Sadly, we don't have MP3s for you to sample, as there is only me in the band, for just now. It's a lot like Guns N Roses or Amen, a one-man band that revolves around it's most important member. Over the coming weeks I'll hire and fire band members like a right dick (again, a lot like GNR or Amen), until we have something resembling a band, and hopefully we can get some tunes for you to sample (probably not though, because I have better things to do with my time than seriously pursue a career as a tribute band that specialises in singing about high-caffiene drinks).
Our first album is expected to hit the shelves within the coming months, though it may be delayed for anything up to ten years (yet again, a lot like Guns N Roses. Really, we're aiming for the Axl Roses approach). It is tentatively titled 'The Battle Of Kenco Rappor' for just now, but we are also toying with, simply, 'Starbucks'. Here are previews of some rough album covers:-
1. Killing In The Name Of Espresso
2. New Millenium Coffees
3. Coffee Of The Coffeeless
4. Wake Up (With Nescafe Gold Blend)
5. DecafferationX
6. Latte Drinking Man
7. Settle For Caffiene-Free
8. Take The Coffee Black
9. Fistful Of Teabags
10. Sugar Sachet In The Head
11. Year Of The Percolator
12. How I Could Just Kill A Man (For A Cup Of Joe)
13. Renegades Of Ovaltine
14. The Ghost Of Brooke Bond
15. Can't Kill The Revolution (Without Some Horlicks)
16. Calm Like A Brew
Here's a sample of what you can expect from Rage Against The Coffee Machine's lyrics...
Rage Against The Coffee Machine
"Latte Drinking Man", to the tune of "Street Fighting Man"
Everywhere I hear the sound of boiling pots of tea, boy,
'Cause tea break's here and the time is right for drinking in the staff room,
Tell me what can a fussy boy do,
'Cept for drink from a Thermos flask
'Cause in this sleepy L.A. town
There's just no place for a latte drinking man!
A latte drinking man
A latte drinking man
A latte drinking man
Do you think the time is right for a coffee revolution?
Continue so forth. You get the idea. Mildly amusing nonsense about warm refreshments. If you wish to join our mailing list to keep up to date with all the current news, tour dates and band info...tough, we don't have one.
Update, 08/12/04: It is with sadness in my heart that I report that R.A.T.C.M. has now split up. I was having creative differences with myself. Expect a reunion tour and coinciding Greatest Hits package around January time.