Metal Anarchy

Time for the next edition of Metal Anarchy’s “new music showcase,” the feature where I introduce you to artists that readers of this site may find interesting. This time I have a Q&A with Dirty Money.

METAL ANARCHY: Tell me a little about your band:

DIRTY MONEY: We’re an originals rock band from south Oxfordshire consisting of John Hudson (Spud) on vocals, Mark Walker on guitar, Ross Hutton on bass and Luis Silver on drums. Mark and Ross had a band together for a lot of years and around that time Ross also was a pub landlord. I (John), lived in LA at the time and had come home for Christmas and was staying with my mum who lived in the same village as Ross’ pub. So being a grown man staying with parents I did the only sensible thing and went to check out the locals and happened to walk into the Cherry Tree, (Ross’ pub) which had various guitars and bass’ adorning the walls and met them both. We all just hit it off and I think I didn’t leave for about 3 days. Anyway I went back to the states but we kept in touch and when I moved back 3 years later my wife and I stayed with Ross and his wife while we were looking for a place to live. Mark lived down the street so we just picked up where we left off. Then when their band broke up just before lockdown Mark called me and said they were looking to put another band together, would I like to be the vocalist and I jumped at the chance. I’d got up with their old band a couple of times and we’d gelled and we’d talked about putting something together before but it took a while. Trying to find a drummer was a different story altogether. I think we had about 5 sit in with us that either we didn’t feel fitted or they just disappeared off the face of the earth so we really struggled and it was like trying to find rocking horse shit if you’ll excuse the expression. Then Ross, being the salesman that he is, struck upon the ingenious idea that he’d look through the classifieds for people looking to sell their drums and that was how we happened to find Silver, (or hiho as we affectionately call him). Poor guy was trying to sell his drums and instead Ross convinced him to keep them and join the band. Thankfully his mrs is still talking to him. We’re really a blended fusion of classic and modern rock that have a live act that we feel is truly second to none. In short, we’re the greatest band you’ve never heard of…but you will

METAL ANARCHY: Who are your main influences?

DIRTY MONEY: There’s so many. Guns N’ Roses have got to be a big one in there for all of us. Mark especially is a massive Slash fan. For me The Stooges are hugely influential. I honestly believe there is no greater front man than Iggy Pop at his peak and I would love to think I could project at least half of his danger and antagonism on stage.

METAL ANARCHY: What is your latest release and why should readers of this site check it out?

DIRTY MONEY: Our latest release is called ‘If’. It’s catchy little tune about love loss and longing with some spectacular riffs and catchy hooks that really make it an earworm that you cant get out of your head.

METAL ANARCHY: What can people expect when they go to your live shows?

DIRTY MONEY: A show!! A lot of artists tend to hang back in their performance but with us its nothing but high energy from start to finish. We don’t believe in separation between us and the crowd and our gigs are a party the way a rock show should be

METAL ANARCHY: Where do you see your band heading in 5 years?

DIRTY MONEY: To the top. Tenner says we do it in 3.