"Four London art-punk kids with the perfect fusion of David Bowie & The Buzzcocks...why can't all bands be this fun?" - Rolling Stone

The Rakes have been busy touring with Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Buzzcocks, and many, many, many others. With musical influences ranging from the regular stuff that all skinny, pale, white blokes in bands like (Bowie, Blur, The Cure, The Strokes, Phil Lynott, The Specials, LCD Soundsystem, etc) to stuff that is not so obvious (Tosca, Dizzy Rascal, Statik, The Go Team, etc). Anything that sounds good will be nicked and used in their music.