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ABOUT

AN UN-POP ALT/POST-PUNK/GOTH 80s INFLUENCED BAND FROM NORTH LONDON.
MAKING A BUZZ FROM THE CRACKS AND DARK PLACES, LEAVING DAMP PATCHES... OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

Google "wearetheinsect" and you'll find we've been caught in the web.

With the "Cracks" and "Dark Places" EPs behind us, we're heading into the studio to record our debut album in Spring 2025.

Screen name:
WeAreTheInSect
Member since:
Mar 31 2022
Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:
Committed
Years together:
5
Gigs played:
Over 100
Age:
52 years

Influences

Bauhaus, Bowie, Bad Seeds/Birthday Party, The Cure, Iggy, Virgin Prunes, March Violets, Christian Death, Joy Division, Sex Gang Children, Specimen, Swans, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Japan, The Bolshoi, PIxies, Partly Faithful, Chapman Family, Death Cigarettes (anything loud, twisty-dark and interesting/clever with a proper live performance ethos).

Members Of Band

Graham Walker - Drums
Ingo Salzmann - Guitar
Ignacio Gamper - Bass
Athena Firechild - Female Vocals/Overacting
Ed Banshee - Male Vocals/Clowning/Overacting

MUSIC

CALENDAR

Past Events

2/9/2023 - LEEDS
The Lending Room
229 Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 3AP

Doors: 7pm (Bands onstage 7:30pm)
Bands: Crazyhead, The InSect, The KingCrows
Cost: £10 advance/OTD
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Leeds/Lending-Room/Carpe-Noctum-Crazyhead-The-InSect-and-The-Kingcrows/36318231/

18/8/2023 - LONDON
The Dublin Castle
94 Parkway
Camden
N1 7AN

Post-Punk Club (PS Promotions and Deadfall present)
Doors: 19:30 - 23:00
Bands: Kadeadkas, Slowkiss, The InSect
Cost: £12 advance

https://www.wegottickets.com/event/582039