The Octopussys

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Band memebers:
Thibaut Hox: Vocals
Kevin Brondel: Guitar
Jan Van Gulck: Guitar
Mark Bolsens: Bass
Nick Boonen: Drums


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Info:
In 2005 with their first guitars and amps Nick, Kevin, Mark en Koen decided to cover some songs of their favorite bands. The tunes of Blink 182, Green Day, Boxcar Racer,… held no more secrets after a while so they decided to start writing some song of there own.

In the begining of next year The Octopussy’s got their first chance to perform at a local youth centre with some other new founded bands. This first gig only ensured their desire to be on stage so they decided to go for it. But there was a need for a second guitarist and Jan was the choice.

2007 was the year which brought significant changes for the band. The band went on their first tour with their good friend of Overweight around Belgium. Later that year it was decided to go on without their singer, Koen. In between, the band tried to play their planned shows anyway with interim singer Joshua. During this period they played their 50th show within 2 years, which was also their first international show. But the band realized that they couldn’t go on without a new singer and after a few auditions they chose Thibaut.

New year begins with a new singer. The Octopussy’s release their first D.I.Y demo cd (Hitbox vol. 1). An improve in stage performance and more effort put in their music encouraged them to go on their first international tour with the punkrock band Second Base to The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

In 2009 the band hits the studios for a couple of days in springtime to record a split-cd with the Belgian skate punk band State Of Mine on Kickass Records and thereby joined the Kickass-family! In this year the band played over more than 60 shows and went back on tour to Denmark, Norway, Germany and Holland.
This split is a solid release for fans MXPX, Slick shoes with great parts of vocal (Burning Calories is Bad for Business), tech style guitars ( Burger King, Burning Calories is Bad for Business-check the outro ), some specials ( piano in the end of I Fucked Up Again), and drumms ( good skills).

In the first part of 2010 the band decided to take it a bit slower ‘cause a lot of the band members were in there final year of college. The band only played about 20 shows (amongst other the support for A Wilhelm Scream (US) and Useless ID (IL). In the second half the band started to write some new songs for the debut full-cd (2011). Nonetheless they are still playing shows and even find the time to do a small UK-tour.


Discography:
-Hitbox Volume 1 (demo, 2008)

Tracklist:
01.No Place Like Home
02.Break Up
03.How
04.2-Way Street
05.Timmy G.A.Y.
06.Goodbye






-State Of Mine / The Octopussys Split (2009, Kickass Records)

Tracklist:
01. State Of Mine: Opening Sequence
02. State Of Mine: Conspiracy Earth
03. State Of Mine: Burnout
04. State Of Mine: How To Survive Emocore
05. State Of Mine: Last Chance To Dance
06. The Octopussy's: Burger King
07. The Octopussy's: Succubus
08. The Octopussy's: Burning Calories Is Bad For Business
09. The Octopussy's: State Of Emergency
10.The Octopussy's: I Fucked Up Again

-Face The World (Funtime Record, 2011)

Tracklist:
01. Tonight
02. Distant Memories
03. Summer's Gone
04. Hear Me Out
05. Good Guys
06. Face The World
07. Moving On
08. Break Me Free
09. Stuck
10. Never Look Back
11. This Moment


- Leagues Below (1st May 2015, Funtime Records, No Panic Records)

Tracklist:
01.Halfway Around The World
02.Daddy Issues
03.Gone
04.Don't Call Me Shirley
05.Cut The Ties
06.Oblivious
07.Ink's For Squids
08.Groundhog Day
09.Take A Hike
10.Beer Me Up
11.Friendly Fire
12.Not Your Problem