The Punkles

The Punkles
The Punkles
	Live at Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, 5 October 2005
Background information
Origin	Hamburg, Germany
Genres	Punk
Years active	1998–2006
Labels	Teichiku Records, Punkles Records
Members	Joey Lennon; Sid McCartney; Rat Harrison; Markey Starkey

The Punkles were a German band performing songs by The Beatles in punk style. They formed in 1998 in Hamburg, Germany, and was a side project of Prollhead!.

After a lot of touring around Europe they toured together with Beatallica in October 2005 and in Spring 2006.^[1] Unlike Beatallica they performed the Beatles songs "as they are", singing the same lyrics and playing cover versions of the originals, just a "little" faster and with a punk feeling.

They were quite successful in Europe, as well as in Japan, where their best of CD The Punkles 1998-2003 (2003), and the following album, Pistol (2004), both entered the Top 50.^[2] Their final album For Sale! was released in April 2006. They have not appeared in public since.

Band members edit

1998–2002	Joey Lennon – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Dee Dee Harrison – lead guitar, vocals Sid McCartney – bass guitar Markey Starkey – drums, percussion, vocals
2002–2004	Joey Lennon – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Captain ‘O Harrison – lead guitar, backing vocals Sid McCartney – bass buitar Markey Starkey – drums, percussion, vocals
2004	Joey Lennon – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Stiff Harrison – lead guitar, vocals Sid McCartney – Bass Guitar Markey Starkey – Drums, Percussion, Vocals
2004–2006	Joey Lennon – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Rat Harrison – lead guitar, vocals Sid McCartney – bass guitar Markey Starkey – drums, percussion, vocals

Albums edit

The Punkles (1998 - Wolverine Records) The cover is a tribute to the album Black and White by The Stranglers.
Punk! (2002 - Bitzcore) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles album Help! and the first Sex Pistols album.
Beat The Punkles (2002 Bitzcore - reissue of the first album) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles album A Hard Day's Night. The name was a parody of the album Meet The Beatles.
1998 - 2003 (Imperial/Teichiku Records) The cover is a tribute to the famous The Beatles Yesterday and Today "Butcher" cover.
Pistol (2004 Bitzcore & Imperial/Teichiku Records) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles Revolver.
Punkles for Sale (2006 Punkles Records & Imperial/Teichiku Records) The cover is a tribute to The Beatles Abbey Road. The name was a parody of the album Beatles for Sale.

References edit

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