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Shooting At Unarmed Men was the project of former mclusky member Jon Chapple (guitar/vocals). It had existed as a “sporadical joke” since around 1999, possibly as an outlet for Chapple’s songwriting which could not be accommodated by mclusky. The initial lineup included bassist Simon Alexander of King Alexander (who co-wrote the mclusky song Chases); and drummer Steve Morgan.

With Simon Jarvis (of Big Joan) replacing Alexander, they released two albums: Soon There Will Be… in October 2005 and Yes! Tinnitus! in May 2006, both on mclusky’s former label Too Pure.

This line-up played their last gig on April 16th 2006 at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach, at which Chapple sold most of his books, videos and some of his records before emigrating to join his girlfriend in Melbourne, Australia. There he recruited Tom Cooper and Julian Tovey from local band The Cheats, and this line-up played their first gigs at The Tote, Melbourne in October 2006. The album Triptych, a normal-length album split across 3 CDs, was released in August 2007 in Australia, and internationally in March 2008.

Cooper and Tovey then left the group, and Chapple brought in Richmond Brain on bass and Chris Drane on drums. They recorded With the Youthful Energy of a Zealot in late 2008, before Brain left to be replaced by Drane’s bandmate in A Friend Of Mine, Patrick Walker. The album was launched with a gig on January 31st 2009 at The Tote, Melbourne, described on the band’s myspace as “LAST EVER SHOW EVER”.

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todd2 wrote:
November 2009

I don't think that WtYEoaZ was ever released properly, but it was possible to order it directly from Chapple, I think.

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Anna7ti wrote:
November 2009

How can you sit, I hope you don't sleep, I hope you like listening to music made for girls. Hey .

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Zerwas wrote:
November 2009

Does anyone know if With the Youthful Energy of a Zealot was ever released or only played live that one single time? Or was it at last meant to be a joke?

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Thurston_Whore wrote:
May 2009

come back to wales jon you bastard :P

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pithrecords wrote:
December 2008

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Punkroutine wrote:
September 2008

New picture. Vote yr face off.

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KiroRedWolf wrote:
July 2008

I waited weeks to get "Triptych" in the mail from Too Pure. It was worth it.

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trafficsounds wrote:
September 2007

Sydneysiders: tune into to Tape Relay on 2SER 107.3fm this Tuesday Sept 4. Jon Chapple of SHOOTING AT UNARMED MEN will be on chatting about releasing a Triptych in a vinyl-less age, and whether Melbourne really is less shit than Cardiff. http://www.myspace.com/taperelay Everyone else: hear the show streaming online at http://www.2ser.com

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KMFCM wrote:
July 2007

d.i.s. m.o.u.n.t.

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siddhartha_one wrote:
July 2007

Yay. im going to see them tonight in sydney.

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Thurston_Whore wrote:
March 2007

Hurry up and get yr asses back to the UK already. :P

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tawedogg wrote:
January 2007

shooting at unarmed men playing NYE at the tote = much much drunken joy!

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jebz wrote:
October 2006

Anyone see em at the Tote?

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sombrero825 wrote:
June 2006

I'm guilty of listening to music made for girls...

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Thurston_Whore wrote:
June 2006

They shall return to the uk with shows soon oh yes. :D

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THequietroom wrote:
March 2006

im seeing then on bank holiday in cardiff :)

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