Who are these fine fellows?Instant Species

We are 5 fashion obsessed smart arses who are only in it for the chicks and the money.... oh no hang on that's some other band.

We make music we love, play great gigs to entertain people and release records with a great sense of pride.

We have released 7 albums, various EPs and a few singles. So far we've travelled far and wide, met some brilliant people, seen some ace bands, enjoyed almost all of it and grinned and bared only some of it.

We hope you like what we do!

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18/05/09

Steve Downs (1970 - 2009)

We were all deeply shocked recently to learn the sad news that our former drummer, founder member of the band and friend Steve Downs had passed away. Steve tragically died in a diving accident in Scotland on the 29th April. He was only 38 and it is a truly terrible loss for all who knew him.

You would be hard pushed to meet a nicer and more genuine guy than Steve. We were together in the band for 2 years and he was a major part of the bands history playing drums on our first 2 albums and gigging with us at various venues across the country. We have so many fond memories of our time with Steve and we have already spent sometime looking back and smiling about his antics just as he would have wanted.

In recent years our lives had inevitably drifted apart but we still kept in touch and we last saw Steve when he came to one of our Leeds gigs last year. As usual he greeted us all with his customary smile, big hugs and a "hey up". He seemed on top form and that's how we will always remember him.

We wish his partner Val and all his family our deepest sympathies at this dreadful time. As a mark of respect and having spoken to his family at his funeral, we will dedicate our next album to his memory and we hope we do him justice.

Where ever you are mate we hope you are rocking it up with the best of them.

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14/04/09

It's been a little while since we last bothered your inbox so we thought we would give you an Easter news round up from Camp Species.

First thing on our brief agenda is the news that we have now released our latest album digitally which means if you are an iTunes shopper you can get our wonderful 7th album: Instant Species Miraculous Curative Compound by visiting http://www.itunes.com/instantspecies or by simply searching for us in the iTunes store.

Next the news all of you fashionable types have been waiting for, the arrival of the Instant Species clothing range. The obligatory T-shirt selection plus, bags, mugs and even a cooking apron. (We drew the line at Instant Species underpants). Our clothing partner Spreadshirt are top draw and all the products are great quality. It's definitely worth a nosy.

Visit the band website and click on the link or go direct to: http://www.instantspecies.spreadshirt.net

As many of you will know we are currently on a gigging hiatus while we are bringing the next generation of Instant Species in to the world and also while we write and prepare album number 8. But from the end of May onwards we will be slowly climbing back aboard the gig horse and riding in to a town (maybe) near you. Please have a look at the band MySpace for the latest dates (although we'll try and keep them up to date on here too): http://www.myspace.com/instantspecies where you will also find we have added some more tracks to listen to from our back catalogue with MySpace now expanding our song allowance to 10.

We hope you all have a pleasant Easter and eat too much chocolate as we will be doing.

Where may I sample the goods?

Gig dates so far for 2009:

  • 24 May - The Puzzle Hall Inn May Festival, Sowerby Bridge
  • 12 Jun - The Cardigan Arms, Leeds
  • 12 Jul - B on the Beach, Otter Ferry, Scotland
  • 19 Sept - Grain Division, Carpe Diem, Leeds
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Last Year:

  • 07/02 - Spin Records (Acoustic), Huddersfield
  • 08/02 - Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
  • 23/02 - The Cardigan Arms, Leeds
  • 18/04 - I Love WY @ The Cardigan Arms, Leeds
  • 15/05 - The Oxford, Manchester
  • 27/06 - The Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
  • 28/06 - The Primrose, Leeds
  • 04/07 - The Tea Time Shuffle, Leeds
  • 05/07 - Legends, Heywood, Gt Manchester
  • 06/07 - Thornborough Festival, Thornborough
  • 19/07 - The Primrose, Leeds
  • 01/08 - Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
  • 07/08 - Trash, Leeds
  • 08/08 - The Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge
  • 09/08 - Northern Green Gathering, Nr Ripon
  • 14/08 - Zephyr, Huddersfield
  • 15/08 - The Moon & Sixpence, Glossop
  • 13/09 - The Cardigan Arms, Leeds
  • 16/10 - Delius, Bradford
  • 17/10 - The Parish, Huddersfield
  • 07/11 - Kiko Klub, Bolton

Instant Species have played: 223 gigs so far.

Note: Gig dates can change, sometimes at short notice, it is always best to check with the venue first.