Friday, 17 Jan 2025
Electric Ballroom, London
The bastard child of a Ramones/Strokes one night stand, Bad Nerves play ferociously fast distorted pop songs and drew acclaim with their previous releases ‘Dreaming’, ‘Baby Drummer’, & ‘Can’t Be Mine’. It would appear to be in the DNA of rock music, particularly punk music, that their self-made debut put them in the hearts and minds of the cream of the alternative crop; from UK tastemakers such as Dan P Carter to Alyx Holcombe, to rock legends such as Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard.
Drawing comparisons to Supergrass, the Ramones and Jay Reatard, their pop rock is a unique – and very fast – whack over the head that reminds us all of the future life left in hell-raising loud and fast music. Supported extensively by Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6music, Radio X, Classic Rock, Kerrang! And Dork, they proactively seek to make the type of in-your-face, opposite-of-sterile, rock music that the genre was built on.
Their second LP, Still Nervous was released 31st May, 2024 and saw them touring the UK alongside The Hives and gaining unquestionable support from BBC Radio 1 (Rock Show, Indie Show, Future Artists, New Music Show), Classic Rock, Kerrang!, and Dork as well as finding new fans in names such as Iggy Pop and Billie Joe Armstrong.