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The Parkinsons
12+ albums
punkpunk rockportugueseGarage RockGarage Punk
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There are 5 bands named The Parkinsons. 1. Raised in Portugal, the band released three LPs there as Tédio Boys between 1994 and 1998. They quickly earned their reputations as the nation's Kings of Chaos, attracting notoriety for their impromptu gigs on top of buildings in their city center. It was this word of mouth that got them an invite to play at Joey Ramone's birthday party in New York's Continental in 1997, an incredible honour for a little-known act, and they never looked back - touring Portugal with the likes of The Fall and John Spencer in 1997/98. Then, in 2000, having ripped the States apart again, they relocated to the home of punk, London, UK. Every gig since their first riotous appearance in Camden has been punctuated by fast, furious punk music, onstage nudity, interband scrapping but also, most importantly, an ever increasing number of fantastic songs and fanatical followers. Their energy on stage has been described by one journalist as "making At The Drive-In seem like The Corrs", and on seeing the band play at the 100 Club Mark Perry of ATV and Sniffin' Glue fame remarked that Victor was "the finest guitarist he had seen since The Clash's Mick Jones". Lunatics they may be, but these boys can play. And play they do! They have set the new world record for the number of Japanese tours dates a Western band has ever played - in five hectic weeks culminating with an arena appearance at Fujirock alongside Foo Fighters - not to mention sold out dates in Europe an
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