Biography
Best described as a rock band with folk tendencies, this four piece band has a nice blend of acoustic sounds with a good dose of rocking rhythms thrown in for good measure, with influences from Red Hot Chilli Peppers , Live and Seether to Karen Zoid and Katie Tunstall.
RipCord has a decidedly rock rhythm section with Joy on drums and Andre on the bass guitar. Balancing the rock aspect is the folky sounds of Jacques on keyboards and the occasional acoustic guitar. Add to that the sweet melodies of Mel on vocals and electric guitar, and what you have is a tasteful blend of styles, that is RipCord's sound. We call it FROCK.
RipCord put forward their first performance at the Barley Corn Music Club in 2006 with the idea that "it will be alright on the night". Good motto, although officially, the band started becoming serious in January 2007. Several practices sessions later the band appeared for the second time in Cape Town in March 2007, this time sporting a new lead vocalist by the name of Mel.
RipCord have been playing regularly all over Cape Town as far as Robertson at the likes of Zula Bar, Die Boer, Barleycorn Music Festival, Fogeys, Pakalolo, Kunskafee, Mercury etc and are currently recording their debut EP with Matt Allison of Dockyard Studious for release by end September 2009 with the release of their first single in the next few weeks…watch this space!
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