Bad Ideas

Alternative/indie punk band from Lincoln, UK on Uncle M / Paper + Plastick records.

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A 3rd new live session here for you - this one's called 'BRIAN'S BOAT' ⛵

Tour starts tomorrow:

24/03 HASSELT, DE LINCK (http://on.fb.me/1OfPH04) 25/03 MERKSPLAS, ZIG ZHAG (http://on.fb.me/1Xx8Txr) 26/03 TILBURG (NL), BOUWPLAATS (http://on.fb.me/1WLbt1X) 27/03 WIESBADEN, KREATIVFABRIK (http://on.fb.me/1PEMI5D) 28/03 TRIER, EXHAUS (http://on.fb.me/1onXuUs) 29/03 KASSEL, K19 (http://on.fb.me/249Fkqt) 30/03 ZITTAU, EMIL (http://on.fb.me/1QkuQjW) 31/03 BERLIN, CASSIOPEIA (http://on.fb.me/1PKa7CB) 01/4 OBERHAUSEN, DRUCKLUFT (http://on.fb.me/1RMf28D) 02/04 BIELEFELD, PLAN B ((http://on.fb.me/21GHxL4)) 03/04 LONDON, MONTAGUE ARMS (http://bit.ly/1R2zEZG)

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We'll be bloodied, bruised (and probably not smelling too great) but we've tagged a new LONDON date on to the end of our tour with The Lion and the Wolf, which starts next week. Thanks to Chunx and Jugs for sorting this out, let's have some fun <3  03.04 - London (Peckham), The Montague Arms https://www.facebook.com/events/526778400827105/

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TELL ME HOW YOU MAKE SUCH NOISE FOR SUCH A LITTLE THING...⚡⚡

Live session #2 // 'Here Comes Trouble ' // www.badideasmusic.co.uk

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Following a week's hiatus (sorry about that), Listening Game is back with a bumper edition. Think of it like a deluxe edition of an album you didn't buy in the first place, except all the tracks here are pure gold instead of forgotten B-sides. 2016 continues to impress with new...

"One of the most consistently excellent bands in the UK, the fact that these guys are yet to surpass 'underground favourites' status is baffling. However, if anything is going to make the wider music community take note it's a track like this. Powerful and melodic 'Give Up' is a musical shot in the arm. Crunchy riffs and a huge everyman chorus, 'Give Up' has everything to become these guys' breakout single." - The Ruckus.

Thanks for the lovely words Anthony & co, you lot have supported us right from the beginning and we truly appreciate it heart emoticon

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Chuffed to be added to Heads Up! fest in Sheffield alongside Apologies, i have none, Down And Outs, Sam Russo, Above Them & more. For a great cause too! Get your tickets here: http://ow.ly/ZcipI.

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Feeling pretty tired after our van decided it didn't want to take us home last night, but hey, apparently all that 'silver lining' stuff is true because we just found out we'll be getting airplay on Alex Baker's 'Fresh Blood' show. Wednesday night on Kerrang! Radio from 10PM onwards - if you want to check it out you can listen here: http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/on-air/fresh-blood/ smile emoticon 📷 @mcradchild

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Killer show in Brighton last night with H_n_g_m_n, Boo Urns and Murderhouse. I love this city! 💛

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Thanks to The Burnt Tapes & Wasting Time Podcast for playing / talking about 'Give Up' on their show. Check it out below 😊 

http://www.thewastingtimepodcast.co.uk/

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On Friday we're playing with loads of mates at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar in BRIGHTON! Then on Sunday we're playing a free entry show at Tooting Tram & Social in LONDON!

https://www.facebook.com/events/464195713783047/ https://www.facebook.com/events/206129619739262/

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Thanks to Dean Jackson and co for playing us on BBC Introducing East Midlands. Listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005blrj 

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Premiere: Bad Ideas - "Give Up" | NOISEY

Like Basement and Moose Blood before them, Bad Ideas are taking the transatlantic melodic punk route in a British direction.

