Birmingham's newcomers Max Raptor

Max Raptor is a Birmingham/Staffordshire based band which is off on tour on 20th July at the Flapper and Firkin, 8pm. This will be their first tour off the back of Download Festival 2010 and UK Tour with The Stranglers.

Wil says: "Max Raptor sound like...the visceral claws of Great British rock n' roll frantically disembowelling American alt-rock with a partisan punk attitude. There is nothing remotely Jurassic about this Midland conceived 4 piece whose forthright narrative and devastating live set is spearheading a hungry horde of New Wave British Alt-Rock bands.

Having cut their carnivorous teeth landing support slots with The Zutons and Canadian punk-rockers Billy Talent, the Max Raptor boys embarked on a UK tour supporting British punk legends The Stranglers in February this year, to riotous applause. Playing to such a well established and specific fanbase as The Stranglers could have been risky, but time and time again Max Raptor prove their credentials in the live habitat, conquering new fans everywhere their rapturous sound can be heard."

Already confirmed to play some, soon to be announced, rock festivals this summer, and now off the back of the legendary Download Festival the ravenous Max Raptor are set to run amok in 2010.

For more information about the band and their new single 'The Great and the Good' visit Max Raptor's site www.myspace.com/maxraptor