Artist Information Biography Described by NME as ‘Blistering, Frenzied, blood-stirring, rock that weaves its way through U2, the Foos and The Vines’ The Beat Poets are one of the most exciting new acts to emerge from Northern Ireland in recent years. BBC ATL described them as “Northern Ireland’s hardest working unsigned band” with the Irish Star claiming they could be the biggest band to come from the North of Ireland since Snow Patrol. Touring relentlessly the Beat Poets have supporting World renowned acts such as Sonic Youth, The Chemical Brothers, The Duke Spirit, Nine Black Alps, The Parlotones and much more from venue’s such as Marlay Park (Dublin) to  Canadian Music Week and 6 storming shows at the 2009 South by Southwest Music (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas. With recent TV performances on The BBC and UTV the band’s latest tracks are now licensed with the BBC, Channel 4 as well as MTV and are currently on the latest series of MTV One shows ‘The Hills’ & ‘Girls of Hedsor Hall’ (2009) in the US adding to the band growing reputation. Receiving airplay worldwide including the UK (Xfm, BBC, Virgin), Ireland (Today Fm, 2fm), USA (K-Rock) and Australia (Triple J) the band has been crowned Xfm unsigned winners, Virgin Radio Xtreme unsigned winners, Today Fm’s Rising Artist and were spotlighted by the New York CMJ Festival in October 2008. The Band’s debut single ‘Turn It On/Shadowlands’ released by ‘ the singles club’ via small indie label Pronoia Records UK (2007) was a stepping stone for the band to self-release in ‘Staring Stars Down’ 2008 via Absolute Marketing (Dave Matthews, Imogen Heap) and Universal Records Distribution. Working with world acclaimed producers ‘Greg Haver’ (Manic Street Preachers, Lost Prophets), Dave Way (Foo Fighers, Stevie Wonder) and Neal Calderwood (Fighting With Wire, The Answer) the band is set to release their new stunning 4-track E.P ‘The Making’ on November 30th 2009, with their debut Album is coming out in 2010. Please check out: www.thebeatpoets.com www.myspace.com/beatpoets www.youtube.com/thebeatpoets www.twitter.com/thebeatpoets “Blistering, Frenzied, blood-stirring, rock that weaves it’s way through U2, the Foos and The Vines” - NME
 “Excellent quality, top of the shop” - XFM London “The Beat Poets could soon be the biggest act of Belfast since Snow Patrol” - Irish Star Magazine

 “a band on the cusp of something big…truly special…our new favourite band” – Hotpress This band kicks ass…so impressive I just had to play them” - Tom Dunne – Planet Rock Profiles (VH1) “The industry can’t ignore such an evident talent, so hopefully the time when we hear John Dinsmore send his call through a stadium crowd is not that far ahead.” - Sugarbuzz London ‘Recommended Northern Ireland act not to miss at SXSW 2009’ – Austin Chronicle Band Enquiries poetsmanagement@gmail.com For performance enquires please e-mail: mark@audionetworks.ie For UK/Ireland press, radio, media enquires: jeff@jeffrobinson.me.uk Instrumentation John Dinsmore - Lead Vox/ Guitar Keith Doran- Lead Guitar/Vox Paul O'Hare - Bass/Vox Mark Dinsmore - Drums/Percussion Discography Staring Stars Down / Bloodline - Double A-side Radio Only release, has received airplay worldwide including Xfm (London), Virgin Radio Extreme (London), Xfm Scotland, Today Fm (Ireland), Triple J (Australia), playlisted on 12 stations throughout Ireland, and also received airplay in the US and Canada. G.I. (Generation Innocence) / Race released for promotional release only – Worldwide Airplay. Debut double A side Single 'Turn It On/ Shadowlands' on release under Pronoia Records – Available on www.hmv.co.uk and worldwide via www.tunetribe.com and www.itunes.com Staring Stars Down Single  - Self Released Via Absolute Marketing/Universal Records/VM Records The Making E.P - Out November 30th 2009 via Absolute/Universal/VM Records - ww.itunes.com Links http://www.thebeatpoets.com Official Site The Beat Poets Myspace The Beat Poets Twitter The Beat Poets TV The Beat Poets Blog