Panic Cell

Panic Cell

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Line up:
Lee Turner - drums/backing vocals
Luke Bell - lead vocals
Bobby Town - bass
Kelly 'Kenji' Downes - guitar/backing vocals
Harjeet 'Hedgey' Virdee - guitar/backing screams

Panic cell formed in Kent, UK. Luke, Kelly, Harj and Lee were once part of London bands Exile and Downtrodden but got together and formed Panic Cell and Lee handed over the bass duties to Bobby.

If Panic Cells' recent live performances are anything to go by, the band have a healthy future to look forward to. Aside from the responsive audiences positive enjoyment, and the bands' ability to thrive on such energy, the material presented to the masses has been embraced like old favourite classics.

With their debut album "Bitter Part of Me” Panic Cell have raised their game to another level, one that no one in the band has been before. Following hot on the heels of their first E.P "Rockaphilia", produced by the fast approaching legend who is Dave Chang (earthtone9, Orange Goblin, Johnny Truant) and recorded at Philia Studios, this debut album oozes great hooks, riffs and catchy chorus'. From the opening explosive notes of "Damn Self Pity" to the frantic finish of "The End", there's enough going on in between those tracks to warrant listens again and again.

With the album in full circulation around the U.K and Europe and signs are that across the Atlantic Panic Cell are starting to make waves with U.S Rock/Metal stations playing tracks from the bands' E.P (most notably KNAC). The past few months have also seen the band venture onto Scuzz TV, with their first video Away From Here spending eight weeks on the "New Skids on the Block" programme, and the video for Save Me debuting at No.6 on the Main Playlist Chart - rising to No.2, in its time beating off competition from Linkin Park, Evanescence, Damageplan and Slipknot. To date the video has spent nine weeks in the Top Ten, for Panic Cell at this stage in their career, this is an amazing feat and with their 3rd video in the pipeline (the powerful ballad Thousand Words) the band are set to take the world by storm.

Having snapped up the last Main Stage slot at Bloodstock 2004 and recent gigs with Download Festival 2004 openers Breed 77, big things are expected for the band in the next 12 months, and with such experience & sheer balls, the band are more than ready.

The start of 2005 has not only brought them a slot in the famous Texan South By Southwest Festival but a support slot for American Head Charge's UK tour.

Panic Cell aren't looking to bring you the soundtrack of your life, capitalise on the teenage angst market nor break new boundaries. The music represented on "Bitter Part of Me", in their live shows and the music that is yet to come, it's all there to simply be enjoyed. Think back to the classic tunes of the 70's, 80's and early 90's, think great Hard Rock/Heavy Metal but without the big hair and makeup. In a nutshell, Panic Cell are 'Classic Rock-Metal music gone Post-Millennium'


Source: Panic Cell (updated March 2005) read less

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