Armrug have been away. - Friday June 19, 2009
Yeah, we know, your lives have been feeling a little empty recently. So, we've been heading back into the rehearsal room these past few weeks with the intention of bringing joy back to your world. Like this... We've got a gig coming up. It's on Thursday 3rd September at The Mad Ferret in...

Glastonbury here we come - Friday April 25, 2008
Armrug are playing this year's Glastonbury Festival, which is held between the 26th & 29th June. We've bagged a slot on the Late N Live Stage which last year played host to bands such as The Whip & The Courteeners. We'll let you know date and time when we find...

No News Is Good News - Monday January 14, 2008
Ha, we've not updated this page for MONTHS! Lazy Armrug, naughty Armrug. We'll be back in 2008. Back in your face. xx

XFM Uploaded - Monday April 23, 2007
Armrug have been selected by XFM Manchester to appear in their XFM Uploaded competition. Basically, one of our tracks is played by Clint Boon on Xfm Manchester's Music:Response show (from 7pm Monday 23rd April), and we're up against 3 other bands this week... Then the public (that's you)...

Girls, Etc. - Friday October 13, 2006
Armrug's brand-new E.P. is complete... this beautifully packaged & lovingly recorded gem will be available from the 25th November through this very website, and from any Armrug show and some quality local record shops.
Entitled "Girls, Etc." - the E.P. features new and old tracks nestling together like a cosy family...

Rug Recording Update - Friday September 15, 2006
The new recordings are complete. They sound awesome... awesome to the max. They will be released to the general public in the latter half of November, but members of this site may get a sneaky preview at some point sooner than that... you'll have to wait and see....

Rug Recording - Monday August 28, 2006
Yeah, so, we're "in the studio" as they say... we're recording 5 tracks (4 of which are 'new'). It's all very hush-hush at the moment, but if you're a follower of the rug, you could probably piece together the potential tracklist from our live sets. It's all sounding...

Armrug Are Semi-Finalists - Monday July 3, 2006
Well, we never expected that... on Friday (30th June) we came second (again) in our second round heat of the Lancashire Evening Post Battle of The Bands at The Venue in Preston. This means that we (alongside the winners Aurota) progress to the semi-final stage. This is good. Our semi-final...

Armrug make it to the second round - Thursday June 1, 2006
On Saturday 27th May, Armrug played in the Lancashire Evening Post Battle of The Bands at The Venue in Preston. We played against Jelly's Last Jam, Chevrons & Underdogs. After Jamie performed some stage acrobatics and ended up head-butting the ceiling and biting a chunk off the crowd barrier,...

Armrug Across the Airwaves! - Monday March 6, 2006
Check out BBC Radio Lancashire (103.9 FM) on Friday 10th March between 9:30 and 10pm to hear Armrug talk nonsense about girls, beer & money. Fame and fortune are just around the corner, surely! p.s. You can now hear this interview right here

Armrug on the BBC - Thursday February 9, 2006
Well, not quite. We're on the BBC Lancashire website in the unsigned bands section - check it out here.
We're also featured on NorthWestBands.co.uk... we're "Song Of The Week" on the music-player on the home page, and you can check out our profile at

Armrug's First Live DVD is Out Now! - Wednesday January 18, 2006
"Everybody Loves A Live DVD of Armrug" was filmed in November 2005 and features a storming 9-track live gig as well as a bonus track and a half-hour "Rugumentary". It looks & sounds fantastic: it's not just a guy with a camcorder at the back of the room!

The tracklisting...

Olly-gon - Wednesday December 21, 2005
So, it may be old news to most of you now, but the artist formerly known as Olly has left the Armrug ranks.  (The artist formerly known as Olly will continue to be known as Olly.)  His current/future projects (Peacewise & Homestyle and Rainbow Trout) continue to pump out fat tune after...

Mini-album released: E.L.A.L.B.O.A. - Wednesday November 23, 2005
Armrug release "Everybody Loves A Little Bit of Armrug", our 8-track mini-album this week (Saturday 26th November). Everyone must buy a copy... don't argue.

The tracklisting is:
1) Everybody Loves A Little Bit of Armrug (1:44)
2) Affected (1:07)
3) I Want Doesn't Get (2:37)
4) No Woman, One Pound (1:44)
5) I Love You, Can...

Armrug review in HedMag - Friday November 18, 2005
HedMag, Preston's leading alternative music fanzine, reviewed our performance at their very own HedParty at The 12 Bar in Preston. They found it to be rather entertaining all told (even though we had a few on-stage disasters!)...
"Armrug are a hip, rock Preston/Manchester based threesome with a punk edge and...

Armrug on MySpace - Wednesday November 9, 2005
http://www.myspace.com/armrug
Yes, we've finally bitten the bullet and got ourselves on myspace. If you don't know what myspace is (where have you been?) it's simply a shameless tool of self-promotion for egotistical bigheads to tell the world how amazing they are... so, it's perfect for a band who sing...

Preston FM love Armrug - it's official - Thursday October 27, 2005
During their 4 week run, Preston FM's Unsigned Show played Armrug every week. 'Everybody Loves A Little Bit Of Armrug', 'Affected' & 'I Want Doesn't Get' got an airing. "Armrug are a fixture on our show, 'cause you're ace." Thanks guys

Even More Radio Exposure! - Thursday October 13, 2005
For the 2nd week running, Armrug were played on Preston FM. This time the new version of Affected was played and received good attention.
The presenters also kindly plugged our forthcoming gig supporting The Glitterati on the 15th October.
The station can be heard online at the above link OR can...

Armrug gets Radio Play - Thursday October 6, 2005
Armrug was played on the radio last night for the very first time. The song Everybody Loves a Little Bit of Armrug was on at about 9pm on Preston FM (87.9FM or http://www.preston.fm). There was also a great plug for the gig taking place at the 12 Bar on...

Armrug is Track of the Week - Monday September 26, 2005
The mp3 Everybody Loves a Little Bit of Armrug has been nominated as track of the week on the website www.prestone.co.uk
Thanks to the owners of this site for their support of the band so far and helping us to promote our music

Preston Music Press Release - Friday August 26, 2005
Armrug will be featured in the first edition of the Preston Music Press! Jamie was approached at the recent gig at The Adelphi in Preston by the editor of the PMP requesting photographs of the band. We are hoping for a good review of the band. When the article is published, we...

Launch of new Armrug Website - Friday August 26, 2005
The new Armrug website is being launched! In order for it to be as interactive as possible, users are able to login which allows them to leave their own comments and reviews of any Armrug gigs or forthcoming occasions. Users will also be able to upload their own pictures of events they...

A Lovely Review of An Armrug Gig - Tuesday August 16, 2005
"Sounding like British rock did before it was dragged to TopMan, Armrug were a boisterous punk-flavoured trio of likely lads energy. The short shock intro sprinted into cocky verses and sharp-suited choruses, all Jam style and Clash bravado. Charming laid-back humour and a faultless simple set up of two guitarists...