"Who the Hell is Circle The Wagons?" you may ask. You may be sorry you did...

Circle the Wagons hail from the mighty mountains of Nelson, B.C. An area known more for hippies and granola than screaming punk rock and Marshall stacks.
Formed in 2001 by twin hair bags, Mike Maggot and Paddy Duddy, the band cut a smouldering swath through their local music scene. Convinced that they were more than just good looks, the three-piece, power-punk outfit hit the road.
Rooted in dangerously fast 3-chord punk of yester-year, and borrowing heavily from Black Sabbath, the band literally flattens the audience's cochlea. Imagine Motorhead using High On Fire's equipment after a three-day amphetamine bender while on tour with Black Flag.

Since their incarnation, CTW has toured with many of the punk rock legends that till the fertile rock’n’roll soil of Canada.

Paddy Duddy - Bass, Lead Vocals

Paddy "Beauty School Dropout" Duddy is a potato-scarfin', Guinness swillin', Hair obsessing, fenian lad born in Derry, Northern Ireland and later weaned on punk and pints in the redneck mecca of Calgary, Alberta. After years sitting behind the drums with Vancouver punk legends Rusty Nails (no relation to Ron Hawkins) and a stint on pennywhistle with a failed reggae-meets-Irish-pub-songs project (Eire Irie), Paddy decided to evolve into a hotshot lead guitar player. Quickly demoted, he now hangs his hat near the (heavily-distorted) bass gear.

Mike Maggot - Guitar, Vocals

Mike "Maggot" Maggot is a toffee-nosed, hair-farmin' British turd transplanted to the Dominion when he was wee mewlin' pukin' bairn. After too many years in a dark basement with nothing but Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols and ZZ Top albums Mike injured eardrums around the Lower Mainland in Eugene's Axe. Following the Eugene's Axe years, Mike co-founded the Fruits of Iniquity as Maggoty Mango with drummer Pernicious Persimmon and bassist Heinous Huckleberry (see pictures for a shot of Maggot reuniting with his old mates). Mike eventually found this band to be too limiting ("We were, after all, just a jam band.") and joined Ymir-based tribute-transcenders BC/DC with whom, as Bearded Angus, Mike remains to this day. Maggot claims BC/DC is a "side project" of his, though other BC/DC members dispute this.

Chris-Lite Deluxe - Drums

Chris Lite De-Lux is the newest member of Circle the Wagons. He is our 23rd drummer and brings with him years of experience…as an actor in adult films. You probably won't recognize his face as he usually "acts" in costume. Chris Lite is revered in the industry for his work in the clown-porn classic, "Dirty, Dirty, Clown" as well as other stunning visual documents such as "Bozo's Bozo" and the award winning, "Honk If You're Horny".
"When I was young, my parents used to take me to the circus. I told them that some day I would run off and join the circus. I doubt they had any idea what I would become. By the age of 15, I knew that my attraction to the clowns and midgets was more than your average kid. My walls were covered with centerfolds of clowns. Bozo. Bubbles. Krusty. Obnoxio. I loved them all. I mean it literally. Since then I have LOVED them all…in the verb sense."
When Chris isn't on the road drumming with Circle the Wagons, he enjoys life on his farm in the Kootenays raising miniature ponies and painting pictures of unicorns.