The Rabble

their hometown of Auckland, The Rabble are exploding out of New

Zealand and into the hearts of punks worldwide. Harnessing the

advantages of both experience and youth, this powerful and passionate

band have been a band for over seven years but they're still only

just out of their teenage years and are truly unstoppable. One listen

to the gravelly vocals and infectious soulful punk anthems on their

16-track second album ‘The Battle's Almost Over' and you'll be

brothers Chazz and Rupe at the young ages of 14 and 15 respectively,

the first six years saw them honing their gritty yet catchy sound and

seeing several bassists come and go, before settling on recent

addition Jamie Douglass. Their DIY ethos has seen them independently

release debut album ‘No Clue, No Future', the ‘This Is Our Lives'

EP and the mighty sophomore full-length ‘The Battle's Almost Over'.

Relentlessly touring all over New Zealand, the UK and Europe over the

last few years alongside Agnostic Front, The Unseen and The Living

End, to name just a few, they're also no strangers to festival

stages, playing to over 1500 people at Auckland's Big Day Out and,

more recently, to a crowd of over 2000 on the main stage at the

Blackpool Rebellion Festival. Having given away a compilation of

their best songs, titled ‘New Generation', with issue 102 of Big

Cheese Magazine, their huge accompanying UK headline tour of the same

name has recently won them many more fans up and down the country and

spread the fire of The Rabble burning bright into the Northern

hemisphere. So what inspired their several month-long mission to the

were strong enough to take our music to the world now after all these

years, starting with the UK and Europe. We have a new generation of

punk rock music at hand. The UK deserves another round of real,

honest and soulful music and we want to kick off that march!”

that The Rabble charge into England, as they meld the sounds of '77

legends The Clash with more recent American heroes Rancid, while

adding inspired flavours of hardcore (‘This World Is Dead'), rock

n' roll (‘Seeking'), rockabilly (‘Devil's Highway'), Celtic

sounds (‘The Battle') and an irrepressible spirit all of their own.

The album spawned four hit singles in New Zealand, with their songs

and videos appearing on radio and TV, and, having conquering their

homeland, they've now set their sights on the rest of the world. ‘The

Battle's Almost Over' was again recorded by vocalist/guitarist Chazz

in his own Number 8 Wire Recording Studio and mixed by Jim Siegel

(Dropkick Murphys) in Boston, their latest record was a suitably

international affair. The ambitious rabble-rousers even secured guest

vocals by their new friend Mark Unseen, frontman Boston

hardcore-infused punks The Unseen (who they have shared stages with),

have been big fans for a lot of years,” Rupe explains. “We really

got on with Mark and kept in touch over the internet and eventually

thought why not ask him to sing guest vocals on a track we had coming

up that was fast and hardcore” Laying down his part in the US,

Mark was flown over by The Rabble to appear in the video for the song

too. “The whole experience was mind-blowing and we've made a

Battle's Almost Over' the three-piece have a clear message. “The

theme for the record is generally that freedom's battle is almost

over, but the war is just beginning,” declares Rupe. The album is

full of songs stressing positivity through perserverance and hope

through struggle. “We have a soulful message that doesn't only

concentrate on hatred. I think the world needs that. We don't ignore

the negative, we embrace it and turn it around! We wanted to make an

album that makes people take notice of their surroundings and help

doing just that, stamping their mark from country to country. With a

deep belief in their songs and a dedication and determination to

relentlessly tour and spread their music and message, it's no wonder

my life, The Rabble is my hope, mine and my brother's creation that

is as beautiful as a red rose and as stand out as a black sheep in a

winning fans and friends worldwide, the war may be just beginning but

The Rabble's awesome arsenal will see their punk rock army grow and