As reported earlier this summer, UK rockers Massive Wagons are gearing up for the launch of their exciting new album Full Nelson on August 10th via Earache Records. Fans in their hometown of Lancaster have launched a petition to keep their album artwork mural on the side of their local pub. The mural was a goodwill gesture and not an advertisement for the album, but the town feels differently. So far the plea for help has nearly 6,900 of the 7,500 signature being sought. Check out the petition below and lend them your support!
Massive Wagons are a hardworking band who have grafted for years to build a successful musical career with no financial backing and just the love of their fans to help them along. They’re now signed to a record label and going from strength to strength.
To celebrate their achievements, their local venue, The Pub in Lancaster, agreed to allow a mural of their upcoming album art to be painted on their gable end. The Pub is where everything began for the band so what better way to celebrate the new era of Massive Wagons?
Lancaster City Council have now decided that this needs to be removed as they have classed this piece of artwork as an advertisement and have advised the relevant planning permissions aren’t in place. There was no knowledge that this would be classed as an advert as there are no release dates etc on the mural, just the artwork itself. This was purely done as a celebration of the success of “local boys done good”. The council have advised this needs to be removed by the end of the July.
We’re asking the council to think about this decision and reverse it. Of course the guys are more than happy to co-operate and apply for the relevant permissions now they’ve been made aware of them as they’re confident of success but we want the mural to remain whilst this happens. A lot of time and effort has gone into the artwork and to remove it would just be a tragic loss.
The Rock Fairy x
Massive Wagons – Full Nelson track list
1. Under No Illusion
2. China Plates
3. Billy Balloon Head
4. Sunshine Smile
5. Northern Boy
6. Robot (Trust In Me)
7. Back To The Stack
8. Hate Me
9. Last On The List
10. Ballad Of Verdun Hayes
11. Ratio
12. Tokyo
Remaining Tour Dates & Festivals
Sat 28th Jul Pentrich Custom Rock n’ Blues Festival
Sun 29th Jul Ebbw Vale Steelhouse Festival
Sat 4th Aug Morecambe, The Platform
Sat 11th Aug Boomtown Festival
Fri 24th Aug Melbourne Reperfest
Sat 25th Aug Newark Stone Deaf Festival
Sun 7th Oct London New Cross Inn
Massive Wagons are: Baz Mills – vocals, Adam Thistlethwaite – guitars, Stephen Holl – guitars, Alex Thistlethwaite – drums, and Adam ‘Bowz’ Bouskill – bass.