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'The brightest & best band around!... Combining punk attitude, pop - rock melodies with charisma, personality, energy and focus... the perfect madness for 2004' TOTALROCK

‘Goodtime Rock ‘N’ Roll, Gloriously Clichéd, The Sound Of A Big Night Out’ KERRANG!

‘Brilliantly cheeky, heavied-up glam… the tunes, attitude and live reputation are all in place.' CLASSIC ROCK

’10 tracks of superb raw-edged rock ‘n’ roll, its punky ,its rocky ,its infectious but most importantly its an album every rock ‘n’ roll degenerate should own’ 8/10 ROCKSOUND

‘Big, brash, modern day punk rock bolted to big ass metal riffs’ TRASHPIT

‘Malibu Stacey are the greatest pop punk band I have seen this century' LEEDS MUSIC SCENE

After a protracted absence from the circuit, a former member of Tequila drinking, festival favourites Terrorvision jumped back on the Rock’n’Roll Horse in 2003 with a brand new band, MALIBU STACEY.

Leigh Marklew, former bassist with the Bradford rockers, teamed up with
ex-Leafeater guitarist and songwriter Kes Loy and local drummer extraordinaire Chris Bussey to create a band of freshness and joy and snot and volume. Completing the line up is Ex-Kanvas, South Yorkshire singer, Jonny Wilson.

Leigh, Kes and Chris worked in rehearsals as a 3 piece from October 2002 and, after auditioning loads of singers, the line up was finalised at the start of 2003 with the addition of Jonny who came complete with the required amount of freshness and joy and snot and volume!

Jonny has instantly been named 'Rock's maddest frontman' from his electrifying performances & stage presence. The hugely charismatic lead singer appears to be the result of a Frankenstein-like experiment gone wrong where a young Mick Jagger is mutated with an eccentric Johnny Rotten.

Starting with the songs Leigh had been writing since Terrorvision split up in October 2001, the rest of the band have pitched in to add their songs to the roster and now MALIBU STACEY are spilling out onto the live circuit, with 130 gigs nationwide under their belt (including supports with Ted Benson, Henry Rollins and The Vaults).

In their first 2 months together the band recorded 2 promotional only cd's. The first Cuatro Discos De Stomp was an ep featuring ‘Grade A Fellini’ which picked up a play on Clare Sturgess XFM show. Following that came another ep featuring a chunky take on the Kiss disco classic ‘I Was Made for Lovin' You’

Incessant gigging helped the band hone their stuff and they transferred a slice of this raw Rock n Roll Power into the studio during the long, hot summer of 2003 and recorded their debut album ‘ON HEAT’ in just 6 days. The album was available on their own D-Vine label from November 2003 at gigs. The quality of the tunes and the band’s explosive live show led to interest and now a licensing deal with Townsend/Universal.

'On Heat's' July London album launch party secured a full page feature in popular rock magazine 'CLASSIC ROCK' highlighting the band as 'the brightest & best band around' alongside a 6 week TOTALROCK radio advert campaign & a string of amazing reviews.

An initial promo single of album tracks ‘INVASION’ and ‘HORSES’ was serviced to radio and press in preparation for the band's UK album tour.

CHANNEL 4 took particular interest in the band with the production team of popular drama series 'SHAMELESS' filming the band's debut video to the explosive album opening track ‘INVASION’.

Summertime saw the band appearing at a host of festivals including 'Bulldog Bash' alongside ‘The Wildhearts’ & the countries largest free music event 'Beached' held in Scarborough where the band's blistering performance resulted in a flurry of demands to the town's newspapers & radio stations demanding the return of MALIBU STACEY!

Bass player Leigh Marklew appeared on BBC 2’S popular music show ‘NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCKS' alongside Bill Bailey allowing 'INVASION'S' exclusive prime time television debut.

'INVASION' the single soon followed entering Radio 1's Rock Chart at number 15 (above Lost Prophets & The Rasmus).

The band's HMV LEEDS instore gig/signing session attracted over 400 fans with the store having to stay open until 8pm so everyone could receive their signed copies & have their photo's taken with the band.

Preparations are in place for 2005’S assault where many have already outlined MALIBU STACEY as Rock's brightest prospect.

Malibu Stacey is coming out to play and rock your f*ckin socks off….. And you are all invited to join in the fun.

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