http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp Mon, 17 May 2010 00:31:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dennis hopper choppers return for their first live show in a while. Back as a band  with a new six piece line-up including Pete Wareham from Acoustic Ladyland/Polar Bear on Baritone sax, Nat Woodcock on organ, Andy Waterworth bass, John Greswell (of Menlo Park and Ralfe band) viola, Tom Wenzel ... http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=30 The Doncaster and Stockton gigs with Glasvegas have been cancelled and will be rescheduled shortly. The gig at The Boileroom in Guildford on the 4th june is still going ahead, so see you down there....... Check out the gigs page for upcoming festival dates. DHC will now also be playing Beautiful ... http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=29 DHC will be performing on Friday 22nd Feb. with the Dirty Pretty Things in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo. As well as opening up for the band, he'll be backing them up on some of their set as a one man rhythm section.......... should be interesting. http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=28 LISTENING TO MC5 is up for pick of the week on the Radio 2 Radcliffe and Maconie show pick'n'mix. Voting ends tomorrow, if you haven't voted, go to the link below and do it now. If it gets selected then it'll be played everyday on the show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/radcliffemaconie/picknmix.shtml http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=27 'Listening to MC5' single will be released on the 25th February, available for download on itunes. A UK tour will also soon be announced, with live dates near you throughout February 2008. Keep an eye on this site for more info.......... http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=26 The album and first single are now both available to download from the itunes store... http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=25 Little Johnny is out today.....maybe some of you heard it on the Dermot O'Leary show on  BBC Radio 2 on Saturday........go grab yourself a copy from the itunes store! http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=24 'Little Johnny' wins vote on Steve Lamacq Roundtable vote on 6music, 1st November, beating off Jay-Z............... Nemone on 6music makes 'Little Johnny' her video of the week, starting 5th November. Director Barney Clay is interviewed on the show on Monday about the making of the video. http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=23 Currently getting radioplay from Lamacq on Radio 2 and 6Music, Nemone on 6Music, as well as other DJs on XFM and BBC radio London. Keep your ears open, the single 'Little Johnny' is out on the 19th November. Dennis Hopper Choppers will be live in session on the Bonanza show on ... http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=22 Dennis Hopper Choppers is Ben Nicholls, a one-man-band, simultaneously playing guitar, bass drum, high hat, organ bass pedals, vox-organ and a 1969 Fender Dual Showman amplifier originally designed for Dick Dale which he said is ‘probably the loudest thing I’d ever heard.’ This coming from a man who played bass ... http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/?p=4