{"history":[{"id":"36891ac9-433b-4651-a94a-0a7fd568a9bf","wordChanged":"band","newWord":":::summary\n![Matt and Kelly of NoComply](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/NoComply///live.jpg)\n**Name:** NoComply \n**Image Size:** 220 \n**Background:** group_or_band \n**Origin:** [Plymouth, UK](https://bliptext.com/articles/plymouth) \n**Genre:** [Punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) \n**Years Active:** 1998–2006 \n**Label:** Deck Cheese \n**Past Members:** Kelly Kemp
Jon Dailey
Nick Wallace
Si Marsh
Oz Holden
Matt Roberts \n:::\n\n# \n**NoComply** were a [metal](https://bliptext.com/articles/heavy-metal-music)-influenced [punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) sextet hailing from [Plymouth](https://bliptext.com/articles/plymouth), [Devon](https://bliptext.com/articles/devon) in the south of [England](https://bliptext.com/articles/england).\nThey took their name from the skateboarding trick known as \"[no comply](https://bliptext.com/articles/no-comply)\".\nOn 23 January 2006, the band announced their intention to split up.\n\n# History\nNoComply formed in the autumn of 1998.\nThe founder members were Kelly (vocals), Jon (guitars), and Nick (bass).\nThe final line up was completed by Si (drums), Oz (trombone), and Matt (saxophone).\nEarly incarnations of the band were driven by covering the likes of [Pennywise](https://bliptext.com/articles/pennywise-band) and [AFI](https://bliptext.com/articles/afi-band) in Jon’s bed, all learnt from the internet.\nIn these early years the band produced three demos Never Unknown, Bring It On, and Should Have Guessed.\nThe band honed their sound as they introduced a brass section into the proceedings and in 2001 recorded their demo Misuse Of Control.\nThe band’s evolution took them into the altogether harder territory of ska-core pioneered by underground legends like [CapDown](https://bliptext.com/articles/capdown) & [Link 80](https://bliptext.com/articles/link-80).\nThe Screenshot went straight out on the road with [Asian Man Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/asian-man-records)' [MU330](https://bliptext.com/articles/mu330) on a mammoth UK trek.\nIt wasn’t long after that the band came to the attention of the Big Cheese Magazine offshoot Deck Cheese Records & they joined to their roster in the summer of 2002.\nNoComply headed into the studio in August 2002 to record three new tracks for their debut EP on Deck Cheese.\nTwo of the tracks from the aforementioned Misuse Of Control were added to finish the EP that is Your Life (Is Your Direction).\nThis EP was released in September 2002, the new recordings heavier and more powerful than ever before.\nNoComply supported the likes of [RX Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/rx-bandits), [Capdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/capdown), [Lightyear](https://bliptext.com/articles/lightyear-band) and even pop punk pretty boys [Good Charlotte](https://bliptext.com/articles/good-charlotte).\nIn the summer of 2003 NoComply made their first trip over to mainland Europe with Honest Don’s nerd core boys [Nerf Herder](https://bliptext.com/articles/nerf-herder).\nUpon their return NoComply were invited to the [BBC](https://bliptext.com/articles/bbc)’s Maida Vale studio to do a session for Radio 1’s The Lock Up show.\nIn November 2003 the video for Your Life (Is Your Direction) debuted at number 2 in the [Scuzz TV](https://bliptext.com/articles/scuzz-tv) chart, only being pipped at the top slot by [Funeral for a Friend](https://bliptext.com/articles/funeral-for-a-friend).\nNoComply recorded their full length debut album for Deck Cheese records entitled With Windmills Turning Wrong Directions at No Recording Studios with John Hannon ([Five Knuckle](https://bliptext.com/articles/five-knuckle), [Adequate 7](https://bliptext.com/articles/adequate-7)) at the production helm during February and March 2004.\nThe band opened the UK leg of the 2004 Deconstruction festival and also headlined the second stage at the Hell’s Angels Bulldog Bash.\nNoComply also found themselves appearing at the Leeds leg of the 2004 [Carling Weekend](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-carling-weekend) festival.\nFurther UK touring was followed by a tour of mainland Europe.\n2005 saw the band appear at the Radio One Lock Up Stage of both legs of the [Carling Weekend](https://bliptext.com/articles/carling-weekend) followed shortly by two support dates with [Alkaline Trio](https://bliptext.com/articles/alkaline-trio) and [Me First and the Gimme Gimmes](https://bliptext.com/articles/me-first-and-the-gimme-gimmes) in Germany.\n\n# Discography","wordIndex":164,"createdAt":"2025-03-12T06:05:44.110Z","user":{"id":"7cDibj50SalhsNXFjrPLgFQXbY9yl50r","name":"Shasow_","image":"https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/515613967150743572/55674e457df131a22e5a03b1d2c1b1d7.png"}}],"article":{"id":"05a812e2-7961-4c03-9a64-6a7e257af684","title":"NoComply","slug":"nocomply","content":":::summary\n![Matt and Kelly of NoComply](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/NoComply///live.jpg)\n**Name:** NoComply \n**Image Size:** 220 \n**Background:** group_or_band \n**Origin:** [Plymouth, UK](https://bliptext.com/articles/plymouth) \n**Genre:** [Punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) \n**Years Active:** 1998–2006 \n**Label:** Deck Cheese \n**Past Members:** Kelly Kemp
