We are very please to introduce the latest band to join the TNSrecords family, Hated Til Proven. As way of an introduction we have asked them a few questions, here is what they had to say. They are currently working on the final touches for their debut album which we will be releasing in the new year.

TNS) Can you introduce yourselves please? Who are you and what do you play?

We are a 5 piece punk and ska band based in Warrington in the north-west of England. We have Billy on leads vocals, Adam on guitar and backing vocals, Kieron on guitar and backing vocals, Mickey on bass and Craig on drums

TNS) Can you give us a brief history of the band?

The band started in the winter of 2008. Adam moved to the UK from the Isle of Man and wanted to start a punk band and got talking to Mickey in a local pub. He put him in touch with his cousin Craig who played drums. A few weeks of playing shit songs in Craig’s garage and advertising on joinmyband.com we met Caitlin (from The Roughneck Riot) and Kieron who were both trying to start a band. Cait ending up joining Roughneck shortly after this and we got Kieron in on second guitar. Then we needed a bass player so Mickey decided to learn and he joined. We played around two years of mediocre gigs and then Adam went travelling for a while. After coming back we decided to get a singer in and that when Will joined and we started to kick on from there.

Two Faced Mother Fucker by Hated Till Proven

TNS) How would you describe your sound and who do you take influence from?

I suppose the most accurate way of describing the sound is fast and very loud! We have some elements of ska in our songs but I'd say our main style is fast punk taking influence from the likes of the Casualties, The Unseen, A Global Threat and Leftover Crack.

TNS) There is a strong political and social message in the lyrical content of the songs. What themes do you cover lyrically?

We try to cover as many themes as we can and the things that affect us on a day to day basis. Anti-facism is a strong theme we concentrate on in songs such as Black Bloc and Fuck the EDL. Then there is Media Control which is about the power the media has and the fact that until people stop buying the papers and stop watching the TV it will continue to have that power. Another message we try to portray is an anti-war message in songs like Going to War and 1945 (a song about the atomic bombs dropped in Japan) but then in case we get to heavy on the anti's we have some funny songs about Christmas time pedophiles and washed up Australian criminals!

TNS) You are pretty active politically, with involvement in things such as hunt sabotages. How important is it to live the political message rather than just singing about it?

I think this is a massive point that gets overlooked by some bands and fans of punk rock. It’s all to easy to complain about things and sign online petitions but unless you take direct action and get in the faces of people causing the problems then you're not going to get anywhere. Throughout 2011 when we weren't gigging we took action wherever we could at EDL marches, government protests and as you mentioned more recently fox hunts. It’s all to easy to sit on facebook and post inspiring pictures and complain but if you don't get out and do something about these things then nothing is ever going to change.

TNS) What are your favourite aspects of the UK music scene at the moment?

We love gigging as much as possible and the willingness of bands to help out other bands is probably our favourite part of it. The scene is so tight and if you’re a friend of a friend then your instantly welcomed in and made to feel at home where ever you go. Also the diversity of what is being played is brilliant, you can go to a gig and see punk, ska, metal, dub and dance bands all on the same bill, all with the same agenda and all having a laugh which can only be a good thing. Punks moved on a lot since 1977 and rightly so!

Cobwebs by Hated Till Proven

TNS) What can we expect from the album and what else do you have planned for 2012?

Well our album has been 3 years worth of music and gigging captured into the tracks so hopefully people can take something from it. It’s going to be fast, brutal and now people will actually be able to read what we are shouting at gigs! As for 2012 once the album is released we intend to gig as much as possible for the first half of the year to promote the album before going on our first European tour and then continue writing new material and gigging the second half of the year.

You can check out Hated Til Proven on Facebook HERE, on Twitter HERE and on soundcloud HERE.