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May 21st, 2006 at 12:17pm
This band is an Essex Punk/Rock/Pop band with a difference - THEY USE THEIR OWN ACCENTS!

But yeah, basically, their main influences are Green Day and Blink 182 so think along those lines. They really are an excellent band, and on June 5th they're releasing their world cup song, Stand Up For England, the majority of the profits are going to Barnado's, which is a children's chairty that aims to give under privilaged kids a better start in life.

You can hear their music at

www.myspace.com/koopa
www.myspace.com/standup4england

and their main website is www.koopatheband.com

They really are worth a listen and please please please download the single via text or buy it in the shops when it comes out, even if you don't like it, because the profits go to Barnado's and they're lovely boys anyway so yeah.

If you've read up to hear then I send you some love <333
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May 21st, 2006 at 12:21pm
OMG FP FP FP. I have news. And it's Koopa-related too. When I was in Baltimore on my field trip the other day, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe and they had a TV with all these bands playing. And Koopa was on there playing 500 Miles and I was really excited.
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May 21st, 2006 at 12:22pm
ZOMGZZZZZ YOU'RE JOKING?

*messages Joe cos he's the only one who replies*
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May 21st, 2006 at 12:28pm
No I'm dead serious! I was like WHOAA! I didn't know they were already becoming famous in America too! And my friend was like "Oh I've heard this song before" and she was humming along!
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May 21st, 2006 at 12:30pm
NO WAYYYYYYYY!

I just messaged Joe...I should get a reply by Christmas hahaha.

Or he can tell me his reply when I see him Froiday after next.
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May 21st, 2006 at 06:14pm
Just listened to Stand Up 4 Eng-er-land. haha. I like that one too.
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May 21st, 2006 at 06:33pm
Very Happy

I heard it live for the first time last night, it pwns.

If they come to America I shall hide in one of their suitcases and then I can say hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii while you're dancing to pop rock factory.

Hahah that'd be funneh.
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May 21st, 2006 at 06:40pm
Haha, it would...I hope they come to America soon. I'm having withdrawal cause I haven't been to a show in 6 months or so.
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May 21st, 2006 at 08:07pm
Well Rianne demanded that they come to holland...and we went.

But give it a year or so and they'll be out there. And maybe Linford too if he's still alive. God I've spent many a rainy evening sitting in that van eating sweets and laughing. *sigh*
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May 27th, 2006 at 04:53am
i might be going to see them in september =] YAY for me
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June 2nd, 2006 at 09:14am
Supporting the Blockheads?

I'm seeing them then too.l

And I'm seeing them tonight. Very Happy

I have sweeties for them.
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June 2nd, 2006 at 03:18pm
I saw their website once. They are okay, that one song keeps getting stuck in my head.
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June 5th, 2006 at 06:51am
What song?

They've got loads...
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June 5th, 2006 at 11:41am
they were signing in chelmsford today... i think thats about an hour or so's drive away... damn school. i would have gone.
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June 7th, 2006 at 06:07am
I went cos I missed people.

I am actually now sick of stand up for England cos they were playing it the whole time, I think we heard it about 50 times. And that little kid from the sainsbury's advert was there and he's got some hench phone it's like whaat? Who's gonna call you mate?

Oh and my fabulous American people, you can order stand up for england and lost in madrid at www.7digital.com and it'll count towards their uk sales and the money's going to barnados so go onnn.
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June 8th, 2006 at 01:04pm
Has anyone heard Koopa's world cup song?? It's well funny...oh yeah...Koopa RULE!
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June 8th, 2006 at 01:15pm
Flaming Phalanges!:
I went cos I missed people.

I am actually now sick of stand up for England cos they were playing it the whole time, I think we heard it about 50 times. And that little kid from the sainsbury's advert was there and he's got some hench phone it's like whaat? Who's gonna call you mate?

Oh and my fabulous American people, you can order stand up for england and lost in madrid at www.7digital.com and it'll count towards their uk sales and the money's going to barnados so go onnn.


lmfao Loz.
My Mum got Koopa on some World Cup CD she brought.
And now she keeps singing and dancing along to it. Laughing
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June 12th, 2006 at 10:50am
Lmao go Amy's mum! Yeah Ollie's got a well cute voice and Joe sounds xcore too, their voices really suit each other.

Squeeeeee I'm so glad people like them!
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June 12th, 2006 at 11:12am
Ya nice songs
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February 1st, 2007 at 09:35pm
Cor, I didn't know this topic was still like,,,in existece BUT...

If you haven't heard, Koopa were the first unsigned band to get into the UK top 40 and a lot of the press have been clamouring to get their hands on them and that.

The single was Blag Steal and Borrow and it ended up at 31 in the charts, which was due to downloads alone.

Also, in other news, the band are gonna be playing SXSW in Texas and they're going to try and get some dates in NYC, San Francisco and LA while they're out there.

You can have a look at other gigs on their myspace, and that, which is listed in the first post. They're definitely worth going along to see so yeah.

I think I'm more or less done now.
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