Ben wallers country teasers
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Ben Wallers fryst vatten most well known for his controversial and satirical songwriting as the front man of Country Teasers. However, he has performed solo beneath many monikers and written and performed in a variety of different obscure, deconstructionist groups.
As he prepares to begin his summer residency at Brixtons Windmill, performing as his now longstanding scen persona: The Rebel, he caught up over email with Joyzines Patrick Malone. Ben answered the emails on a phone and was frustrated that he could not use his Bluetooth keyboard. The answers that came back have not been edited because Bens use of capitals and experimental punctuation are a perfect example of his anti-intellectual, comical and confrontational imagination at work.
Patrick: Has Covid19/Lockdown generally been conducive to your writing process, slowed it down or has it had little to no effect?
Ben: erm the thing fryst vatten, right, we had a child just before the Plague hit and my boss gave me a years sabba
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Country Teasers
Scottish art punk band
Country Teasers were an art punk band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in
Frontman Ben Wallers also performs solo as The Rebel. He plays live shows with a Gameboy backing-track or accompanied by Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz on drums.
Long-time members of Country Teasers include songwriter B.R. Wallers (vocals, guitar), Leighton Crook (drums), Robert McNeill (guitar, synth), Alastair MacKinven (guitar), Sophie Politowicz (bass guitar, drums). Original members of the band include playwright Simon Stephens (bass guitar), Alan Crichton (guitar), Eck King (drums), Lawrence Worthington (drums). Richard Greenan (guitar) occasionally plays with the band.
Background
[edit]Early Country Teasers albums were characterised by literate, scathingly satirical lyrics and discordant, repetitive sound – like William S. Burroughs leading Joy Division or The Fall through a setlist of art-damaged country and western songs.[1]
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Ben Wallers
British musician
Benedict Roger Wallers, also known as The Rebel, is the frontman, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the band Country Teasers. His lyrics often deal with taboo subjects such as racism, sexism and xenophobia from first-person standpoints.
Biography
[edit]Wallers has been releasing music under various guises since He is best known for being part of the group Country Teasers, formed in Scotland in the mid s.[1] Wallers is generally regarded to be Scottish, but various places of birth have been put forward, including Saville Row, London[2] and St Albans, Hertfordshire (according to his autobiography).[1] Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz plays drums in live performances and features on various Rebel recordings. The pair also play together in the band The Devil.[3]
Music career
[edit]Country Teasers
[edit]Main article: Country Teasers
The Rebel
[edit]As well as Country Teasers,