“THE INSTRUMENTS NEVER SURVIVE, THIS IS REBEL SOUND & ROCK’N’ROLL"
Criminal Mind formed in September 2008 on the outskirts of Bristol (UK). Inspired by Black Flag, Bad Brains & The Ruts, they seek to vent social/political frustrations through their original hardcore-street-punk sound.
In 2010 and at 18 years old the band wrote and produced the ‘Debut Album’ in Josh and Jake's dining room. The band used amps that only worked when you hit them, guitars with necks that are still snapped to this day and half a real drum kit. This process, along with getting arrested during their first tour for facilitation, pushed the album release date as far back as 2012. Since then the band have refined it’s sound and worked tirelessly to write and produce 2015’s ‘Life to Defend’. Criminal Mind have played & toured alongside some big names such as The Ruts, Sham 69, The Buzzcocks, UK Subs, Cockney Rejects & many more, across the world. The band is always on the road and has much more in the pipeline. Let’s fucking go!
- Mike Davies BBC Radio 1 presented the band as “young upstarts”.
- “The best unsigned punk around” - Room Thirteen’s Jim Ody.
- Big Cheese Magazine; “Sterling first full-length album from Bristol street punks”.
Criminal Mind Facts:
- Criminal Mind were arrested for importing illegal immigrants. Four Vietnamese people hid in their speakers, arranged by their tour driver. The band were later proven innocent and the story can be heard in the lyrics to 'Stiched Up!' on the 'Life to Defend' album.
- Abel was previously deported from the USA for not realising that he needed a work visa to tour in a band there.
- Abel has been arrested in The Netherlands for drunken disorderly behaviour after a show but was later released without charge as the police there seem to take kindly to buying your way our of a cell. They call it fines.
- Abel, Josh and Dee all have to go through interviews to go to America due to previous allegations.
- Abel & Jake are ex-members of grindcore band Merciless Precision.
- Abel is endorsed by Fret-King guitars.
- Criminal Mind released 'Debut Album' through Death or Glory Promotions.
- Kieran from The Restarts kindly designed the 'Life to Defend' artwork.
- The song 'Fire on 10 All Saints Lane' is about a pub called The Crown catching fire whilst Josh was inside drinking.
- Josh has type 1 diabetes.
- D has many things including stubby fingers, ask him for more details.