STOLEN FLAG

I'll never forget the first time I played games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX. The thing that stood out about these games were the soundtracks. With music from bands like Pennywise, Millencollin and Bad Religion. Back then I fell in love with their music, fast paced punk music that you can listen to non stop and feel good about yourself.
Since those days I've been waiting for a South African band that encapsulates that same sound and feeling, and I believe that our local scene has finally been graced with such a band.

Now as you can see, this band would be Stolen Flag. Local band hailing from the deep south of Johannesburg, Alberton. A good bunch of guys with their sights set high on their musical mission.
This happy go lucky 5 piece has gotten it right to fill a gap in our local scene, with a powerful sound that you do not hear going to gigs or on local radio.
With a lot of local bands having a very monotonous sound, every one is playing the same genre and doing the same thing, Stolen Flag has flown out of the gate with a fresh hard sound that pulls in the crowds and makes the people jam.

Now this fun five piece is a ragtag mash up of very strange but loveable people. The first one, Darren Francis (resident Hipster) takes care of the vocals, then we have PJ van den Berg (Freestyle Moto-cross madman) taking up the one guitar, Craig Butterworth (the father a.k.a the responsible one) taking up the other guitar duties, Matt Haddon (the bald one) the one that slaps the bass, and Michael Rehbock (cheerleader) the drummer or should I say the guy that pounds the drums.




Since the band has got it's wind that it has now, they have gone from strength to strength, and show no signs of stopping.
Not being that well known yet is not stopping these guys, when playing a gig as soon as their first song kicks off they pull the crowd with an amazingly energetic stage performance with a crazy energy that the crowds lap up with enjoyment and jam the whole set through. With tight songs a great live set, I can't see the band losing momentum any time soon.
Except for the crazy live shows and the band has recorded three demo tracks and are currently busy recording their first single.

The band has definitely got something going by looking at the sponsors they have at the moment, namely Smallville Comics, Esthetik apparel, Three Skulls Brewery and Inked Cherry Tattoos and Piercings, I'm sure that I'm not the only one that has seen something special within this band.

If you want to know more about them, check them out on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/StolenFlagBand?fref=ts, they're also on twitter @StolenFlagBand, and on instagram @StolenFlagBand.

Definitely check out their Facebook page, the three demo tracks are up there, free to listen. Also all their gig info is on there.
Check them out, you will not be disappointed.