History: The idea for AFS came about after a Sunday morning skate at Bones Skatepark in 2004, Carl, Jonny and fellow skater Jason were sitting out side the pub having a beer and Jonny mentioned he'd always fancied being in a Punk Rock band, Carl says 'Well I play guitar,Jason plays bass and our mate Robin plays drums,so lets do it' ,the rest as they say is pretty much history, around 3 weeks after the initial idea we were holed up in carl's office in Bamber Bridge recording our first 4 track ep.

The band name came about via an article in Sidewalk Skateboarding about a website we had set up for older skaters called Middle Age Shred,the article opened with 'So here's a new web site for all you Arthritic Foot Soldiers out there',Jonny thought 'That'll do for a name' and it stuck.

So here we are six years,three bassists,4 albums,a live ep,and a couple of coloured vinyl singles later still doing what the fuck we want.



Fungalpunks gobbology: I first saw AFS about 6 years ago and have been a keen fan ever since. Their music is intrinsically melodic with plenty of catchy cuteness and cheeky angst. The band do things their way and depsite unwarranted criticism their output, passion and ability is still of a startling standard and things just get better. I struggle to say anything bad about the Arthritic Foot Soldiers and having viewed and reviewed a whole heap of AFS doings I know for sure my punk rock journey has been very much enhanced. I hope the band continue in their fine ways and look forward to many more hours of happy listening.

JONNY - (VOX)
CARL - (GUITAR)
BRET - (BASS)
ROB - (DRUMS)

Gigs played so far: not enough, but around 50, kinda difficult since we are in different bands

Hometown: 75% Chorley 25% Manchester

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/arthriticfootsoldiers

Style: old skool sing along

Influences: Jonny:Old School Punk i.e The Ruts/Clash/Pistols new school punk i.e. Bad religion/NOFX/Pennywise

Discography:
2005 - "Tales of a Drunken Generation"
2006 - "Only Beer Can Save Us Now”
2007 – “Delirium Tremors”
2008 – “Prime Cuts EP” 7 inch Blue vinyl
2009 – “Immature Nobodies”
2010 – “No Wonder” 7 inch red vinyl
2010 – “Trash Vegas”
2010 -- "Trash Vegas" Vinyl album

Contact: info@afs.me.uk

Management: sod that!