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| The
Sways | |
band
members:
| Neal
Dyson (instrumentally)
Max Wilson (basically)
Mike Fell (vocally)
Andy
Fell (rhythmically) | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton/London |
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Describe
your music. | Tangerine |
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When
did the band form? | It
has been growing since 2002 | |
How
did the band get its name? |
'From a village we have never seen. | |
Musical
influences: | Bad
Religion, Moody Blues, Interpol, Kings of Convenience etc. |
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The
band's most memorable gig: | Playing
24 hours non-stop for Children in Need | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Man
You Have Got To Love It | |
Interesting
band fact: | The
Sways have a colour: Sways International Orange™
The Sways help to reduce
vehicle lean during cornering.
'The Sways' can be reformed into these choice
words: WAS SHYTE | WHY SEATS | SWEAT SHY SHY WASTE | WHATS YES |
| getAmped |
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band
members:
| Tim,
25, co-writes, plays guitars, and sings.
Rick, 26, co-writes, sings, plays
bass, guitars, and programs Pro Tools and samplers, and engineers all the band
recordings.
Dougal, 28, co-writes, hits drums, programs drum samples, and
rocks hard. | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton/Bournemouth/
Cranborne |
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Describe
your music. | getAmped
have used an industrial blender to fuse their diverse influences into their own
unique underground alt pop. A barrage of catchy melodies, off-beat, quirky guitar
riffs, and gutsy driving rhythms, getAmped sound like Peter Gabriel, Slayer, and
Toot and the Maytals jamming on a beach. Sound weird? With the lights on, volume
up, and adrenaline in full flow it all makes perfect sense. |
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When
did the band form? | February
2004 | |
How
did the band get its name? |
'Amped' is surf slang for getting pumped up and excited. the band surf, and it
seemed right for the music. So we chose 'Amped' only to find out a Canadian band
had beaten us to it. Our web address had always been getamped.co.uk so we just
added the 'get' bit! | |
Musical
influences: | getAmped's
music is a unique fusion of elements from punk rock, metal, drum n bass, hip hop
and reggae. The band's surfing roots have been tinged with their own individual
and diverse tastes in music, from Rick's obsession with the late 70's punk and
new wave scenes in the UK, Tim's lust for satanic metal, to Dougal's passion for
90's US rock and grunge acts. | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Rip
Curl Boardmasters, on Fistral Beach, Newquay last summer |
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Favourite
song to play live: | Black
Clouds (Edd's Song) | |
Interesting
band fact: | getAmped
have their own label, RNT Music, and put out records under their own steam.
The
band has a new single 'Too Far' out on December 6th to promote the general release
of their debut album 'Phoney Society'.
getAmped have had their music featured
on x-sport films and TV shows from America to Australia to Austria.
The band
also got to the number 2 slot in Radio1's unsigned chart on the OneMusic website. |
| Xavier
Floyd Firebird | |
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band
members:
| Danny
Floyd - Lead Guitar/Vocal Paul Floyd - Bass Guitar/Vocal Kenboy Leonard -Drums
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website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton |
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Describe
your music. | I'd
use my voice and some minor hand movements | |
When
did the band form? | 24th
nov 2003 | |
How
did the band get its name? |
It's a merger between my grandmother who sang jazz with the books of Zacharia
Sitchin. | |
Musical
influences: | Pink
Floyd/The Clash/The Specials | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Supporting
The Doves at Camden Barfly | |
Favourite
song to play live: | D'you
wanna kick it in. | |
Interesting
band fact: | Two
thirds of us are related by blood. |
| Mista
Mushroom | |
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band
members:
| Harry
Wareham - Vocals Sam Maidment - Guitar Jason Porter - Guitar Josef Grzyb - Bass
Guitar Malcolm Knapp - Trumpet Emily Fitch - Trumpet Elliot Bennet - Disc Jockey
Lottie Bowater - Keyboards Theo Ellis - Drums | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Isle of Wight |
|
Describe
your music. | Skacore,
Death-Reggae, Mexican/tango/rap | |
When
did the band form? | 2004 |
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How
did the band get its name? |
Confusing Uncle Brian with Mista Mushroom. I was fairly drunk at the time. I thought
it was a cool name though. | |
Musical
influences: | To
name a few: Mr Bungle, At The Drive In, Capdown, Five Knuckle, Kicked in the Head,
The Blue Meanies, Frank Zappa, Tool, Aphex Twin, The Wu, Squarepusher...loads
of other stuff too. | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Opening
the Bestival Main Stage this year. | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Prison?!