Jon Dailey
Nick Wallace
Si Marsh
Oz Holden
Matt Roberts \n:::\n\n# \n**NoComply** were a [metal](https://bliptext.com/articles/heavy-metal-music)-influenced [punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) sextet hailing from [Plymouth](https://bliptext.com/articles/plymouth), [Devon](https://bliptext.com/articles/devon) in the south of [England](https://bliptext.com/articles/england).\nThey took their name from the skateboarding trick known as \"[no comply](https://bliptext.com/articles/no-comply)\".\nOn 23 January 2006, the band announced their intention to split up.\n\n# History\nNoComply formed in the autumn of 1998.\nThe founder members were Kelly (vocals), Jon (guitars), and Nick (bass).\nThe final line up was completed by Si (drums), Oz (trombone), and Matt (saxophone).\nEarly incarnations of the band were driven by covering the likes of [Pennywise](https://bliptext.com/articles/pennywise-band) and [AFI](https://bliptext.com/articles/afi-band) in Jon’s bed, all learnt from the internet.\nIn these early years the band produced three demos Never Unknown, Bring It On, and Should Have Guessed.\nThe band honed their sound as they introduced a brass section into the proceedings and in 2001 recorded their demo Misuse Of Control.\nThe band’s evolution took them into the altogether harder territory of ska-core pioneered by underground legends like [CapDown](https://bliptext.com/articles/capdown) & [Link 80](https://bliptext.com/articles/link-80).\nThe Screenshot went straight out on the road with [Asian Man Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/asian-man-records)' [MU330](https://bliptext.com/articles/mu330) on a mammoth UK trek.\nIt wasn’t long after that the band came to the attention of the Big Cheese Magazine offshoot Deck Cheese Records & they joined to their roster in the summer of 2002.\nNoComply headed into the studio in August 2002 to record three new tracks for their debut EP on Deck Cheese.\nTwo of the tracks from the aforementioned Misuse Of Control were added to finish the EP that is Your Life (Is Your Direction).\nThis EP was released in September 2002, the new recordings heavier and more powerful than ever before.\nNoComply supported the likes of [RX Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/rx-bandits), [Capdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/capdown), [Lightyear](https://bliptext.com/articles/lightyear-band) and even pop punk pretty boys [Good Charlotte](https://bliptext.com/articles/good-charlotte).\nIn the summer of 2003 NoComply made their first trip over to mainland Europe with Honest Don’s nerd core boys [Nerf Herder](https://bliptext.com/articles/nerf-herder).\nUpon their return NoComply were invited to the [BBC](https://bliptext.com/articles/bbc)’s Maida Vale studio to do a session for Radio 1’s The Lock Up show.\nIn November 2003 the video for Your Life (Is Your Direction) debuted at number 2 in the [Scuzz TV](https://bliptext.com/articles/scuzz-tv) chart, only being pipped at the top slot by [Funeral for a Friend](https://bliptext.com/articles/funeral-for-a-friend).\nNoComply recorded their full length debut album for Deck Cheese records entitled With Windmills Turning Wrong Directions at No Recording Studios with John Hannon ([Five Knuckle](https://bliptext.com/articles/five-knuckle), [Adequate 7](https://bliptext.com/articles/adequate-7)) at the production helm during February and March 2004.\nThe band opened the UK leg of the 2004 Deconstruction festival and also headlined the second stage at the Hell’s Angels Bulldog Bash.\nNoComply also found themselves appearing at the Leeds leg of the 2004 [Carling Weekend](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-carling-weekend) festival.\nFurther UK touring was followed by a tour of mainland Europe.\n2005 saw the band appear at the Radio One Lock Up Stage of both legs of the [Carling Weekend](https://bliptext.com/articles/carling-weekend) followed shortly by two support dates with [Alkaline Trio](https://bliptext.com/articles/alkaline-trio) and [Me First and the Gimme Gimmes](https://bliptext.com/articles/me-first-and-the-gimme-gimmes) in Germany.