Flex 13 are not trainspotter-odd-for-the-sake-of-it avant-garde rockists. They sound the way they do because they play the way they think. Candy draws its influences from sources as diverse as underground cinema, garage punk, European electronics, U.S. leftfield rock and archive field recordings. The blues bias of the the first Flex 13 album has made way for a more whacked out rock feel. They are no longer working on the periphery of an already explored hybrid but are creating their own take on contempory rock.

Pete Hope and Charlie Collins first collaborated in the early '80's in the Sheffield band The Box who rose from the ashes of the classic line-up of ClockDva. The band split in the late eighties after recording three critically acclaimed albums.

In 1994 Hope & Collins were reunited releasing a few tracks on different compilations. In 1998 they signed to Liquid Records and picked up the dark currents which became the signiture of the first Flex 13 album Paint My Legs before starting work on their new baby Candy. Guest musicians on Candy include John Wills (Loop/Hair & Skin Trading Company/Pinkie Maclure), Mark Flunder (Cee Bee Beaumont/Television Personalities/Sportique) and Jono Podmore (a.k.a. Kumo).

Techno and hip-hop and other 'dance' genres are full of diverse elements. Rock and Indie is far less adventurous. The occasional sample is considered 'modern' or 'experimental' to use the hip-hop ethic in 'rock' is standing outside the format. Flex 13 don't hold with the formula. Candy is the sweets you need a ladder to reach. Candy is life. Criticism is easy. Action means movement. Movement is life.....Press Release - Candy

Band Members:

Peter Hope - voice/instruments

Charlie Collins - instruments/boxes/wires

"For sure we should know better, but we just don't"