the Ripps
{{Short description|English rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Ripps
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| origin = Coventry, England
| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|pop punk|alternative rock|}}
| years_active = 2003–present
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| current_members = {{plainlist|
- Patch Lagunas
- Raul Lagunas
- Alan Ferguson
- Phil Cox
- Terry Muttitt
- Lolly Macintosh
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The Ripps are an English rock band formed in Coventry in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/rockindie/the-ripps-long-live-ripps-$1068207$1068207.htm |title=InTheNews CD review: The Ripps: Long Live The Ripps |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028222152/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/rockindie/the-ripps-long-live-ripps-$1068207$1068207.htm |accessdate=2020-06-01|archive-date=28 October 2007 }} The band currently consists of Patch Lagunas (vocals/rhythm guitar), Raul Lagunas (lead guitar/backing vocals), Alan Ferguson (bass), Phil Cox (drums) Terry Muttitt (keys/synth) and Lolly Macintosh. Until 2009, the band were a three piece featuring drummer Rachel Butt.
History
The Ripps were formed by brothers Patch and Raul Lagunas, whose parents were political activists that escaped political persecution from General Pinochet in Chile.{{Cite web|title=Long Live The Ripps|url=http://www.zapbangmagazine.com/music/record_reviews/the-ripps-long-live-the-ripps|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.zapbangmagazine.com}} Their debut single "Vandals" was released in 2006, followed by their debut album Long Live the Ripps.{{Cite web|title=The Ripps {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-ripps-mn0002061994/biography|access-date=2021-08-25|website=AllMusic|language=en}} "Vandals" was praised by Lianne Steinberg of Drowned in Sound.{{Cite web|title=Single Review: The Ripps - Vandals|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/8831/reviews/1396783-|access-date=2021-08-25|website=DrownedInSound|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825194806/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/8831/reviews/1396783-|url-status=dead}} Tom Inkelaar of Zap! Bang! gave Long Live the Ripps a mixed to positive review, calling it "derivative but more importantly energetic, fun and throwaway in the best way."{{Cite web|title=Long Live The Ripps|url=http://www.zapbangmagazine.com/music/record_reviews/the-ripps-long-live-the-ripps|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.zapbangmagazine.com}}
Andy R. of Punktastic called the album "quintessentially British-sounding, with a real nostalgic taste for the early-Eighties punk flavours of The Buzzcocks."{{Cite web|title=The Ripps – Long Live the Ripps|url=http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/the-ripps-long-live-the-ripps/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.punktastic.com}} Spin also compared them to the Buzzcocks, saying the Ripps were "so English they made Arctic Monkeys sound like Dwight Yoakam."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gSPOtHSH08C&dq=the+ripps+coventry&pg=PA34|title=SPIN|date=July 2007|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|language=en}}
In 2007, the band released the single "Holiday".{{Cite web|title=The Ripps - Holiday (Catskills) {{!}} RFB|url=http://www.rockfeedback.com/magazine/detail/the-ripps-holiday-catskills|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.rockfeedback.com}} Their 2007 single "Loco" had a mixed reception, earning praise from Dan Martin of NME,{{Cite web|date=2007-03-16|title=The Ripps|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-the-ripps-8320-304673|access-date=2021-08-25|website=NME|language=en-GB}} and Phil Udell of Hot Press.{{Cite web|last=Udell|first=Phil|title=Loco|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/loco-2913149|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Hotpress}} Ben Yates of Drowned In Sound was more critical of the song, calling it "embarrassing".{{Cite web|title=Single Review: The Ripps - Loco|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/9418/reviews/1668878-|access-date=2021-08-25|website=DrownedInSound|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825200753/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/9418/reviews/1668878-|url-status=dead}} Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! said that the band's "bubblegum scuzz is adorable and undeniably yummy, like a wad of fresh Hubba Bubba."{{Cite web|title=The Ripps "Loco" {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/ripps-loco|access-date=2021-08-25|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}}
In 2009, Alan Ferguson, Phil Cox, Terry Muttitt and Lolly McIntosh to complete a new line-up. The band were invited to support The Specials on their UK tour and to play for the British Embassy in Kuwait in October 2009.{{Cite web|last=BBC|title=Ripping up the music scene|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2009/04/21/botm_the_ripps_feature.shtml|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-gb}} Throughout the summer of 2010, they achieved significant airplay on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire and were featured on television for the BBC and Channel 5. In 2011, they had recorded new material, ready for release by the middle of the year. While in the same year, they wrote and performed the soundtrack for the play Too Much Pressure at the Belgrade Theatre, writing the music.{{Cite web|last=Poole|first=Alan|date=2011-01-06|title=Pressure is on for The Ripps|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music/pressure-ripps-3050327|access-date=2021-08-25|website=CoventryLive|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/toomuchpressure-rev|title=Theatre review: Too Much Pressure at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry|website=Britishtheatreguide.info|accessdate=2020-06-01}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Long Live the Ripps (2007)
- Heartbreaks and Hangovers (2012)
=Singles=
- "Loco" (2007)
- "Vandals" (2007)
- "Holiday" (2007)
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Category:English punk rock groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2003