"Punk
rock as it should be" - BBC Introducing
If you saw The Cottonettes in passing you’d find it hard to link the trio
with their sound. There is little to suggest that the band creates anything
to do with "punk". There’s something about their look that brings a British
aesthetic to mind, similar in aura to bands like Arctic Monkeys and the
late 2000s indie-rock scene; nothing like the ‘77 culture that would have
been part of the Oi! Scene.
The band, which hail from the Surrey/Hampshire borders were formed
by Cockney twanged ragamuffin, and hair stylist, Benjamin Madle, in
February 2012. A catalogue of songs about his social observations,
and encounters with bizarre characters mixed with a despondence for
the hum drum made Ben realis it was time to form a band. He quickly
recruited an old rival, renowned curly headed gobsh*te, Josh Young.
They have played high profile gigs, with
award winning bands like, The
Virginmary's & Oi legends Hardskin at
some of the best venues in the UK
including The Boileroom, Proud Galleries,
Putney Halfmoon, West End Centre and
for some of the most
respected
promoters around.
The band have created stirs in the right
places and have a very healthy fan base
who appreciate how the band seem to
have seamlessly morphed the sounds of
the bands they have been heavily
influenced by into a unique and very punk
sound.