Manc mower mayhem as AERIAL SALAD pay tribute to the ‘King of the Grass’

AERIAL SALAD celebrate Friday’s release of five-track EP ‘Roi de l’herbe’ (Venn Records) by today unveiling new video for ‘King of the Grass,’ in tribute to – and celebration of – bass player Mike ‘Wimbo’ Wimbleton.

For not only does Wimbo possess the best punk moustache since Husker Du’s Greg Norton’s perfectly groomed facial hair – he also works for the council spending his days behind the wheel of a ride-on mower.

“I wanted a song where we could celebrate Wimbo,” explained guitarist and singer Jamie Munro. “He is truly one of Manchester’s most treasured musicians. Genuinely, most people that know him would take a bullet for him. The same can’t be said for some other so-called legends, no one I know is taking a physical bullet for Noel Gallagher after coughing up the best part of 300 quid to see him. 

“Anyways, musical, mythical or moderate legend Mike Wimbo works at the council to help us pay for things like this EP and this music video. It’s a horrible job some days when it’s crashing down with rain and he’s picking up dead cats off pavements, but he has a positivity and enthusiasm for not letting ‘bastards’ grind him down, it’s inspiring.

“In a lot of ways, we all have our own grass, that looming dark cloud that comes to haunt your Sunday evenings, but fuck it, he’s the king of the grass our Mike, go be the king of your own grass, it’s now or never.”

“This is us at our absolute daftest,” adds Munro, “When we first started jamming this idea out, when we first came up with the “jumping for joy at the grass,” we genuinely were jumping about like teenagers, we just hope other people find it as cathartic as us, maybe we’ve lost our damned minds, who knows, who cares, the world keeps spinning and we’ll keep jumping for joy. Also, it’s genuinely got nothing to do with drugs, please stop asking us about this.

“The EP is like the teaser for what’s next, the overall hook for this EP is one of hope, that by sticking to what you believe in, you can do anything.”

Completing the lineup is drummer Jake Marshall.

AERIAL SALAD live in June:

27^th: Manchester, Soup

28^th: Sheffield, Corporation

Aerial Salad online: HERE