The Martini Henry Rifles

The Martini Henry Rifles were a British noise-punk band based on Cardiff, Wales. Most of their quoted influences are noise and punk (most noticeable Brainiac, whose influence is clear in the Martinis' work), hence the most common noise-punk genre classification. The band themselves never quite put any kind of convenient genre label on their work, while on the other hand some people just choose to describe their sound as chaotic, mostly derived fr... more

The Martini Henry Rifles were a British noise-punk band based on Cardiff, Wales. Most of their quoted influences are noise and punk (most noticeable Brainiac, whose influence is clear in the Martinis' work), hence the most common noise-punk genre classification. The band themselves never quite put any kind of convenient genre label on their work, while on the other hand some people just choose to describe their sound as chaotic, mostly derived from their very energetic live performances. Their story dates back to late 2000. Cez Mathias and Jason Lorch put up an advert to find musicians on a record shop. Chris Warlow responds and some months later Fudge Wilson joins to complete the line-up. They start by using the name Luxinterior until April 2001, when The Martini Henry Rifles was finally chosen as a permanent name. In November 2001 they released the limited edition of the single Kill/Summer/Shit. It attracted the attention of Sean McClusky, who released the Martinis subsequent Luger... less