The Dirty Youth
| The Dirty Youth | |
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| Origin | South Wales, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Rock, Alternative, Pop Punk, Electronic |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Marshall Records |
| Website | www |
| Members |
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| Past members | Phil Edwards Tom Hall |
The Dirty Youth are a British Rock band from South Wales that formed in late 2009. The band's lineup consists of singer Danni Monroe, guitarist/keyboardist Matt Bond, guitarist Luke Padfield, bassist Leon Watkins and drummer Freddie Green.
They have released two studio albums to date, Red Light Fix and Gold Dust via RMR Records. They have toured with the likes of Skindred, The Rasmus, Korn, Heavens Basement, Alien Ant Farm, InMe, Fozzy and have appeared at festivals such as Download Festival and Hard Rock Calling Festival.
The Dirty Youth was formed in August 2009 by Matt Bond (Guitar) and Danni Monroe (Vocals) after they met at a festival in West Wales. Later that year the duo found Tom Hall (Drums) on the Forming Bands website and the trio entered Nott-in-Pill Studios in Newport, Wales to start writing and recording.
They recruited Leon Watkins (Bass) and in November, released a 6 track, self-titled E.P. The 4 piece recorded a music video and mini documentary, which was featured on ITV’s documentary show Unsigned. Following on from the buzz of ITV, music channel Scuzz picked up the video and featured it on their prime time shows generating lots of new fans. The Dirty Youth then self-booked a 33 date 'toilet circuit' tour of the UK, including an appearance on the Scuzz Stage at Festival. They then went on to headline their first sold out London show at the The Water Rats.
The Dirty Youth continued to tour to promote their E.P, which by then had gone on to sell over 2500 hard copies. This was all self-promoted through the band's social networks, big cartel and through touring the U.K. They had also sold an impressive additional 3000 units on ITunes in that year alone. Other highlights of 2009 included playing Hellfire Festival at the O2 Academy Islington in London (which is where they met their manager to date) and supporting Skindred at Cardiff University on their sold out UK tour.
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