Tin Pot Operation or TPO are an indie-punk band originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where they have a large local following. They are notorious for the political content of their music with songs about racism, media manipulation, war and so on. The band have also played support to the likes of The Stranglers, Aslan (rock band) and Duke Special and most recently were picked by The Damned to play as part of their Twisted Caberet show in Belfast.

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  • Tin Pot Operation or TPO are an indie-punk band originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where they have a large local following. They are notorious for the political content of their music with songs about racism, media manipulation, war and so on. The band have also played support to the likes of The Stranglers, Aslan (rock band) and Duke Special and most recently were picked by The Damned to play as part of their Twisted Caberet show in Belfast. They have released a 14 track album entitled Manufacturing Dissent (2005) and a 6-track EP called Here! It's the Tin Pot Operation. , along with a stand alone single "Blackeye" in December 2006. The band were featured as part of a documentary on the music of Northern Ireland following The Troubles. Also noted as being one of the few non-traditional bands to actively write and perform in the Irish Language. They have appeared live on BBC2 NI's Irish Language Music show "An Stuif Ceart" and reached the final of the Irish Language band competition "Deis Roc" judged by Horslips member Jim Lockhart. They appeared alongside Foy Vance, David Holmes and Ocean Colour Scene at the 2008 New Years Eve celebrations in Belfast. The political content of their music has also seen them listed at The Centre for Political Song at Glasgow Caledonian University [http://www. caledonian. ac. uk/politicalsong/links/artists. html The band are currently in the process of releasing a new album called "Human Resources" it will be released on the band's own label "Nought Percent Records" a play on the fact that it was funded with a "0% for 6 months" credit card deal. The first single from the new album was "Sitting There" which was released as a free download in the coming weeks according to the band's website. The album was released in download only form in March 2009, with a physical CD release scheduled for Autumn 2009.
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  • Anto O'Kane (vox, guitar), Ray Lawlor (vox, guitar), Shaz Morgan (bass), Brian Steenson
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  • Marty Malone (drums), Máirtín Mag Uidhir (drums)
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