Here it is, our brand new single 'Give Up'. Listen now at Noisey!!

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Yep, this is happening Wednesday lunchtime - thanks Noisey! So excited for you all to hear what we've been up to! They’ll be premiering our new single ‘Give Up’. 

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Alright, back on tour it is!! 

We're teaming up with our handsome comrade The Lion and the Wolf for a run of FULL BAND shows across the mainland next month. We'll be border-hopping across Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands for a whole 10 days of partyrock mayhem! So stoked! Ticket info to come!

Bad Ideas w/ The Lion & The Wolf

24/03- Hasselt, De Linck 25/03 - Merksplas, Zig Zag 26/03 - Tilburg, Bouwplaats 27/03 - Wiesbaden, Kreativfabrik 28/03 -Trier, Exhaus 29/03 - Kassel, K19 30/03 - Zittau, Emil 31/03 - Berlin, Cassiopeia 01/04 - Oberhausen, Druckluft 02/04 - Bielefeld, Plan B

badideasmusic.co.uk // badideas.bandcamp.com

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Very excited to share some new music with you all! This is the first of three live sessions we recorded in Leicester at Seamus Wong Studios. We’ll be releasing them over the next few weeks in the lead up to our spring tour dates!

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👊👊 BIG THANKS TO ALREADY HEARD FOR INCLUDING US IN THEIR 'MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2016'!! 👊👊 

http://alreadyheard.com/post/138145069891/feature-already-heards-most-anticipated-albums

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Get your winter warmers! We have a bunch of new merch in the store now including these ‘Ouija’ hoods designed by Olly T. Each order comes with a free download of our EP ‘The Better Parts of You’ and we’ll have all styles with us on the road this week with KidBrother!

Feb

27th - Firebug, Leicester w/Gnarwolves

28th - Marrs Bar, Worcester w/KidBrother

29th - The Junction, Plymouth w/KidBrother

30th - Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham w/KidBrother

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Bad Ideas - CRAZY TOUR STORIES - Digital Tour Bus

In this Crazy Tour Stories segment, the indie punk band, Bad Ideas, talk about one of the band’s crazy moments from touring.

“ We played a show in Berlin in 2013 whilst we were touring our new record at the time and left the van right outside the venue. We appeared to be in a parking spot next to a brick wall, and decided as the place we were staying at was around the corner, we’d all drink lots, walk to our friend’s house and collect it in the morning. Foolproof. Made up with our splendid plan, we unloaded all of our gear, sound checked and sat down to eat and drink. Just before we were about to go on, I ran out to get our merch tin from the van… the van? THE VAN?! Where’s the fucking van?!!It was not where we left it. It was not anywhere to be seen. It turned out in Germany, they sometimes paint the metal shutters to the car parks underneath expensive, inner-city flats to look like bricks to confuse foreigners and steal their cars. My amazing friend Steffen phoned the police, and found out where it had been towed, but by the time all this had happened I (as the only driving member of the party) had drank a good few large/ delicious German beers, safe in the knowledge that our marvellous plan had relieved me of any sober duties. We had to set off for our next show really early the next day, and the venue could not hold our equipment overnight, so we needed to get the van back THAT NIGHT. There was only one option… I sat in the back of a German police car, sweating profusely and trying to make ‘sober’ small talk with the two officers in the front as they took to all the way across the city to the compound containing all of our worldly goods Inside our only method of transport. It was like when your 16 and your parents pick you up from a gig, with no idea you’ve been drinking cider round the back all night, and never actually even made it in… except your parents are not your parents, and don’t like you, and have guns. I then had to follow the police car in the van all the way back through town to the station, to get my poor, lovely friend Steffen who had been held hostage until I returned and paid lots of money to say sorry for my bad parking. I had never before, and will never again drive as well as I did that evening.” - Sam