Towers of London

Towers of London
Origin	London, England
Genres	Glam punk, hard rock, pop rock
Years active	2004–Present
Labels	TVT Records (2005-2008) Vibrant Records

Towers of London are a punk rock band from London, England, who formed in 2004. Their music mixes elements of rock and glam metal music with 1977 style British punk. The band have divided the opinions of the British music press since their emergence in early 2004, gaining positive reviews from some music news media and extremely negative from others, to which they have occasionally been quick to respond.

In 2003 a band was formed named 'The Tourettes', featuring Dirk and Donny Tourette (real names Francis and Patrick Brannan); the brothers had been playing together in rock bands since secondary school. The Tourettes played in a glam punk style, which has been described as "a post Manic Street Preachers rock 'n' roll rush".

The band signed to New York independent record label TVT Records in early 2005. On the label they have released a string of singles, prior to their debut album being released, "On A Noose", "Fuck It Up", "How Rude She Was", "Air Guitar" and more recently, "I'm A Rat".

The music video for the song "How Rude She Was" was filmed in New York City and featured women from Gotham Girls Roller Derby, an all-girl roller derby league.

In mid-2005, Towers of London performed at two festivals in the United Kingdom: Reading and Leeds Festivals and Download Festival. The band's performance was received well, but due to fighting backstage after another group allegedly stole their property, they are now banned from returning to the Download Festival. Lead singer Donny Tourette was brought before Cambridge Magistrates Court in June 2005, for criminal damage during a show at Cambridge Anglia Ruskin University in February 2005. He was ordered to pay £775 of compensation, court costs and fines.

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