Cerebral Ballzy
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Cerebral Ballzy is a punk
band from Brooklyn
, New York
, United States
. The band was formed in 2008 and released their debut, self titled, album on 26 July 2011. The album was released in full as an online preview on the Revolver Magazine website.
Cerebral Ballzy are known for their love of 80s punk, along with a keen interest in drinking, girls, pizza and skateboarding. The band has received praise for their debut single Insufficient Fare and their energetic live performances. According to the lead singer, Honor Titus, the name Cerebral Ballzy came from a friend who dropped a slice of pizza on a train track and picked it up. Honor said “That was ballsy” and his friend replied “Cerebral Ballsy!”.
The band has completed a tour of the US and played major UK festivals including Hevy Music
, Sonisphere
and Latitude. They played at the Summer Sonic Festival
in Japan
and the Reading and Leeds festivals
in the UK in August 2011.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
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. The band was formed in 2008 and released their debut, self titled, album on 26 July 2011. The album was released in full as an online preview on the Revolver Magazine website.
Cerebral Ballzy are known for their love of 80s punk, along with a keen interest in drinking, girls, pizza and skateboarding. The band has received praise for their debut single Insufficient Fare and their energetic live performances. According to the lead singer, Honor Titus, the name Cerebral Ballzy came from a friend who dropped a slice of pizza on a train track and picked it up. Honor said “That was ballsy” and his friend replied “Cerebral Ballsy!”.
The band has completed a tour of the US and played major UK festivals including Hevy Music
Hevy Music Festival
Hevy Music Festival is a rock festival that takes place annually near Folkestone in the UK. It was originally held on 1 August 2009 on Folkestone seafront as a one-day festival with Feeder, Gary Numan and Ash as headliners. In 2010 it moved to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and grew to a weekend...
, Sonisphere
Sonisphere Festival
The Sonisphere Festival is a touring music festival which takes place across Europe between June and August. The festival is owned by John Jackson and Kilimanjaro Live. It is jointly-promoted by K2 and Kilimanjaro Live...
and Latitude. They played at the Summer Sonic Festival
Summer Sonic Festival
The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba the following day and vice versa....
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and the Reading and Leeds festivals
Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events both happen on the bank holiday weekend in August , and share the same bill...
in the UK in August 2011.
Studio albums
| Release Date | Album details | Chart peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty Sixth of July 2011 | Cerebral Ballzy Cerebral Ballzy (album) -Personnel:* Honor Titus - lead vocals* Melvin Honore - bassist* Mason - guitarist* Jason - guitarist* Crazy Abe - drummer...
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| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | |||
Singles
| Release Date | Title | Format | Released In | From Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
UK | ||||
| 29 November 2010 | "Insufficient Fare" (Still In Love) | 7" Vinyl | * | Cerebral Ballzy Cerebral Ballzy (album) -Personnel:* Honor Titus - lead vocals* Melvin Honore - bassist* Mason - guitarist* Jason - guitarist* Crazy Abe - drummer... |
|
| 7 June 2011 | "Insufficient Fare" | Digital Download | * | ||
| 19 June 2011 | "Cutting Class" | Digital Download | * | ||
| 5 July 2011 | "Junky For Her" | Digital Download | * | ||
Extended Plays
| Release Date | Title | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "You're Idle You're Idle -Personnel:* Honor Titus - lead vocals* Melvin "Mel" Honore - bassist* Mason - guitarist* Jason - guitarist* Crazy Abe - drummer... " |
7" Vinyl | 4 track limited to 500 |
| 9 March 2011 | "Return Of The Slice Return of the Slice -Personnel:* Honor Titus - lead vocals* Melvin Honore - bassist* Mason - guitarist* Jason - guitarist* Crazy Abe - drummer... " |
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9 track Japanese EP |
| 12 April 2011 | "The Grip The Grip (EP) -Personnel:* Honor Titus - lead vocals* Melvin "Mel" Honore - bassist* Mason - guitarist* Jason - guitarist* Crazy Abe - drummer... " |
Audio Cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... |
6 track limited to 1000 |
Live
| Release Date | Title | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | "Live at The Macbeth, London 7th May 2011 Live at the Macbeth, London 7th May 2011 -Personnel:* Honor Titus - lead vocals* Melvin "Mel" Honore - bassist* Mason - guitarist* Jason - guitarist* Crazy Abe - drummer... " |
Audio Cassette | 13 track limited to 100 |
| ? 2011 | "Live at The Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, CA 7th February 2011" | 7" Vinyl | 6 track limited to 700/200/100 |
Music videos
| Released | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2010 | "Insufficient Fare" | ? |
| 12 April 2011 | "Don't Tell Me What To Do" | The Marshall Darlings |
| 6 June 2011 | "Drug Myself Dumb" | Mason |
| 2 August 2011 | "Junky For Her" | Vice Cooler Vice Cooler Vice Cooler is an American musician, photographer, author and visual artist. He is currently the singer and songwriter for Hawnay Troof and Xbxrx.... |
| 2 August 2011 | "Cutting Class" | The Marshall Darlings |
| August 2011 | "On The Run" |
Members
- Honor Titus - lead vocals
- Melvin Honore (Mel) - bassist
- Mason - guitarist
- Jason Bannon - guitarist
- Crazy Abe - drummer