(Hear Nothing, See nothing, Say everything)

Just let us get one thing clear first – Da name did NOT derive from the Love album of da same name. We were completely unaware of this until some bright spark pointed it out, and neither is it a salute to the gum-chewing Krishna-comedian Ray Cappo. We read books and it was taken direct from da high Latin meaning “from the top” or “a fresh start, following the disintegration of our previous pulp-combo No Such Thing. A couple of names had also been bandied about, such as Kill the Monster, The Self-Righteous Brothers and Rob Loves Cow Udders. This bovine fixation remains with the band, parading themselves as fashion fresians at their performances.

We are:-
Robert Da Tornya – Bassic guitar and backing yells
Flip Da Flippard – Geetar and frontman hollering
Da Kip-Xool – Drums and symbols

DA CAPO itself mutated from a long line of previous bands before settling on the current personnel. By the process of natural selection we met and shaped the habits of making punk rock noise. In an era where a great deal of bands are jumping onto the gravy train hoping to ride the coat-tails of the true musical punk pioneers of our time, DA CAPO are quite happy to remain penniless and out-of-touch with current trends.
Rob survives from such combos as Communal Riot, Smash TV and No Such Thing; Flip used to perform under the banner of Mullet, and is still playing drums for headache-hardcore outfit Gurkha, otherwise known as the “funeral band”; Kip-Xool has a rather sordid history and back catalogue, the less said about some the better, but being the local musical whore he is, he’s appeared in the shadows for The Heretics, The Cowboy Killers, Four Letter Word, In the Shit, and a brief stint with Glasgow gimps The Grease Monkeys, among such other non-illustrious names.
Da band now survives as a three-piece. We’ve been reliably informed that they straddle the current genres of traditional British punk, with more than a passing “yahoo” to the early American hardcore scene. They also like to incorporate the occasional surf twang, together with a liberal slice of good time rock ‘n’ roll, although perhaps it is only da boys themselves that can testify to this. Their influences are extensive, unconsciously taking cues from outfits like the Descendents, Conflict, Scream, Terminus, Devo, Agent Orange, The Hives, plus whatever they find valid to their highly trained musical ears.
Thus far they have shared the platform with many of Bristol’s finest (and smelliest), such as Hellstorm, our good friends Exit Wound, Hacksaw, Anus, as well as Sweden’s Da Skywalkers; Tiny Elvis, The Filaments, American punk legends Angry Samoans, 7 Seconds and The Hunns; The Dead Pets, Yankee-blasters F-Minus, local monsters of rock the Viva Knievils, Panic, No Choice, Gash and The Foamers. In their couple of dozen shows they’ve been honoured to perform DA CAPO have given blistering performances, outdoing many in the race-with-the-devil sweepstakes without the slightest hint of a double-bass drum and turgid metal noodling.
Our flag waver seems to be our song “Family Misfortunes”. A deeply personal story about the loss of a family relation. But we also focus on political and social injustices, songs such as power mongers exploiting our resources in “Oil Power Control” and “Prey for Better Days”; the pressures of working to make ends meet with “Stress” and “Work to Live”, as well as personal tales about the time we became infected with scabies (“Infestation”); excesses (“One Too Many Times”), etc. We even boast a tearjerker in the shape of “All Strings Attached”. Soft as shite is we….
Currently we have our second demo available, which was to see the light of day on a split release with Belfast’s Dangerfields, until the “Poisoned Whiskey” label folded and the lengthy tour scheduled was never realised. Three tracks from our first demo, “Members of the Cabinet”, do appear on the oddly-titled “Mizaru Kikazaru Iwazaru” compilation on “Blind Destruction Records”, sharing space with five other noise merchants, plus we seem to be a favourite of GTFM radio who have unwittingly let us loose on the airwaves to scream and shout and upset the listening nation.
In addition to this DA CAPO have been busy writing new anthems, most of which shall be recorded in hi-fidelity stereo for the opportunity of a future release, but all demos will be available from the band at any establishment we’re invited to play, along with some other tat we manage to bring with us to sell to unsuspecting customers.
So if you think you’re hard enough, come and support DA CAPO….they’re lean, mean, a fighting machine, and their teeth are clean.

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