Me?! NO!!! | |
Interesting
band fact: | Our
songs are about tomatos, various inanimate objects and a tiny little village where
we practise called "Shorwell". We are tryingto get Shorwell recognised for it's
worth. |
| Loopy
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band
members:
| Adam
Larking, Edgar Rayner, Felix Rayner, Giles Rayner, Tom Vamos |
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listen: |
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website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Hampshire / Oxon |
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Describe
your music. | Energetic
indie-pop. Aggressive Housemartins (-ish) | |
When
did the band form? | 1994 |
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How
did the band get its name? |
A weak moment arranging a gig with the promoter (understandably) asking what the
band was called. The subsequent gig sold out so the name had to stay! |
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Musical
influences: | Aztec
Camera, Elvis Costello, Beatles, Fountains of Wayne | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Supporting
Catatonia or when a scary fat girl jumped on stage and wouldn't let go of the
bass player! | |
Favourite
song to play live: | 'Too
Late' from the CD 'Scuffed' ... very lively bit of punk-pop. |
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Interesting
band fact: | Edgar
(lead singer) appeared in an episode of 'Sorry' with Ronnie Corbett. Tom's uncle
is the inventor of the Rubik's cube. |
| dEAD!dEAD!dEAD!
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band
members:
| Matt
Canning: Guitars & Vocals Bilu Acharjee: Bass & Vocals
Neil Dunsire: Guitar,
Vocals & Organ
Marc Crocker: Drums & Music Box | |
listen: |
 George
Lassoes The Moon
Build
A Better Day
| |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton |
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Describe
your music. | Art-House
Indie | |
When
did the band form? | September
2003 | |
How
did the band get its name? |
Ironic statement regarding current affairs | |
Musical
influences: | Smiths,
Joy Division, The Clash | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | New
Marquee Club in Leicester Square | |
Favourite
song to play live: | George
Lassoes The Moon | |
Interesting
band fact: | We
all wear socks to prvent our feet smelling really bad. |
| Kairos
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band
members:
| Sarah
Reynolds - vocals Bob Carling - guitar, vocals
Tony Storey - bass
Mark
Dibdin - drums
Pete Dibdin - engineer
Kairos has also included other
artists:
Andrew Smithson - sax, clarinet, keyboards
Nick Aldridge -
lead guitar
Matt Stanton - drums | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton |
| Describe
your music. | Female-vocal-led
rock band, with blues/roots/gospel/celtic feel | |
When
did the band form? | April
2002 | |
How
did the band get its name? |
Liked it - it's Greek for "the right time" | |
Musical
influences: | Influences
include Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, Martyn Joseph, James Taylor, Eleanor Mcelvoy,
Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, Radiohead, Iona and Sting - plus loads of other
crusty ancient prog rock bands that our drummer’s never heard of! |
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The
band's most memorable gig: | The
Swan, Woolston | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Out
on the Edge |
| Psychogenetic
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band
members:
| John
- Vocals
Damon- Guitar
Daniel - Bass
Adam - Drums |
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website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Portsmouth |
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Describe
your music. | Alternative
Rock | |
When
did the band form? | 2002
| |
How
did the band get its name? | Don't
ask | |
Musical
influences: | Nirvana,
Faith No More, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Daisy Chainsaw. |
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The
band's most memorable gig: | Playing
in drag at The Air Balloon. | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Changes
almost every show. | |
Interesting
band fact: | Daniel
eats faster than anyone you will ever meet in your whole life. |
| PUKAAR
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band
members:
| Romail
Gulzar(Song Writer, Composer & Singer),
P.M.Raj (Singer),
Nada Jamil
(Keyboard Player), Amer Khokar(Keyboard Player), Nirmal Singh (Dholki Drum),
Dahay Singh (Dhol Drum),
Bob Carling (Base Player),
Sindhu Nair (Female
Singer) | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton |
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Describe
your music. | A
music that takes everyone on the dance stage. | |
When
did the band form? | 2002
| |
How
did the band get its name? | Pukaar
is basically a Urdu word which mean call. Our mission is to bring different cultures
and music together under one roof. | |
Musical
influences: | Traditional
Folk and bhangra | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | RoseBall
Cricket Stadium on 16th October 2004. | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Wan
Kutia | |
Interesting
band fact: | The
most intresting thing about our band is that we are from different cultures and
communities but when we play together on the stage then it did not seems that
we are from different cultures. And this is a thing which people enjoy and love
about our band. |
| Surfless |
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band
members:
| Peetsky
Guitar
Bodja Guitar
Stoker Vocals
MagicMarty Bass
Wookie Drums |
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website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Portsmouth |
|
Describe
your music. | We
have been called uniques by fanzines in Japan and Germany and we have to agree.
