Blood Tub Orchestras performance;
I’m mighty glad we did as they were superb” Whisperinandhollerin