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- Spanner Trio at Antwerp ArmsTRIO: After a blinding show last week at The New Cross Inn supporting the legendary Soft Machine, the Trio is playing at The Antwerp Arms in Tottenham on Saturday 15th March. Two sets of psychospanner music should get the boat right out to the middle of the water…
- Dan Spanner Trio supporting Soft MachineOn Friday 7th March, The Dan Spanner Trio will play at The New Cross Inn supporting the one and only Soft Machine! The Trio is on at 8pm so get there early…
- September and the new season… onwards and upwards…The Spanner Big Band resumes its fortnightly residency at The Three Compasses next Wednesday 4th September from 8pm. Exciting times for the band with the release of the third album in October as well as celebrating its 18th Birthday on October 16th. Gigs at Three Compasses on September 4th & […]
- Summer break…The Big Band finished with a blinding gig at The Three Compasses on 31st July and then straight off to Cromer for the annual vacation The Trio played the last gig of the season at The Dublin Castle as well as a couple of great festivals, MABFEST and SONIC ROCK […]
- Spanner Big Band – Weds 26/06/2024Spanner Big Band – INDEPENDENTS’ DAY pre-celebration party The Gunners, 204 Blackstock Road, N5 1ENWednesday 26th June 8.30pm
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Spanner Big Band in Blackstock Road
January 23, 2022
We made it to 2022! The Spanner Big Band have secured a gig at The Arsenal Tavern on Sunday 30th January. Sunday? That’s weird… It’s a long, long story but the long and short of it is that the band cannot compete with Sky Sport any more… even though the footy pubs at The Arsenal […]
Spannerman album, “Into the Abyss”
December 31, 2021
The Spannerman album, “Into the Abyss” is finally available to buy and listen to on bandcamp. https://spannerman.bandcamp.com/releases
No Spanner Big Band gig this week, Wednesday 22nd December. The band will resume live gigs in the New Year. Stay safe. Have a good one!
December 20, 2021
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Spanner Big Band
The band currently has a fortnightly residency at The Three Compasses in Hornsey, London N8 as well as bi-monthly appearances at Jamboree in Kings Cross.
Spannerman…
…seething with some kind of unfathomable angst, combining complex metal-esque experimentalism with uniquely effected sax. Simultaneously aggressive and sophisticated but also supremely dance-able and fun. (Ex Webcore, Ringo Of Roses, Thunderdogs, Circus Archaos, Headjam…)… psychedelic prog…
Dan Spanner Trio
Veteran sax player, band leader and performer, Dan Spanner and his trio play psychedelic jazz with pedal-affected sax and ‘out there’ poetry… not really like anything else …
Gong, King Crimson…
“Dan Spanner. Tim Burton got it all from him!!”
“Astoundingly captivating organised noise!”
“Frontman, Dan Spanner, reminiscent of Iggy Pop, Ian Dury…”
“Hendrix on sax with nutty psychedelic poetry and lyrics”
“Jazz punk psych funk…”
Eddy Whirls
Experimental soundscapes with saxes, clarinets, Moog synthesizer and voice.
Spannerman
I’ve known Spannerman for decades and have really close social ties to the band. Played on the same bill up as them waaaaaaaay back when and co-habited with ex band members as well as playing in other line-ups with ex band members. For my money Dan Spanner is one of this country’s most accomplished and progressive composers, saxophonists, singers and writers. If any of you get a chance to see them do it. They’re up there with The Hendrix Experience and King Crimson. I kid you not. Thanks to Simon Kimani Deards for booking em for The Cosmic Puffin. Good call…
Spanner Jazz Punks
Conceived in the cauldron of demon frontman Dan Spanner’s maniacal mind, Spanner Jazz Punks are the troublesome offspring of a frenetic marriage between sleazy punk jazz and psychedelic performance art. With their roots in the legendary French chainsaw-juggling circus company Archaos, Spanner Jazz Punks have been steeped in a brew of psychedelic rock, ska, gypsy, klezmer and big band swing, and come out kicking, screaming and spinning yarns of quixotic, tragic, heroic ne’er-do-well adventure.
Spannertate
Two voices, guitar and violin.