Penguin Research | en

A visual kei band, active from the mid 90's until the early 2000's. .

Distorted Penguins, formed in 1996, have the most amazing and intriguing story of any band ever, and they are on the mission to revive a lifeless rock & roll music scene. After hiking the United States coast to coast and doing a hundred push-ups (that’s right – one-hundred), they formed the master plan to release the greatest album that will ever slap you in the face like a pimp… that masterpiece is 2005’s Billiam Rockwell. Having complete independence from the industry and being powered from the beginning by the star brilliance of “Magic” Dave Mussen, the Distorted Penguins have become...

The Eccentronic Research Council are a Sheffield band consisting of Dean Honer (I Monster, Add N to (X), The All Seeing I) and Adrian Flanagan (Kings Have Long Arms, Two Inch Mouth), with spoken word contributions by Maxine Peake. Their 2012 debut album 1612 Underture explored the Pendle Coven witch trials. They have a side project called The Moonlandingz with members of Fat White Family and Sean Lennon. .

"Survival Research Laboratories was conceived of and founded by Mark Pauline in November 1978. Since its inception SRL has operated as an organization of creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the techniques, tools, and tenets of industry, science, and the military away from their typical manifestations in practicality, product or warfare. Since 1979, SRL has staged over 45 mechanised presentations in the United States and Europe. Each performance consists of a unique set of ritualised interactions between machines, robots, and special effects devices, employed in developing themes of socio-political satire. Humans are present only as audience or operators." .

Ben Dubuisson and Scott Hendy provided the most prolific output and some of the best moments for Cup of Tea Records. Ben, a renown quality producer can still be found DJing in Bristol clubs. .