Keep Your Eyes And Ears At The Ready for: Chunk! No Captain Chunk!

Posted on April 1, 2014 Updated on April 1, 2014

So new music and new acts is always important in the music industry right? Well here’s a band that have in fact been together since 2007. In that time the band hailing from Paris, France have released six singles, one EP and two studio albums, yet somehow the Pop-Punk/Metalcore quintet are just pulling up fashionably late to the scene. Ladies and gents… Chunk! No Captain Chunk!

So where to start with these guys. Firstly they aren’t all about the cliche sex, drugs and rock n’ roll image. No, these guys are described by their record label (Fearless Records) as “here for a good time, all of the time and they aren’t afraid to be silly. As a result, they’ve created a different kind of party rock.” This band is most certainly a must check-out band for fans of A Day To Remember, We Came As Romans or Asking Alexandria.

Fun Fact! The band name is taken from the scene in 1985 adventure-comedy film “The Goonies” in which Chunk and Sloth arrive on the scene to help their friends. Cool right?

The band is made up of frontman Bertrand Poncet, guitarists Eric Poncet and Paul Wilson, Bassist Mathias Rigal and drummer Jonathan Donnaes. Now for those of you looking at the image of the band and jumping to conclusions over their potential – Think again! They sure as hell can make some noise and at a very high level indeed. They back up the point with two fantastic albums in “Something For Nothing” (2010) and “Pardon My French” (2013). The first goto song should be “Haters Gonna Hate” from their latest album. The band also known as the abbreviation C!NCC! show on this song how versatile they can be with a mix of catchy Pop-Punk choruses and hard hitting metalcore verses. Whilst this song doesn’t particularly show the strength of Betrand Poncet’s screams, it most defiantly shows his talent for his clean vocals. For proof of his talent in the heavier department listen to “Bipolar Mind”

Now for a band that is starting to make a name for themselves (at last!) they have managed to attain some great slots playing alongside some fan favourite bands. Chunk! No Captain Chunk! will support Bury Tomorrow on their European and UK tour this April and May. They will also play alongside bands such as The All-American Rejects, Letlive, Less Than Jake, Neck Deep and many more at this years Slam Dunk festival taking place in Wolverhampton, Hertfordshire and Leeds. Later this year the band will be crossing the big pond to tour the USA as part of the bill for Warped Tour! The perfect place to stomp your foot down leaving people craving you each and every bit more. If an up and coming band wants to make an impression then they have to run with the high-flyers and to support such big bands as these and playing Warped Tour, it can only mean good things to come right?  It is also worth noticing that the french band have recently finished their Rock Sound Impericon tour playing alongside We Came As Romans, Palm Reader and The Colour Morale. So keeping busy right?

Now if you’re a fan of those diamonds in the rough, also known as covers – then it’s worth a mention that Chunk! No Captain Chunk! feature on “Punk Goes 90’s Volume 2” The party rockers from Paris have covered Smash Mouth’s big hit “All Star” and have nailed it! Today will see the release of their video for the single (1st April.) The video will premiere on Vevo! Be sure to check it out.

Songs like “Restart” and “Haters Gonna Hate” are emblematic of what C!NCC are doing with their unique brand of Pop-Punk with moshability. Their latest album shows how much the band have progressed so early in their career, especially considering they record their first album in their bedrooms! Armed with a solid, thriller of a record in the form of “Pardon My French” and a well-earned reputation for shaking the rafters at the venues in which they play, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk are able to spread their lively energy to all who listen.

To end, in the words of Fearless Records once again – “You may as well get on board this runaway train now before you get run over! There’s good times ahead, courtesy of Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!”