Classic Quotes

What they said about Basket Case: 

  • .....Made me want to dig out all my old 7" singles and start pogoing all over again. 'Q' Magazine
  • Basket Case are a bunch of goons, I laughed all night. Kerrang
  • Punk nostalgia came to town in the guise of four lads from Notts calling themselves Basket Case. They were tight, powerful and best of all, funny. Melton Post
  • If you are of a certain age, and you can remember when punk shook the establishment, then Basket Case are a welcome trip down memory lane. Vox
  • No, it wasn't note perfect, and no, they're not the best looking band around, but I went home soaked in sweat and thoroughly entertained andthat's the point isn't it?  NME
  • Not many cover bands dare to do what Basket Case do, and no-one does it better. Womans Own
  • They stole the toilet seat. Jock, Black Lion, Radcliffe-On-Trent
  • Do you lads want salad or burger & chips in your dressing room? Big Andy, Burton On Trent (What is salad?)
  • I would have enjoyed it more if they’d been in tune.

    Stan Still, Newark Advertiser
  • Don’t book them again.

    Sister June, Bilsthorpe Village Hall
  • Basket Case provided an inexhaustive cacophony of complex arrangement and finely timed orchestration. Their sound moves from moments of serenity through snippets of self-doubt towards a final product which is both nourishing and satisfying on all emotional levels. They are one large, sinewed, taught, vibrating, aural muscle. Bob Down, Wigan Chronicle

  • Could you lads direct me to the Library? Some bloke in a Renault in Wareham


 …and some genuine quotes too:

  • Good website. Glad to see it updated. Best scooter rally band ever. Trish (Guestbook)
  • The best Punk "covers" band in the F*****' world, & a nice bunch of lads as well !! I must be "The Cases'" No1 fan - just ask them !!Leckie (Guestbook) …he is as well
  • Cracking gigs at the Nav & the Wheatsheaf. Especially enjoyed the Dead Kennedys song at the Sheaf. Recommended you to all my old punk mates. Tony Hurst (Guestbook)
  • Hi. Bloody brilliant. Loved it. 'Into the valley', my God, that took me back. Jan (email)
  • Excellent gig everyone I talked to is raving about it. Andy (Warmwell Scooter Rally Organiser)

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