Gorilla Riot

Gorilla Riot are a five-piece, dirty rock n’ roll blues machine. Utilising a dual-pronged guitar attack with multi-part vocal harmonies, they play raucous blues-based rock, combining elements of grunge, stoner, and country to create a full-on high-energy sonic experience.

Mainman Arjun Bhishma has surrounded himself with the best talent in Manchester to form Gorilla Riot. Arjun is joined by Charly T. (guitars & vocals), Deggy (bass), and Matt Talbot on skins with Luci Vee joining the band on stage as backing vocalist.

They've built a reputation as a hard-living, hard-playing, genre-straddling rock n roll band that can draw forth tears of joy one minute and then the pain of a heartfelt lament the next.

They have entered the charts twice in recent times, on ‘Earache Records presents New Wave Of Rock N Roll’ compilation album, as well as NWOCR Volume 1 – both hitting Top #10 in their respective charts.

Equally at home acoustically or electrically, they have toured extensively with headline shows in Spain, France and across the UK. That reputation saw them invited to join sold-out shows with REEF and also Airbourne and The Darkness.

Gorilla Riot released a new full-length studio album, SALVATION, in October 2024.