(As part of their promotion of WonkFest, Wonk Unit’s Alex Johnson is our POV guest editor for the week.)

A total inspiration. Pizzatramp are one of those bands you see then you go home and have a go at copying them. Then you realise there’s no point cuz you’ll never be as good as them at what they do.

They made we want to write a thrash album. The funniest bastards. Jimbo is a total showman and will crack you up. Players man!! Just killer musicians, killer riffs, killer fun! I gotta have a word with them soon to slow down.

As soon as we manage to breath from their latest offering they write another one. Monsters, they record live. They knock whole albums out in a day – I’m serious. That record you are listening to is live instruments, not overdubs! Total sickness tight!

(As part of their promotion of WonkFest, Wonk Unit’s Alex Johnson is our POV guest editor for the week.)

I met Greig (the same time we met Fraser from the Murderburgers) at the Spirit Bar in Glasgow, in the first year of our Wonk. Man, could the boy roar!! Pitch perfect chainsaw vocals, the BEST songs. Songs you wish you’d written yourself. There is no better pop punk band on this planet than these bastards!

The Steaks were my fav MySpace discovery that kinda went into hiding the same time MySpace collapsed. Then a couple of years back they came back with an absolute pop punk classic: ‘To live and die in West Central Scotland’. A perfect band. My fav Steak combo is Greig, Tam and secret beard drummer Ross. They will destroy you.

(As part of their promotion of WonkFest, Wonk Unit’s Alex Johnson is our POV guest editor for the week.)

I met these guys on the Slaves tour last year. Super nice folk. Couldn’t work out what they were doing on a punk bill until night three, when suddenly ALL of their songs clicked into place.

They remind me of a mellow punk rock Proclaimers/Beach boys. There’s this sad nostalgia vibe that comes from Tarek, a heart-on-your-sleeve vibe. And he plays with the most knackered cymbals too. Bad man drummer/songwriter! We’ll still be listening to this one and “Demons” in twenty years time.

(As part of their promotion of WonkFest, Wonk Unit’s Alex Johnson is our POV guest editor for the week.)

Jamie is a pain in the ass who eventually wore me down with his incessant pestering for supports. Ha! He certainly ain’t afraid to ask. Then I heard ‘Roach’ – their debut album – after they played at The Fest last year. Jamie’s songwriting is what makes the Salad. It’s as good as it gets.

Its innocence, its teenage age, its angst. It’s honest and raw and geeky just like the band. They are young and dumb and beautiful just as you should be at their tender ages. We’re aiming to get Roach released in time for Wonkfest on PLASTERER.

(As part of their promotion of WonkFest, Wonk Unit’s Alex Johnson is our POV guest editor for the week.)

I’ve known Fraser since the start of the Burgers. His drive, his enthusiasm for music, his good nature, his weathering of constant line up changes, he’s just a hero. He’s the friendly, smiling champion of Scottish punk rock. But don’t cross him, cuz he’s hard and scraps like a terrier. He’s bad ass. “How to Ruin your life” was the album that made me sit up and take note.

Devastatingly sad, beautiful songs. ‘Unemployment here we come’ and ‘It’s over already’ just kill me. When I play drums I just put their album on shuffle. Well good for one’s stamina, don’tcha know!