Chubby and the Gang, the London punk outfit led by Charlie “Chubby Charles” Manning-Walker, have damaged up. They shared the information in a quick assertion posted to social media: “Each canine has his day, ours got here and went away. Thanks for the great occasions sorry for the dangerous ones and for a terrific six years. Who fuckin loves ya? Chubby does 😈❤️🥹”.
Fashioned in 2019, Chubby and the Gang had robust ties to the last decade’s British post-hardcore scene: Manning-Walker had performed with Violent Response and Arms Race, whereas different authentic members got here from the Brighton teams Vile Spirit and Gutter Knife. The band put out its debut album, Pace Kills—produced by Fucked Up’s Jonah Falco and notable for boasting not one, however two theme songs—in February of 2020 on Static Shock Information.
Quickly after, Chubby and the Gang settled right into a lineup of Manning-Walker, guitarists Ethan Stahl and Tom “Razor” Hardwick, bassist Maegan Brooks Mills, and drummer Joe McMahon. They signed to Partisan, releasing The Mutt’s Nuts in 2021 and an EP, Labour of Love, early the next 12 months. Alongside the information of 2022’s vacation double single Chubby and the Gang Presents: A Christmas Extravaganza, nonetheless, Manning-Walker introduced that he had changed all members of the band except for himself. His closing album, And Then There Was…, got here out final October.
Examine Pace Kills on “The 25 Finest Rock Albums of 2020,” and revisit Madison Bloom’s column “A Information to Static Shock Information, One of many UK’s Finest DIY Punk Labels.”
