About Hey Colossus

London/Somerset experimental scuzz unit Hey Colossus have been knocking around for a decade now in the noisier end of the noise rock spectrum. Now an eight-piece ensemble (or rocktopus, if you will) of indeterminate membership, they've put their years of experience over albums, splits and live shows into ten records. Hey Colossus started in late 2003. The band's initial ultimate aim: Fudge Tunnel V. Can. First gig was at the Buffalo Bar, Highbury Corner, September '03, with Trencher. January '04 the debut album 'HATES YOU' was released, 12" only. Then came a split 7" with Nott's finest, Lords. Followed quickly in 2005 by album number two, 'II', which came out in the U.S on Shifty Records, home to the greatest sludge rock. "At their zenith, in the midst of the longform workouts, they come close to touching simultaneous blisspoints of Neu!'s motorik momentum and Bardo Pond's fathomless well of distortion." said jazz mag WIRE. Gigs with Boris, Oneida, Comets On Fire, Shit+Shine. A collaboration 12" with killer Southend skronk band Woe under the name Woe Colossus dropped on the small London based imprint State Of Distress. A split 7" with The Phil Collins 3 on Victory Garden, a 4 way 10" with Todd/Part Chimp/Lords, a split 12" with Japanese doom masters dot(.). "Imagine 'The Song of the Volga Boatmen' with the 'Ey-ooch-nyem' chant replaced by multiple fuzz guitars, and yooz approaching the Colossus pleasure centres. Now add mind-bending '30 Seconds Over Tokyo' top-end whiddly-wee and you nailed that sucker!" said Julian Cope. In 2007, the third album, Project:Death, was released by multiple labels. "Clearly conversant with both the unlikely extremes of krautrock and death metal... for short stretches approaching the pummeling tranciness of the Boredoms' Super Roots 3" reported Aquarius Records. 2008 saw the band move to UK label RIOTSEASON for the release of album number 4, 'Happy Birthday'. Recorded through 2007 in the comfort of their living room. A split 12" with London's Dethscalator came in 2009 on a new label BLACKLABS along with sharing a 7" with Bristol heavy weights Tractor. November 2009 the band take on a new guise with added noise courtesy of 'The Van Halen Time Capsule'. Hey Colossus 5th full length album to date entitled 'Eurogrumble Vol1'.