The Go! Team
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
2000
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Artist Biography
The Go! Team are a Brighton, United Kingdom-based six piece band (with two drummers) whose songs are a mixture of action theme songs, cheerleader chants, noise-pop guitars and early hip-hop, with a hint of '70s funk. They place more emphasis on live instrumentation than some of their contemporaries, although they do base many of their songs around samples from various sources.
Founder Ian Parton, born in Wales, was previously involved in a band called Dig The Slowness. The band is split 50/50 by gender, with a female frontwoman (Ninja), drummer (Taylor), and multi-instrumentalist (Kaori Tsuchida, who replaced Steidinger in Autumn 2005).
Initially The Go! Team was ostensibly a solo project for documentary film director Parton, whose debut release was the "Get It Together EP", released in 2000 by Brighton-based Pickled Egg Records. This received airplay from legendary DJ John Peel, but following this, legal wrangles meant that it would be another three years before their next release, the "Junior Kickstart" EP in 2003.
Artist Discography
Albums
Proof of Youth (2007-09-10)
Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004-09-13)
EPs
Are You Ready for More? (2005)
Get It Together EP (2000-09)
Step and Repeat (2006-04-07)
Singles
Bottle Rocket (2005-09-26)
Doing It Right (2007-09-03)
Grip Like a Vice (2007-07-02)
Junior Kickstart (2003-06-02)
Ladyflash (2004-11-22)
The Power Is On (2004-07-19)
The Wrath of Marcie (2007-11-19)
