Punk cover band from South Wales valleys rock out to timeless classics such as Spongebob Squarepants…

Words and photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott

Welsh band Punk Rock Factory, recently completed a round of intimate shows across the Welsh valleys and made a stop off in Cardiff’s own Clwb Ifor Bach.

Each night of their tour, the band would showcase a different support act depending on what venue they were in. For their sold out show in Clwb Ifor Bach, the audience were thrilled to welcome Edit The Tide to the stage. High energy and charismatic, this alternative rock band from South Wales were a great way to get the crowd hyped up and sweaty. They have recently released a new single called ‘Ambience’ and have a new debut EP coming out in April called ‘Reflections in Sound’ so keep an eye out for these boys – they have big things on the horizon!

Starting with an absolute banger for all the nerds in the crowd, the boys from Punk Rock Factory came thundering onto stage with a punk rendition of the Pokemon theme song. They then continued into The Little Mermaid’s Under The Sea for all the Disney kids in the crowd. There was even a section where they showed up a lot of us older generations by rocking out to Power Rangers, Gladiators and Thundercats all one after the other.

Moving back into the generation of 2000/2010’s kids, the boys covered the Phineas and Ferb theme song. A couple of weeks prior, they joined Bowling For Soup on stage at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena in front of 7,500 people and performed the theme song there too. Frontman Peej said that they originally asked the boys in Bowling For Soup for AAA passes to enjoy the show, and instead the band were invited on stage to perform and it was an incredible experience for them all.

There was a small point in the show at Clwb Ifor Bach where bassist Benj needed a quick break to sort out his bass. This point of the show came just as the band were about to play the Spongebob Squarepants theme song, and boy… did one audience member know. One woman in the audience was very excited to hear this theme song that the boys continued to wind her up by starting the song but not actually play it.

“Whoooooooo…… thinks this person really wants to hear this song?”

“Whooooooooooooooo….. seriously thinks this person reeeeally wants to hear this song?”

The boys in Punk Rock Factory never fail to disappoint and will be returning to Cardiff on November 2nd to The Great Hall. Find tickets here.