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The Hot Puppies were a
Welsh band formed in
Aberystwyth in 2000 and later based in
Cardiff
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. They were signed to
Fierce Panda Records
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. After releasing three albums, they split up in 2008.
Background
Taking their name from the poem "Hymns of Hate" by
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
From a conflicted and unhap ...
,
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, Kent Online, 28 July 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2022 the band formed in Aberystwyth in December 2000 with a lineup of Becky Newman (later Wood, vocals), Beth Gibson (keyboards, vocals, theremin), Luke Taylor (guitar, vocals), Ben Faircloth (bass guitar), and Bert Wood (drums). Taylor, Faircloth and Wood had previously been members of Soulhive Movement, Gibson played cello in several orchestras, and Wood was the vocalist in LRF (Low Resolution Fox).
[Hot Puppies Biography]
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, 17 November 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Taylor was the band's principal songwriter,
and was also a member of Hemme Fatale and Face & Heel. Wood's vocals drew comparisons with
Gwen Stefani and
Debbie Harry, while the band's music was likened to
Pulp
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* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
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,
Le Tigre
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,
The Muffs, and
Television
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.
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After two self-released
EPs in 2002, they gained exposure in 2003 playing on a
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
live bill along with
The Keys and
Gabrielle.
The same year, they released their debut single "The Drowning Nymph" on the Remote Control label.
Four further singles followed, and in 2005 they toured with
Art Brut.
[Williams, Simon (2022) ''Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Label'', Nine Eight Books, ] They also went on to tour with
The Chalets
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,
The Feeling
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, and
The Crimea.
The "Terry" single, released in 2005 on
Fierce Panda
Fierce Panda Records is a London-based independent record label, with its first release in February 1994. It also produced a small number of releases that year by now famous artists such as Ash (band), Ash, The Bluetones, Baby Bird and Superg ...
sublabel Label Fandango, led to the band being signed by the main label.
In July 2006 their first album, ''Under The Crooked Moon'' was released by the label.
It was described by the ''
NME
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'' as being "as fantastic as waking up in a sea of Oreo cookies with no option but to eat your way to safety".
They recorded a session for
Jonathan Ross's radio show around the time of its release.
Their second album, a collection of rarities and unreleased tracks recorded between 2003 and 2005 entitled ''Over My Dead Body'', was released in mid-2007 on their own THP Records label, which would be home to all their subsequent releases.
On 29 September 2008, the band released their third and final album, ''Blue Hands''. It includes the singles "King of England"', "Somewhere", and "Clarinet Town". Due to Wood's pregnancy, the band did not extensively tour this album.
"Love or Trial" from ''
Under the Crooked Moon'' was used during the series one climax wedding scene in the UK BBC3 comedy series ''
Gavin & Stacey
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''.
The band went on hiatus in spring 2008, and never reformed.
Wood and Gibson went on to form a folk trio called Barefoot Dance of the Sea.
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