GORILLA RIOT announce new single and tour dates

Fast rising dirty southern rock n blues mavericks, Gorilla Riot announce a new single, Young Guns and a raft of UK show dates. Young Guns is taken from their forthcoming album which is slated for release early in November, in Digital, CD and Vinyl formats on Off Yer Rocka Recordings (OYR).

Young Guns will be released across all digital and streaming platforms on Fri 12 July 2019. It will be accompanied by a lyric video produced by Studface Productions. https://youtu.be/TIpUqU_6fBc

Young Guns tells the tales of the Riot’s frontman, Arjun Bhishma’s debauched time in Edinburgh, Scotland, whereas a young man he lived from one party to the next, experiencing and living in the moment with a group of friends as only ‘young guns’ can.

Arjun Bhishma, said, “The song is about an adventure I had when I was living up in Edinburgh. I lived a ludicrous life up there with my mates. This song was a way for me to remember those hazy days with admiration. All we had was the next party, who knows where we would end up?

He added, “It has a straight up rock ‘n’ roll riff that I came up with whilst messing around with a few licks on the guitar. I felt an Aerosmith vibe from it so I took the whole song in that direction. As a band we stuck to that feel, whilst still sounding like us. The chorus and chords are simple and memorable – it’s a feel good rock tune.

“As always we laid down the drums in the ‘proper’ studio and then worked on the rest at GRHQ in a room above a lawn tennis club. Once we got David Thomas’ drums sent from the studio, we recorded all of the guitars sat on a large stuffed jungle cat. It really amped up the atmosphere!”

Gorilla Riot are a 5-piece dirty rock n’ roll blues machine from Manchester, England. Using a 3-prong guitar attack with multi-part vocal harmonies; they play raucous blues-based rock, combining elements of grunge, stoner, and country to create a full-on high energy show.

Created by mainman, Arjun Bhishma, he surrounded himself with the best talent in Manchester to form Gorilla Riot.  Arjun, Liam Henry (guitars & vocals), Charly T. (guitars & vocals), James Degnen (bass), have been recently joined by Will Lewis on skins.

Equally at home acoustically or electrically they released their last studio work in May 2018. American Honey Vol 1 saw the guys extend their sound and song-writing prowess with 3 new songs plus an exquisite re-working of their hit song, Last Hymn.

Gorilla Riot recently announced that they have signed a 2-album deal with Off Yer Rocka Recordings, the first of which will be released later in Nov 2019.

Having played in Spain and France earlier this year, they now return home to complete their album and to play a range of headline, support and festival shows.

LIVE DATES:
Tues 16 Jul – Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh *
https://www.wreckingcrewtouring.com/events/gorilla-riot-edinburgh

Weds 17 Jul – Trillians, Newcastle *
https://www.wreckingcrewtouring.com/events/gorilla-riot-newcastle

Thur 18 Jul – Yardbirds, Grimsby *
http://www.solidentertainments.com/presents.htm

Fri 19 Jul – Woolpack, Doncaster *
FREE ENTRY

Sat 20 Jul – Giffard Arms, Wolverhampton *
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/sLROMGuCmXvf

Mon 22 Jul – The Old Cold Store, Nottingham *
https://www.wreckingcrewtouring.com/events/gorilla-riot-nottingham

Tues 23 Jul – Hobos, Bridgend *
https://www.wreckingcrewtouring.com/events/gorilla-riot-bridgend

Weds 24 Jul – The Cobblestones, Bridgwater *
https://www.seetickets.com/event/massive/the-cobblestones/1328650

Thurs 25 Jul – The Joiners, Southampton *
https://www.wreckingcrewtouring.com/events/gorilla-riot-southampton

Fri 26 Jul – The Facebar, Reading *
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/466851

Sat 27 Jul – The Meeting Room, Elland, Nr Halifax
https://themeetingroomelland.co.uk/events/gorilla-riot/

Sun 25 Aug – Rockwich Festival, Witton Albion Club, Northwich
https://www.rockwich.net/tickets

Sun 08 Sep – HRH CROWS Festival, O2 Academy, Sheffield
http://www.hrhcrows.com/shop/

Thurs 03 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, The Live Rooms, Chester **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Fri 04 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, Rebellion, Manchester **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Sat 05 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, The Flapper, Birmingham  **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Sun 06 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, The Waterfront, Norwich **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Tues 08 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, The Cluny, Newcastle **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Weds 09 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, Lending Room, Leeds **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Thurs 10 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, Exchange, Bristol  **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

Fri 11 Oct – Planet Rock Roadstars, O2 Academy, Islington, London **
https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Planet-Rock-Roadstars.htm

* As main support to Massive
** Co-headline tour with Hanna Wicklund & The Stepping Stones

Recent highlights:

• Bad Son – featured in Tracks Of The Week by Classic Rock Magazine / LouderSounds
• Down The Road – WON Tracks Of The Week by Classic Rock Magazine / LouderSounds
• Gorilla Riot played Ramblin Man Rising Stage 2018 after winning the public vote
• Featured in Classic Rock Magazine – High Hopes 253
• Toured the UK as special guests to Dan Patlansky
• Signed to Off Yer Rocka Records Mar 2019
• Maiden headline tour of Spain Apr 2019
• Played Download VIP/RIP 2019
• Young Guns – featured in Tracks Of The Week by Classic Rock Magazine / LouderSounds
• Planet Rock – featured as ‘Ones To Watch’ 

What they say about Gorilla Riot

• Sharp, swaggering cocksure rock! – Classic Rock Magazine
• They look as cool as fuck! – Classic Rock Magazine
• One of the best new rock bands in the country right now! – Dave Everley for Ramblin Man Fair
• Gorilla Riot, have dialled back the distortion in favour of an atmospheric, pensive blend of rootsy acoustic layers, electric flourishes and Chris Cornell-nodding vocals. Lush guitar solo too. – Classic Rock Magazine
• Dirtier than a bunch of metalheads post-Download (pre-shower), it’s slow, swaggering bluesy rock’n’roll with lashings of southern rock warmth to cut through the grease. Nice. – Classic Rock Magazine

Formed: 2013
Hometown: Manchester, England
FFO: Dirty Southern Blues Rock
Discography: 
Gorilla Riot LP (2014)
Eve Tapes Live EP (2014)
Six Shots Down EP (2016)
American Honey Vol 1 EP (May 2018)
Half Cut single (Mar 2019)
Young Guns single (July 2019)
New album slated for Winter 2019 on Off Yer Rocka Records

Gorilla Riot are:
Arjun Bhishma (vocals/guitar)
Liam Henry (guitar/vocals)
Charly T. (guitar/vocals)
James Degnen (bass)
Will Lewis (drums)

LINKS:
www.gorillariotband.com
https://www.facebook.com/GorillaRiot
https://gorillariot.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/gorilla-riot
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3mgyWoJtmDNK-4YBrnPMA
https://twitter.com/GorillaRiotRock
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5OiiGa3KynCIy8wvrXpVKY