Wall Street Riots

Here's a fucking cool band to check out; Wall Street Riots! (formerly Death Can Dance). Don't let the looks fool you, these guys are much more than just a pretty face! Behind these good looks they hide an amazing talent for making the type of tunes that will stick in your head for weeks...but you'll LOVE it!

Their style is pretty indescribable, to me it sounds like a bit of a dancey, punky, indie mix but even that would be pinning them down far too much! They're the type of band you wanna catch live to truly appreciate; they're a lively, entertaining and fucking awesome live act!

We caught up with Mike from Wall Street Riots recently...

Ok guys, before we start it would be great if you could try describe your musical style to us for any readers who haven't yet heard you!

Oh god, a short sharp melodic kick in the nuts! Its hard. i think everyone interprets music differently so if i say one thing others could think differently

So until fairly recently you guys were actually called Death can Dance; why exactly did you feel the name change was necessary?

Well we had been going through a bunch of changes, line-up, musical direction, puberty and we just thought it was right to start again. Not that we are ashamed of the past but we just felt it wasnt a good representation of where we were at the time

Your musical style is much different and original than a lot of music on the scene at the moment, much fresher!What are your thoughts on the current state of the british music scene?

Theres some amazing talents out there at the moment, some of them not getting the recognition they deserve, and then of course there are some who are over hyped. But the industry has been like this for decades now. Think how many TERRIBLE TERRIBLE pop acts were around when we were younger, A1, steps, sclub 7 to name a few, but how many great bands were plugging away at it at the same time?

What can our readers expect from one of your live shows?

Sweat, dancing, often regrettable stage moves and some terrible banter from me! haha. Live is our element, the only reason we got into bands is cos we love playing music to people so theres a lot of happyness on stage, even if we pretend to be moody

Here's a generic question! Who or what are your main influences? Be they musical or otherwise.

Fuck! hate this question. Mozart, The Manfred Man Band, Journey, Cliff Richard

Recently you held an event called "Riot House" in the Camden Barfly; is this going to be a regular event?How could you describe one of these nights?

Yeah well we spend probably a bit too much time going out to clubs and seeing bands so we thought we would throw our own little night. Basically with all the acts we are loving, theres no music policy, last time we had, Archeo Price opening the show, master shortie djing crunk, us playing in the middle and a electro rave afterwards.They are pretty wild, but thats how we like it.

And finally, which bands (apart from yourselves of course!) do you see big things happening for in the near future?

How much time do you have....
Archeo Price
Frankmusik
Master Shortie
The Temper Trap
Billy Boy On Poison
Kase
A1 Bassline
Foamo
Charlotte o'connor

Listen to Wall Street Riots HERE
And check out their upcoming gigs HERE