Breakdown Face

Breakdown Face is a punk rock band from Pontypridd who formed in 2010. The line-up consists of Colin James MacFarlane, Dafydd 'Taf' Richards and Jake Takel. The band has released 2 studio albums to date.

 History

  Formation & Let's Do This (2010-2011)

Shortly after the split of Colin James MacFarlane's old project Dirty Chief, he got together with Dafydd 'Taf' Richards and Lucas Woodland to jam a cover for a school talent show. This jam session developed into the trio playing an old song written by MacFarlane called Framed. The three performed the song at the talent show and decided to continue making music together.

The band met for their first practice, during which they perfected Framed and wrote a new song called A&amp;E. The very next day, they hit Reeltime recording studio in Cathays to record the tracks. After several more practices, the songs Driving Song and The Robot had taken shape and once recorded were released as the band's debut EP The First Breakdown Face...Let's Do This. The Robot was released with a music video and immediately sparked people's attention due to it's comedic and satirical nature.

 Schoolboy Error &amp; Lucas' Departure (2012-2013)

Following the EP, the band immediately moved on to writing a full length album, consisting of 14 tracks. The album was recorded intermittently over the course of a year and eventually released in May of 2012. The album spawned further music videos for the songs Crew, Skitzo, Schoolboy Error and Punk as Fuck.

Drummer Lucas Woodland left the band shortly after the album's release and was replaced by Jake Takel.

 Quarter Life Crisis (2014-present)

Breakdown Face have since released another full length album, Quarter Life Crisis and music videos for the songs Quarter Life Crisis, I'll Do It Tomorrow and Handbag Thief, From Zero To Zero and Victorious.

 Style and Influences

The band originally described their genre as Shitcore, a satirical mixture of comedy punk and metal, designed to be purposely and endearingly bad, but have experimented with Nu Metal in the style of Limp Bizkit. They cite their influences as band such as Black Flag, Green Day, Metallica and Limp Bizkit.

 Line-up

  Current Members

<ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Colin James MacFarlane - Vocals/Guitar (2010-present)

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<ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Dafydd 'Taf' Richards - Bass/Backing vocals/Keyboard/Additional guitars (2010-present)

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<ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Jake Takel - Drums (2012-present)

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<h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Past Members

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<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Discography

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<ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">The First Breakdown Face, Let's Do This (2010)

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<ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Schoolboy Error (2012)

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<ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Quarter Life Crisis (2014)

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