I Am Kloot



I Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell (guitar/vocals/lyrics), Peter Jobson (bass) and Andy Hargreaves (drums).

Quotes related to I Am Kloot

 * If wishes were horses then beggars would ride, and if critical plaudits were album sales I Am Kloot would be pulled along in carriages made of gold records that would make the Queen literally shit with envy. Really special.
 * Time Out, November/December 2006


 * Outside of the three members of the band, Craig and Guy know what is Klootish and what isn’t Klootish better than anyone.
 * John Bramwell, 2012


 * People get very passionate about our band as their own little secret, and I can relate to that, ‘cause I used to feel a bit like that, and then if the band becomes very successful, then they can get a bit funny with you, can’t they?!
 * Andy Hargreaves in an interview for the Outline Magazine, January 2011


 * 'Sky At Night' was a beautiful lullaby of a record and it brought us a lot of new listeners, but people kept talking about the orchestration. I kept thinking, Fucking hell, man, it’s about the songs, not the xylophones! The idea behind this album [Let It All In] is to show that our songs can work when they’re stripped down, much like our first LP.
 * John Bramwell, 2012


 * That's why we called ourselves I Am Kloot. We wanted a name that wasn't a commitment to anything in particular. We wanted to do loads of different things and we've always drawn from a big pool of music styles.
 * Peter Jobson in an interview for the Sheffield Telegraph, April 2013


 * We seem to have been the kiss of death for a lot of them [record labels]. As soon as we signed to them they went out of business.
 * Peter Jobson in an interview for The Scotsman, January/February 2013

Quotes related to John Bramwell

 * Johnny Bramwell from I Am Kloot is one of the four most talented songwriters this country has produced in the last ten years. Two out of these four have Irish surnames ....
 * Pete Doherty, 2007


 * Because of all the different looks The Beatles had, I didn’t realise they were the same four people. I thought they were people from the land of “The Beatles” and the music was the music from that country.
 * John Bramwell in interview with The Sun, January 2013


 * I feel like an AA man sometimes. Wherever I go, people are pleased to see me.
 * John Bramwell in interview with The Sun, January 2013