Gigs
Most shows are private functions but if you want to crash one, knock yourself out.
ROCK GOD UPDATE: finally had the cops called on us at Pete's VIP Xmas party. So we have that going for us, which is nice.
PLEASE STOP
Brisbane's Best Value Band
Merch
James is a Dave Matthews Band tragic and insists on following their lead by producing a sticker/poster for every gig we do. Collect the whole set!
All our merch is dropshipped from Redbubble. Their products are great quality and they ship anywhere. There's clothes, stickers, prints, etc. Tea towels and underpants probably on the roadmap.
Wear some Please Stop merch to a gig and we'll autograph your boobs with a marker pen! To be fair we'll probably do that anyway if you ask. No Colin, not you.
About
Please Stop formed in 2016 with Nick (drums), Pete (lead guitar), Stu (bass) and James (vocal/rhythm guitar), whose kids are all friends from school and scouts. Rhythm guitarist and fellow kids-friends-dad Colin joined the band somewhere in there, I want to say 2019? I think? Everything before last tuesday is fuzzy.
Playing a heady mix of 70s/80s/90s rock with smatterings of blues, punk and aussie classics, we're not afraid to put our own spin on your favourites (such as our Violent Femmes-esque cover of Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah").
As legend has it the band was named by our wives, who agonized for some time between "Please Stop" and "Honey The Kids Are Trying To Sleep".
Things most frequently shouted at our gigs include "what? I can't hear you", sarcastic chants of "please stop" which only encourages us and the heckle "play something we can dance to" - the latter usually triggering a "Blister in the Sun" powered pentagenarian mosh pit which says it all really.
Widely regarded as being "loud" and "surprisingly ok", the group is held back from runaway international success only by our relaxed attitude to rehearsal, lack of original material and fear of commitment. Also our backs hurt.
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