The Twinkles ...
The twinkles is a nice melodic ’77 punk band from Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.
Behind the lyrics and the music is the frontman Nick Mess who
keeps the image and the style of the ’77 still alive.
The fans in Austria and Slovakia know already pretty
well their songs after many successful
gigs in those countries.
So there is just no way to listen to their songs
influenced by the tunes of The Ramones and The Boys and not to lovethem!
| Nick Mess/ Lead Vocal+guitar |
| True Brat/ Drums+Back Vocals |
| Tony Mad/ Bass+Back Vocals |
Biografia:
The story starts in 1996 when Nick Mess (vocals, lead guitar), True (drums, chorus), Marky (guitar, chorus) and Linda (bass, chorus) decide to play together.The demo tape “DEMO” comes out in 1998 and next step is variety of shows not only in Italy but also in Slovakia in 2000 arranged by the Slovak band Zona A . After some changes The Twinkles are four and again on the way to foreign cities. Thistime the destination is the Czech Republic. At the three wonderful gigs in Prague, Ricany and Pardubice the boys are warmly welcomed by the audience and have great success. Czech Republic welcomes again The Twinkles one year later in Svojice at the famous festival Anti-Fest.
The four Italian band plays together with bands like Chelsea, Vibrators, Angelic Upstarts, Guitar Gangsters, Red Alert, Vice Squad, Zona A and TV Smith. In 2004 The Twinkles take part in 3 competitions - Rockon, Emergenza Festival and Arezzo Wave. They perform excellent and win third place at the final of Veneto regional Arezzo Wave festival. The same year the second album is finally released after many problems and obstacles. The album release is followed by large series of promoting shows in Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany.
The Twinkles have again big success and their name is well-known and established especially in Austria and Slovakia. In 2006 a split album with the Slovak band Street Spirit comes out. Every next show is better than the previous one and then in 2006 the band reaches the final of the Heineken Jammin’ Festival contest. The four boys are chosen between 2212 bands from all over Italy!!!
In the next years The Twinkles perform occasionally. This year they win the Critic Premium of Ritmi Globali 2008. After some shows together with bands like Menace (Teenage Riot Festival in Arena/Vienna/Austria), The Boys (Randal Club in Bratislava/Slovakia) and Sham 69 (Surany, Slovakia) The Twinkles have decided that it’s high time to go to the studio again and bring out a new album. So right now the boys are getting ready for new album and new cities and fans hearts to conquer.
And so the story goes on…
DISCOGRAFIA
1.Demotape "Demo", March '98 (Soda Pressing Records). The tape includes 8 songs: "Join The Kids", "Unite", "I Don't Want You Baby", "Your Revolution", "Little Girl", "C'mon Let's Go", "Suzy Suzy", "Punk-Rock"
2.CD "Kob vs Mad Butcher", April '99 (Kob Records/Mad Butcher Records). Compilation of twenty-one bands belonging to Kob Records and Mad Butcher Records. THE TWINKLES participate with the song "Punk Rock".
3.EP "Dancing with the pogo kids", May 1999 (Soda Pressing Records). 7" including 3 songs: "Dancing with the pogo kids" (side A), "Tonight" and "Seventeen Again" (side B)
4.CD "Tre Venezie: skins and punx united", April 2000 (Kob Records). Compilation of all groups coming from Tre Venezie. THE TWINKLES participate with the brand new song "Johnny Boy".
5. CD "The Twinkles", March 2001 (Kob Records). The first album of the band with twelve brand new tracks.
6.EP "77 in 82", March 2001. Split 7" with Rotten Boi!s including two different versions of "Johnny Boy" and "Unite
7.CD "Punk Fiction Vol.1", February 2002 (P.o.t.a. Records). The cd includes 33 tracks of punk/hc/oi!/ska for about 80 minutes of music. The Twinkles participate with the song "Little Girl", taken from their self titled cd "The Twinkles"
8.CD "All The Young Punks", November 2002 (Caustic Rock Records). One action-packed cd of 8 punk 77 bands from all over the world. The Twinkles participate with the song "1977", taken from their self titled cd "The Twinkles"
9. CD "Kob Vs Mad Butcher Vol.3", December 2002 (Kob Records/Mad Butcher Records). Promo cd printed in 10.000 copies and distributed together with main international punk fanzine: Worst, Moloko, Kriminal Class. The Twinkles participate with the song "Twinkles Army", taken from their self titled cd "The Twinkles
10.CD "Belle Epoque", December 2004 (Wizzard In Vinyl Records). This second album of the band includes twelve new songs such as: "Zorba The Punk", "You Are A Poseur", "Monique", "Stupid Bitch", "Please Girl Leave Me Alone", "Gotta Slow Down", "My New Guitar", "Run Away", "Do You Wanna Dance With Me?", "Little Red House", "Breakdown", "We're The Kids".
11.CD "Ready Steady Go! For Dirty Play", May 2006 (AllStar Music Records). This Twinkles/Street Spirit SPLIT includes classic hits such as "You Are A Poseur", "Punk Rock", "Dancing With The Pogo Kids", "Tonight", "Seventeen Again" and "We're The Kids"