A radio station in Spain calls us Los Héroes ingleses, which translated is something
like the English Heroes...whatever that means | |
When
did the band form? | This
line up since 2004. Previous line up since 2002 | |
How
did the band get its name? | Drunken
binge in Newquay at Fistral, while Surfing when surf was definately not up. |
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Musical
influences: | Can't
say truly but The Pixies are in there somewhere. Our manager thinks we sound like
Adam and The Antz..early stuff, but we are far too young to understand what he
means. | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Headlining
at an open air festival in Guernsey | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Ca't
say. We all have different views. | |
Interesting
band facts: | Through
the 6 steps of separation rule, we are closely linked to U2, Bob Dylan and Father
Christmas. Also Stoker speaks 5 languages and Wookie has pointy ears like Mr Spock.
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| Subgiant
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band
members:
| Olly
Maw
Dan Hayes
Tushar Joshi | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton |
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Describe
your music. | live
breakbeat dub and psychodelic trance, with a splattering of drum'n'bass |
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When
did the band form? | 2000 |
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How
did the band get its name? |
it came from outer
space | |
Musical
influences: | John
Peel, the earth, trojan dub, the festival scene | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | always
Glastonbury 2004 | |
Favourite
song to play live: | the
whole set | |
Interesting
band fact: | We've
played in some strange places - fields, warehouses, a lighthouse once, on the
beach, in many tents, on the back of a lorry, in a BBC studio, down in the basement,
at a political party conference, on a pier. |
| Tomboy
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band
members:
| Ollie
- Lead Guitar/Vocals
Duncan - Vocals/Guitar
Adam - Bass/Vocals
Paul
- Drums | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Southampton |
|
Describe
your music. | Camp
Rock | |
When
did the band form? | Feb
2004 | |
How
did the band get its name? |
It just seemed to
sum us up. | |
Musical
influences: | Queen,
Radiohead, Muse, T-Rex | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Railway
Inn Winchester | |
Favourite
song to play live: | Queen
of hearts | |
Interesting
band fact: | We're
not gay, but boy do we look it! |
| Voodoo
Fire | |
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band
members:
| Paul
Sparkes - Vocals
Brian Glover - Guitar
Dave Johnson - Bass
Dan Martin
- Drums | |
website: | Check
out our website | |
Where
are you from? |
Aldershot |
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Describe
your music. | Modern
Classic British Rock | |
When
did the band form? | 2002
| |
How
did the band get its name? | We
were called Voodoo Fire Groove but dropped the groove in favour of Voodoo Fire. |
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Musical
influences: | Creed,
Queen, Muse, Chilli Peppers, Foo Fighters | |
The
band's most memorable gig: | Outdoor
gig at the Mayfly Festival, Oxford on a Glastonbury size stage. |
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Favourite
song to play live: | Pieces |
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Interesting
band facts: | The
band have had 4 drummers in their 2 years together.
The band have recorded
their first demo at Earth Terminal Studio's in Odiham.
Brian looks like
Phil Mitchell. Dan looks like Beaker from the Muppet. Dave looks like Bananaman
and Paul looks like Mo from the Simpsons. | The
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