John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling is a feature-length documentary offering an intimate profile of John Monteleone, one of the world’s greatest guitar builders. He’s renowned as a living artist whose work is on permanent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Directed by Trevor Laurence and produced by Laurence and the late Woody Mann, the film is interspersed with various musical luminaries such as David Grisman, Ben Harper, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage, Woody Mann, Anthony Wilson, Mike Marshall, Paul Ricci and Mafalda Minnozzi. John Monteleone The biopic traces its steps to John’s early experiences with music. In his case, it began with a piano; at the age of 10, he asked if he could have his way with an old, broken piano before his family got rid of it. He fixed it before the...
Retaliation [Analog]
Vinyl LP pressing. 2021 release. It's going off and The Chisel are back to cause a bit of bovver. Following a trio of explosive singles, the band finally bring us their debut full-length album, Retaliation, on the London-based punk institution La Vida Es Un Mus. Having formed in early 2020 and featuring a crew of members with long-term associations to the London punk scene, The Chisel quickly secured a reputation as one of the most exciting bands from a pool of contemporaries that includes Chubby & The Gang, Stingray and Big Cheese. Their sound is rooted firmly in Punk but with influences that run across the board to create a distinctive blend of Oi!, anarcho, UK-82 and hardcore. Retaliation is an unmistakably British record that draws a line from 1982 up to the present day, pushing it's way into your collection and torching your stereo.
