Matt and Craig started putting on gigs as Compass Points North in the summer of 2003, with gigs mostly being at The Cricketers Arms (RIP) which was an awesome DIY Punk venue in Sheffield circa 2003-2007. After University Matt moved to London so we changed our name to Not Shy Of The DIY in August 2006.

Sam joined up with Craig and we have been doing gigs together since then and probably will do til whenever. These days we were mostly doing gigs at The Stockroom until recently when it closed down in may 2010, so now most of our future gigs are The Red House, The Riverside and The Earl. Summer 2010 saw our first release as a small time record label in the form of the  PUDGE debut album Chippy Tea.

We did our first alldayer EVER in Leeds Nov ’10 which was awesome and Boozey Du Fest II is confirmed for May 2011

There will be plenty of gigs happening throughout 2011 and loads of new records too from the likes of Teen Rebel Dopefiends, Calvinball, Rumspringer, Dude Jams, Pure Graft, Dry Heaves and many more.

Bangers @ Santiago, Leeds, Nov ’10