NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND WITH THE PIT PONY
INTRODUCTION
We’re Pit Pony, a five-piece rock band recently signed to Leeds based Clue Records. Hailing from all across the North East (Teesside, Durham, South Shields, Newcastle & Northumberland) we all now call Newcastle and Gateshead home. Here’s our take on this wonderful city.
Teeth, Ghost/Signals we could go on and on, and that’s just Tyneside, there’s even more in Sunderland and beyond.
can’t speak highly enough of the place. Especially Chris McManus who has worked on all our stuff. Who as well as being amazingly talented is literally the nicest chap in town.
BANDS & ARTISTS
We obviously have a few big hitters from Tyneside doing really well at the minute, Sam Fender and PigsX7 spring to mind, who despite being really different we both really love. Under that though the area really is packed with local talent of all different genres. Smote, Ceitidh Mac, Wild Spelks, Martha Hill, Hector Gannet, Me Lost Me, No
STUDIO AND RECORDING
For a relatively small city, there’s some great spaces. In previous bands, we’ve used the likes of Blast Recording Studios and Polestar in Byker which are both brilliant, but in Pit Pony we’ve recorded everything at Blank Studios on Warwick Street and we 30
VENUES AND HANGOUTS
Everything tends to centre around the Ouseburn area which sits between Heaton/ Byker/Shieldfield and a short walk from the city centre. It’s littered with venues and bars such as The Cluny, The