\n\n# Discography","current_revision":"36891ac9-433b-4651-a94a-0a7fd568a9bf","created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T21:30:36.402Z","updated_at":"2025-03-12T06:05:44.131Z","search_vector":"'nocompli':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** NoComply \n**Image Size:** 220 \n**Background:** group_or_band \n**Origin:** [Plymouth, UK](https://bliptext.com/articles/plymouth) \n**Genre:** [Punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) \n**Years Active:** 1998–2006 \n**Label:** Deck Cheese \n**Past Members:** Kelly Kemp Jon Dailey Nick Wallace Si Marsh Oz Holden Matt Roberts \n \n\n# \n**NoComply** were a [metal](https://bliptext.com/articles/heavy-metal-music)-influenced [punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) sextet hailing from [Plymouth](https://bliptext.com/articles/plymouth), [Devon](https://bliptext.com/articles/devon) in the south of [England](https://bliptext.com/articles/england).\nThey took their name from the skateboarding trick known as \"[no comply](https://bliptext.com/articles/no-comply)\".\nOn 23 January 2006, the band announced their intention to split up.\n\n# History\nNoComply formed in the autumn of 1998.\nThe founder members were Kelly (vocals), Jon (guitars), and Nick (bass).\nThe final line up was completed by Si (drums), Oz (trombone), and Matt (saxophone).\nEarly incarnations of the band were driven by covering the likes of [Pennywise](https://bliptext.com/articles/pennywise-band) and [AFI](https://bliptext.com/articles/afi-band) in Jon’s bed, all learnt from the internet.\nIn these early years the band produced three demos Never Unknown, Bring It On, and Should Have Guessed.\nThe band honed their sound as they introduced a brass section into the proceedings and in 2001 recorded their demo Misuse Of Control.\nThe band’s evolution took them into the altogether harder territory of ska-core pioneered by underground legends like [CapDown](https://bliptext.com/articles/capdown) & [Link 80](https://bliptext.com/articles/link-80).\nThe band went straight out on the road with [Asian Man Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/asian-man-records)' [MU330](https://bliptext.com/articles/mu330) on a mammoth UK trek.\nIt wasn’t long after that the band came to the attention of the Big Cheese Magazine offshoot Deck Cheese Records & they joined to their roster in the summer of 2002.\nNoComply headed into the studio in August 2002 to record three new tracks for their debut EP on Deck Cheese.\nTwo of the tracks from the aforementioned Misuse Of Control were added to finish the EP that is Your Life (Is Your Direction).\nThis EP was released in September 2002, the new recordings heavier and more powerful than ever before.\nNoComply supported the likes of [RX Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/rx-bandits), [Capdown](https://bliptext.com/articles/capdown), [Lightyear](https://bliptext.com/articles/lightyear-band) and even pop punk pretty boys [Good Charlotte](https://bliptext.com/articles/good-charlotte).\nIn the summer of 2003 NoComply made their first trip over to mainland Europe with Honest Don’s nerd core boys [Nerf Herder](https://bliptext.com/articles/nerf-herder).\nUpon their return NoComply were invited to the [BBC](https://bliptext.com/articles/bbc)’s Maida Vale studio to do a session for Radio 1’s The Lock Up show.\nIn November 2003 the video for Your Life (Is Your Direction) debuted at number 2 in the [Scuzz TV](https://bliptext.com/articles/scuzz-tv) chart, only being pipped at the top slot by [Funeral for a Friend](https://bliptext.com/articles/funeral-for-a-friend).\nNoComply recorded their full length debut album for Deck Cheese records entitled With Windmills Turning Wrong Directions at No Recording Studios with John Hannon ([Five Knuckle](https://bliptext.com/articles/five-knuckle), [Adequate 7](https://bliptext.com/articles/adequate-7)) at the production helm during February and March 2004.\nThe band opened the UK leg of the 2004 Deconstruction festival and also headlined the second stage at the Hell’s Angels Bulldog Bash.\nNoComply also found themselves appearing at the Leeds leg of the 2004 [Carling Weekend](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-carling-weekend) festival.\nFurther UK touring was followed by a tour of mainland Europe.\n2005 saw the band appear at the Radio One Lock Up Stage of both legs of the [Carling Weekend](https://bliptext.com/articles/carling-weekend) followed shortly by two support dates with [Alkaline Trio](https://bliptext.com/articles/alkaline-trio) and [Me First and the Gimme Gimmes](https://bliptext.com/articles/me-first-and-the-gimme-gimmes) in Germany.\n\n# Discography","revisionCount":1},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}