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Years active
  
2009-present

Albums
  
New Sense

Website
  
TEDS Bandcamp

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Past members
  
Rob Macabre Lauren Darling Chris Morris Su

Origin
  
London, United Kingdom (2009)

Members
  
Tegan Christmas, Kris, Eli

Genres
  
Riot grrrl, Punk rock, Post-punk

Record labels
  
Odd Box Records, Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records, Tuff Enuff Records

Similar
  
Skinny Girl Diet, The Wimmins' Institute, Tunabunny, Big Joanie, The Tuts

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The Ethical Debating Society are a three-piece DIY punk, post-riot grrrl group from London, England. They have been described as "one of the most exciting DIY bands" in the UK.

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History

The band was formed in 2009 by Tegan Christmas with Lauren Darling and Chris Morris. By 2010 Darling and Morris had left and Tegan continued with varying line ups until the group settled as Tegan with Eli Caballero and Kris Martin in 2013.

Following an appearance on Tuff Enuff Records’s debut compilation Why Diet When You Could Riot?, gigs with Shrag and (Athens, Georgia’s) Tunabunny led to a split single with London’s Skinny Girl Diet on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records in 2013. A cassette/download EP on Tuff Enuff - "Hens Teeth" - followed in 2014.

In 2015, The Ethical Debating Society's debut album New Sense was released on Odd Box Records following audio and video previews, and received positive reviews from SoundsXP, Collapse Board, Louder Than War and others, with radio support including BBC Radio 6, Dandelion and Artrocker Radio.

The band have been likened to other dual male/female vocal DIY indie/punk bands such as Huggy Bear, Red Monkey, Comet Gain, Bis and Prolapse, as well as post-hardcore and indie rock bands such as Future of the Left, Sleater-Kinney, Nation of Ulysses, Pixies and Nirvana.

The band supported Jack Off Jill at their final show, at Heaven in London, and played with Shonen Knife on the London date of that band's 2016 tour. They played at Indietracks 2015, and have also played with The Wolfhounds, The Nightingales, The Homosexuals, Hagar the Womb, Prolapse, and Bis.

The Ethical Debating Society's album track "Razor Party" (written by former drummer Rob) was voted #32 in the 2015 John Peel memorial 'Festive 50' compiled by Dandelion Radio.

Albums

  • New Sense – Odd Box (UK) 12" LP/MP3 (2015)

    • EPs/Singles

  • "Live" EP – self-released, CDr (2011)
  • Split EP - HHBTM Records, 7" (2013) [with Skinny Girl Diet]
  • "Hens Teeth" EP - Tuff Enuff Records, Cassette/MP3 (2014)

    • Compilation Appearances

  • "Kill You Last" on Why Diet When You Can Diet, Tuff Enuff Records, 12"LP/MP3 (2012)
  • "Kill You Last" on MC12, HHBTM Records, Cassette (2012)
  • "Future Imperfect" on Keroleen Mixtape #1, Keroleen Records, Cassette/MP3 (2015)
  • "Cover Up" on Indietracks Compilation 2015, MP3 (2015)
  • "Riderrr" on Odd Box Weekender V, MP3 (2015)
  • "Run Rudolph Run" on Riot Grrrl Christmas, Cleopatra Records, CD/MP3 (2015)
  • "List of Requirements" on Odd Box 2015, MP3 (2015)
  • "Creosote Ideas" on Don't Be Left Without Us, 2CD (2016)
  • "Poor Liam" on Loud Women - Volume One, Loud Women Records, CD, 2017
  • "Paywall" on Kobayashi I: Intergalactic Champions, Kobayashi Nights Records, CD, 2017

    • Line up

  • Tegan Christmas (vocals, guitar)
  • Eli Caballero (drums)
  • Kris Martin (guitar, vocals)

    • Previous members

  • Rob Macabre (drums, 2010-2012)
  • Su (percussion/bvs, 2010-2013)
  • Lauren Darling (guitar/vocals, 2009)
  • Chris Morris (drums, 2009)

    • Songs

    Creosote IdeasNew Sense · 2015
    Sum Of My PartsNew Sense · 2015
    Exxxtreme VintageNew Sense · 2015

    References

    The Ethical Debating Society Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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