Bandinfo:
...while other bands search their style and find it, slup is searching the life, sucks it out and put it on vinyl. So far slupīs life mostly writes fast and powerful skate-rock songs but more and more groovy reggae-rhythms and as long as the earth wonīt stop turning, slup wonīt stop their search. thats the cause why every new slup album will sound very different to the ones before, it will be loved or hated by the media and the audience, but slup doesnīt give a shit and promises both of them to change with the next record.....
band:
jens, lars and babbelz use guitar, bass and drums and scream their lyrics about their life and the problems to solve it. guitarist and lead-vocalist jens has the ability to belt out noisie thick melodies of his guitar and his throat and change the next moment to blending smooth riffs and emotional-melodious vocals. This is how he gives the songs their special feeling. The bass, played by lars, lay a hard and roundwound foundation for the screamings and babbelz hits the drums and gives the beat, sometimes unbeliveable fast and hard, sometimes in edgy rhythms and clear hiphop-lines.

past:
The band exists since 1994. All three members played in punk/hardcore bands so far and so slup also have their roots in the punkrock-sound. In spring 95 first demo-cassette .confusion- with 9 songs in scratchy practise-room quality. August 95 2nd demo-tape, recorded at tsf-studios, arnsberg. 30 minutes of punkrock and 400 sold copies. Winter 95 recorded a vinyl-single .lash the zany- but because of problems with money and the pressing plant it was never delivered. Autumn 96 recorded the debut-album .fingerkuppencribbler- release in early april 97 on 25cent records, arnsberg. Sold out . Winter 98 release of the 2nd album .anorak- on Community/ Renate Records. A few copies left.

now:
Hell yeah, SLUP are back with a bang. Finest Ruhrpott Punkrock/Reggae/ Ska you cannot make your feet stand still. The kids have to wait long, but at last the "Escalator" is out. Their 3rd record is containing 16 new tracks dealing with critical, political and personel topics screaming out their anger about the world. Why does it take a half decade to release a new SLUP album?? ... donīt be lazy and read the whole "escalator" story in the cd-booklet!

shows:
Uncountable loud gigs. Support-tour with satanic surfers (sw), (97 and oktober 99) and brand new unit (can), april 99. support gigs with snfu(us), wizo, terrorgruppe, ...but alive, intensity(sw), filibuster(sacto), turbo a.cīs(ny), pulley(us), disaster area, one inch punch (aus), venerea (sw), burning heads (fr).....etc.

Millenium:
canada and us-westcoast tour including a broken wrist caused by beach-skateboarding, 9 shows and lots of fun!

differences. Two.
1. slup does not only rock on punk-shows, but also on rocker-meetings, bike-races, skate events and lots of 40th birthdays!!! 2. with their generator slup shows up illegal, for free and outside in front of the big dance-halls or skate events. inside for example nofx, vandals, good riddance, buck wild, dog eat dog, kid rock, fishmob,...oder the skate-wm and numerous smaller contests.

www.go-slup.com


Kontakt:
Lars Kriegel
Düsseldorferstr. 45
44143 Dortmund
0173-5154322
lars@go-slup.com