Sometimes you might have noticed that your mop got dreadfully dirty when you were mopping the floor of your apartment after a messy party. Sometimes you might have also met some dirty mops thrown at a corner of an old club, where they should have witnessed some intense night scenes. Even though these incidents are not rare, not much is known about these Dirty Mops from Berlin, which emerged in the underground music scene of Berlin in 2016.

Dirty Mops are dirty at their core, as they grew up listening to the Sonics, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Sepultura and other distorted sounds. But someday they fell in love with the primitive surf-beat, bell-tone guitars and dripping spring reverb sounds of the surf godfathers Dick Dale, the Ventures and the Surfaris.

After numerous shows in dirty locations and several lineup changes, their sound and energy were sculpted to a raw and intense vibration when the drummer Fabiano Ferronato and bass guitar player Luther Lebtag joined guitarist and singer Dgee. They created a unique style, stubbornly remaining unconventional and underground.

This is Dirty Mops! An energetic mix of surf, garage, grunge and trash. They love to groove, their energy is vigorous, their lyrics are caustic and their shows unforgettable.

The 8 songs of their first album “Too Dirt to Care” performed live during one weekend in Berlin, are ready and will be released this autumn. Dirty Mops are currently composing fresh material. Many shows are already booked and some European tours are following…