The Happiness Patrol

Biography

Spreading the good news of Jehovah's Kingdom through the medium of Noise Music and Power Electronics, the Happiness Patrol were formed in 2012. They currently reside in the High Peak area of Derbyshire in England.

Collaborations, both local and international are welcome.

Will play some gigs someday possibly.

Remember:

...because their are plenty of sick, twisted, evil, blood thirsty and misogynistic bits to hold your interest.

Websites, Downloads and Crud

Here's our blog - last updated Sunday 20th September 2015
Here's our Bandcamp discography
Here's our Archive.org profile
Here's our Soundcloud
Here's our Discogs (label) - work in progress (probably inaccurate)
Here's our Discogs (band) - work in progress (probably inaccurate)
Never been on Myspace
Not interested in Facebook
Twitter? Fuck off!
Ignore our (deleted?) website until further notice.

Contact

Discography (all self released unless otherwise stated)

Our self-released CD-Rs are only available from us in person or as copies found drop lifted in random shops. Do not worry as they contain no material that can't be found on our free downloads.

Ready To Go (Artwork Pending)
14 THP 3CDR - Send In The Idiots "Stephen Lett Is My Homeboy" (3" CD-R)

2015

13 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "A Fine Collection of London Hats" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
12 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "RaQet" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
11 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "At the BBC" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive'org)

2014

10 THP DL - District Convention Dogshit Overseer "1" (Free Download from Archive.org or Bandcamp)
09 THP DL - China Pig "Shut Up Grammatic Oil!" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
08 THP DL - China Pig "Let Them Eat Pork (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
07 THP DL - The Happiness Patrol "Curing Mental Spasticity" (Free download from Bamdcamp or Archive.org)
06 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "Mmm Naked Librarian" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)

2013

05 THP DC / DL - The Happiness Patrol "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Jesus But Were Afraid To Ask (Micro cassette, 1 copy or free download, Hal Tapes Museum of Microcassette Art [1], USA)
04 THP MC / DL - various artists "1.0 Outside" c/w The Happiness Patrol "Messing With Bob's O.C.D." (Cassette or Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)

2012

03 THP DL - Kenny Loggins At Live Aid "2 Blind Improvisations for Five String Electric Guitar" (free download)
02 THP DL - various artists "In Tongues" (free download, Waxen Wings [2], UK)
01 THP MC / CDR2 / DL - various artists "Connection Cassette Vol.6" (Cassette, 2x CD-R or $1 download, Hal Tapes [3], USA)

Our Manifesto, a Work In Progress

Plagiarised bullshit from years ago.

01 - No Copyrights.
To put a value (monetary or material) on something is to commodify it.
To commodify a thing is to deny it as art.
We deny any inherent value in our work, hence our work is art.
As our work is of no value there is little point in claiming ownership.
Hence we dedicate our work to the public domain free of both license and warranty.

02 - Low-art For Art's Sake.
Marshall McLuhan told us that "Art is anything you can get away with."
We make no claim of originality or talent, simply the urge to create.
We embrace the outsider, the naive, the primitive.
Skill and technique are relative, taste doubly so.

03 - Consistency is Over-Rated.
We make no claims of consistency either in our musical stylings or our thoughts and philosophies.

04 - Musical Transparency
Everything track available for free forever.
Every trap available for free download ASAP via our blog upon completion.

05 - Never Send Us Money
We shall only spend it.

06 - Remember...

Field Recordings

Walking Through Macclesfield Town Centre 12:34pm 27th March 2012
Heaton Chapel Station To Fopp Manchester Via Manchester Piccadilly Station 1616 thru 1638 10th March 2012
Noises, Chatter and Some Guy Humming Strangely To Himself 1201pm through 1208pm on the Bredbury to Marple Train 22nd January 2012
Sounds Recorded at Romiley Board Mill on the Afternoon of July 29th 2011

All the Happiest Bands Are On Patrol

China Pig
District Convention Dogshit Overseer
Duck Halt
The Happiness Patrol
The Happiness Patrol Grooving With A Pict
Hitler And The Christ Punchers
Kenny Loggins At Live Aid
Send In The Idiots

Friends And Collaborators

John Magill
nxfxtxex
Rejekted Kauses
Augus Traeger
Vziel Project