BLACK Rebel Motorcycle Club are a classic American rock band in every sense of the word.

Next month the dark, psychedelic San-Francisco-based rockers join the NME Carling tour, and if you're planning to see them, grab the chance to see them while you can.

The ultra cool trio of Peter Hayes (singer/guitarist), Robert Turner (singer/bassist) and English drummer Nick Jago, are a band who don't waste words in interviews, choosing instead leave the music to do their preaching.

Speaking to PULSE from his London hotel room Peter Hayes, isn't the most forthcoming but his lack of words only seems to add to the attraction of his band.

Listening to their self-titled debut album -- out at the end of this month -- it obvious they draw heavily from some great English bands, with the Jesus and Mary Chain high on the list, while other bookmarks like Joy Division and the Rolling Stones aren't hard to find either.

Having produced their own album, the first half of the work was done on a 16-track at Robert's home in San Francisco.

But even after they moved on to a studio in Los Angeles, they still continued to record in their apartment.

Hayes said: "It was just the best way to get it done without any interference. The album's a cross section of old and new songs.

"Some of the songs were four years old while others just a week old, and put together it shows where we've come from and are going too."

One point he is vocal about though, is the absence of their drummer on this visit.

With Nick having visa problems Stateside, he is unable to leave the US as he wouldn't be allowed to return. His role for this tour has been taken by former Verve drummer Pete Sailsbury.

But, warns Hayes, unless the visa situation is resolved, this could be the last chance British audiences get to see the band.

"We've come over this time, because we want the authorities to see he needs to travel, but were not going to do it again.

"We won't be coming back without him," he warns.

BRMC play at the Manchester Academy on Feb 2 with the Andrew WK, Lost Prophets and The Coral.