The Holy Parachute

The Holy Parachute is a British ska-punk band from Manchester, who formed at high school in April 2005. Initially, the five piece group played a selection of covers but soon began writing original material including their signature song "All I Need", and subsequently they played a series of consistent gigs in their home town. Early performances revealed a mixture of stylistic influences with rock, funk, ska, punk, swing and reggae the most prominent. Ever more however, the band are developing an increasingly individualistic horn-fused ska sound and are improving as a improv-fusion group.

Initially, the five piece group played a selection of covers but soon began writing original material including their signature song "All I Need", and subsequently they played a series of consistent gigs in their home town.

Early performances revealed a mixture of stylistic influences with rock, funk, ska, punk, swing and reggae the most prominent. Ever more however, the band are developing an increasingly individualistic horn-fused ska sound and are improving as a improv-fusion group.

The Holy Parachute's vision is to make music "..that can get anybody to have a good time and dance the night away.." Their carefree, party attitude, along with their appeal to fans of a diverse range of genres- from punk rockers to indie teens- makes them, at this early stage, conceivably comparable to early 90s band Sublime.

THP Band Members

* Michael Pollitt - vocals, bass guitar
* Mark Ashton - lead guitar
* Phil Walsh - trumpet, vocals
* David Thompson - trombone, vocals
* Richard Purcell - percussion

The band are currently touring and their first EP What Did Broccoli Ever Do To You? was released october 2006 and their second EP Oh No! was recorded and streamed online at myspace and purevolume. oh no! was not released in CD form but the majority can be downloaded from purevolume, myspace or from Last FM

They have a website and a MySpace profile and a Purevolume profile