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Deeply unsatisfied with the covers/tribute band type bollocks that was the local music scene they devised a cunning plan to change the face of music forever. It quickly became apparent that this plan was not going to work so in 1998 they formed The Mispelt instead. The original Line-up being Steve (lead guitars), Phil (drums) and Dunk (vocals & bass guitar). The main aim was to play their own material, the only bands that they were able to agree on that they really wanted to emulate were Snuff, Green Day, The Offspring, The Ramones and Motorhead. They then wrote a selection of 3 minute 'buzzsaw' no-frills songs and started gigging. In 1999 they recorded the 'Say Goodbye' CD (Originally entitled 'Outraged of Kent') with the original line-up.
In September 1999, due to some deeply tragic personal reasons Phil took a break from the band to devote more time at home. By December Steve and Dunk realised he wasn't coming back.
With Phil gone, Steve and Dunk decided to keep the band going. They took to practicing and writing new material in a shed with the aid of a drum machine. Following a chance conversation with Andre, he happened to mention that he used to play drums (What he didn't mention was that it had been 6 years ago and with his school band!). Undeterred Andre joined them as the sticksman for the Mk 2 line-up although he was just 'helping us out till we got another drummer'. After one E.P. 'Same shit different day', airplay on The John Peel show and umpteen gigs by now Andre was living and working in London and unfortunately able to devote less and less time to the band. The support slot with S.L.F. at The Roadmender 2000 was his Andre's last gig. Now they needed to get themselves yet another drummer and luckily Hils was available. She was looking for a band, had her own kit, transport, phenomenal ability and no plans to move. They now believed they had the definitive line up. What could possibly go wrong?
It was with Hils that they started to get more attention as a band, this line up saw them play at 100 club with Menace and UK Subs, their first TV appearance and their first record 'deal' with Frozenorth Records. However the only record they went on to do was 'What Would Mummy Say', a compilation album featuring Eastfield and Greenland Whale Fishers to name but two. Once again what has lovingly come to be known as 'The Curse of The Mispelt' struck them. Things had changed dramatically for Hils on a personal front, so with her having boarded a one way flight to Berlin to be with her new beau and with gigs waiting, what were they to do?
Enter Timmi. He didn't want to join initially but Steve talked him round. This line up saw some of their best new material and the consolidation of the older stuff into the way it sounds today. Various zines were giving them rave reviews, interviews and airplay on the Lock Up (Radio 1) and Hardcore Street Sounds (Total Rock).
With a host of gigs under their belt including Jb's, Carling Academy and the Continental and CBGB's in New York things started to go wrong on a personal front between band members. Sadly saw the end of this line up of the band.
So along came Kev, our fifth and final drummer. His first gig with them was at Wasted 2004. With each change of drummers The Mispelts' sound has changed and developed and to his credit Kev has taken the best of what has been done before enhanced it and made it his own. His style (An amalgamation of Marky Ramone / Keith Moon / Clem Burke) has given them the power and edge, this coupled with Steve's riff is what makes them sound like they do today. Dunk "I just enjoy listening to them two fuckers and try to keep up!" This Line-up has seen what the band thinks is their best E.P. to date 'Drive It Like You Stole It' and with gigs galore up and down the country and a brief sortie into the Netherlands, more good reviews and radio bits they were well happy.
Towards the end of 2007 Dunk started toying with the idea of bringing a new dynamic into the band. An additional guitarist wouldn’t work and for a brief spell in 2004 Dunk gave up bass duties and focused primarily on vocals, but that never felt completely comfortable. Dunk "It felt kinda clunky and awkward and with the departure of Timmi, Craig the bass player went too."
The sense that something was missing still persisted. They were well aware of Jen long before she joined the band; Her first band (Defenestration) supported them at their first gig in 1999. They went on to very big things but that unit imploded, two years ago she formed another band (Thracia) with whom they are very friendly.
Indeed when Dunk was first thinking about changing the dynamics of the band in 2007 and bringing in a female lead Kev talked to Jen about this. However it wasn’t until February of this year while Kev was out with Thracia as their guest on their tour of Malta that Jen put herself forward to try out for Mispelt. They knew she really liked what they do but never considered that she liked it so much that she would want to be part of it. A practice was hastily arranged around March 3rd 2008 and they haven’t looked back. As a unit they have bonded almost instantaneously. The future's bright, the future's MISPELT 2.0.