4ft Fingers

4ft Fingers (pronounced "four foot fingers") are an English punk rock band from Cheltenham, United Kingdom, formed in 1996. They play very fast, melodic Skate Punk in the vein of similar UK, contemporary bands like Consumed and Phinius Gage.

History

4 ft Fingers were formed in Cheltenham in 1996. The mid nineties was a time of a minor musical revolution in Cheltenham, spearheaded by bands such as Vicious Rumour and the Axiom centre. Lead singer Rob Crebbin stated in an interview that the name comes from the fact he has large hands and had an old E.T. toy which sat on top of his television – "the [other band members] used to say he had fingers like mine and someone said they're 4ft Fingers and so we went with that". In 2001 the band recorded and later released their debut album At Your Convenience, which was followed by a tour consisting of 140 gigs throughout the UK. This tour caught the attention of major record labels and in 2002 the band signed to Golf Records. The band's second album, From Hero To Zero, was released in September 2002. This was then followed by another tour under the title of Golfing On The Moon which included 40 gigs in the UK lasting until December that year.