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London – 11th July 08, Tired of the legend that London is the only place where bands can pull an audience or gain any success?

Sure, big cities such as Manchester and Liverpool have spawned their fair share of the rock elite but could the untapped market of UK Suburbia be a fertile new stomping ground for the best in British music?

Big factors such as a rise in the use of DJ’s, the effects of the smoking ban, a rise in home-drinking, and the ever-presence of Karaoke have all had a negative impact on the local music scene, but is the root cause more disturbing still?

Has the UK music scene become so bland and derivative that it is not inspiring punters through the door of your local venue?

The trick of pulling in the right kind of crowds to hear your music is a tricky at best.

The host of new bands who are swamping the scene right now are just not inspiring music fans to come out and see new music. The Indie-charts are dominated by skinny-jean wearing bands, churning out their derivative ‘angular’ guitar based musings: It’s become a very tired idea and no one but a select clique in certain areas of London is listening any more. The UK music scene should give people something to relate to and be the soundtrack to what is going on all over the UK, not just in the trendier parts of the capital.

Could a new breed of band such as SilverSky change all this around??

They believe a live show should provide a full-on experience and not just be another gig. This is SilverSky’s sole reason for being. If you can’t take people out of themselves and offer a release for the time you are onstage why should anyone come and see you?

So, is this a new dawn for the local music scene? Can punters be enticed back through the doors by bands offering a more full-on live experience?

Something has got to change…right???

source: http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3636629

horses, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:39 (seventeen years ago)

Silversky; rocking with soul. A solid, water-tight unit, a mix of incredible individual talent and an awesome teamwork ethic. Since Oct 2004, the band have been working with top London-based production team The Animal Farm producing the 'One More Time' EP.

The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:57 (seventeen years ago)

They believe a live show should provide a full-on experience and not just be another gig. This is SilverSky’s sole reason for being. If you can’t take people out of themselves and offer a release for the time you are onstage why should anyone come and see you?

Handing out free tabs of acid on the door then?

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:01 (seventeen years ago)

This is one of those scenarios where I'm holding off listening to the band because it can't possibly be as hilarious as it is in my head.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:02 (seventeen years ago)

they have a song call 'I Want To Live In Norway' which goes thus:

"I wanna live in Norway
Everyone is beautiful there
They have very little English
So maybe I’ll have peace up there

Cos they’re gentle to you

Though they’ve never met you before
It doesn’t matter to them
You’re not a lost soul in the wind

I wanna live in Norway
People judge you because of your deeds
Not your race or religion
Everything is equally shared with you

Cos they’re gentle to you

Though they’ve never met you before
It doesn’t matter to them
You’re not a lost soul in the wind

I wanna live in Norway
I wanna live in Norway
Don’t wanna be bombed by the USA
Don’t let me die in Basra
I wanna live in Norway"

..............................................

horses, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:02 (seventeen years ago)

This is a joke, right?

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:03 (seventeen years ago)

sadly not - http://www.myspace.com/silverskymusic

i couldn't make it past the first chorus of 'I Want To Live In Norway'. i dare you to try.

horses, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:09 (seventeen years ago)

Okay I'm going in.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:09 (seventeen years ago)

lol The Smiths

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:11 (seventeen years ago)

Jeez I just had this horrible dream where it was 1989 and I'd got to live thru the 90s all over again.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:14 (seventeen years ago)

There's only one way to address this...

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Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:15 (seventeen years ago)

Straight away I'm bound to say that Kara OK is an infinitely better band name than SilverSky.

Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:16 (seventeen years ago)

Type of Label None

good luck with that.

mark e, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:17 (seventeen years ago)

This one's so awfully bad I've remembered it all these years:

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24550/print/

...a brain, which I call the mentality..."

"One thing that sets Travis Meeks apart is his myopic attention to his work."

Deathless stuff. Wonder what Trav's mentality's up to these days.

ellaguru, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:24 (seventeen years ago)

A load of fucking wank this is...

Tired of the legend that London is the only place where bands can pull an audience or gain any success?

But they are from fucking London! Two of their four MySpud song sound the same! Also, four years to record an EP? WTF?

snoball, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:25 (seventeen years ago)

They're trying to prove that it's possible to be from London and not find success.

Raw Patrick, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:37 (seventeen years ago)

pff! It's not just possible, it's the default!

Mark G, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:37 (seventeen years ago)

They're trying to prove that it's possible to be from London and not find success.

This was a sold LOL.

call all destroyer, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:07 (seventeen years ago)

I wanna live in Norway
People judge you because of your melodic content and lack of suspicious African influences

Colonel Poo, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:12 (seventeen years ago)

I wanna live in Norway
Everyone is beautiful there
They have very little English
So maybe I’ll have peace up there

When I went there everyone spoke better English than me.

Raw Patrick, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:16 (seventeen years ago)

BETTER THAN THE DUDE WHO WROTE THAT SONG TOO, I'M GUESSING

Noodle Vague, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:18 (seventeen years ago)

Compare and contrast with:

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
It's the country for me.

You're so near to Russia,
So far from Japan,
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.

You're so sadly neglected
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.

Finland has it all.
(Monty Python)

Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:20 (seventeen years ago)

Thought that wz gonna be a Momus song.

Raw Patrick, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

I wanna live in Norway
People judge you because of your melodics
Not your race or religion
Everything is equally shared with you

DJ Mencap, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:29 (seventeen years ago)

lol didn't see the Colonel's near-identical joek back there

DJ Mencap, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:30 (seventeen years ago)

I wanna live in Norway and I want to get stoned on SIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLD

DJ Mencap, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

Are you tired of the same old potato salad?

Hurting 2, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:33 (seventeen years ago)

SilverSky's singer's Myspace = http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=97546946

Scik Mouthy, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:35 (seventeen years ago)

Can they match the high standards set by Vauxhall Conference nineties Britpop stalwarts Silver Sun?

Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:58 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

Two local businessmen and one local businesswoman are set to tackle the VIP lifestyle market by storm. Olympic meddalist Jamie Baulch has teamed up with local entrepreneur Leon Hughes and events manager and self confessed socialite Kelly Reardon-Brown to create an exclusive club called The 4 Hundred for the socially elite based in Cardiff.

“With all my Olympic and Sports successes, I’ve been very lucky to live a very privileged lifestyle, and be treated to all the best the VIP world can offer. But in the real world, this doesn’t happen to everyone – especially those people who deserve it the most: the successful business man.” Explains Jamie.

“Dealing with the VIP lifestyle in my events management past, it became apparent that there is a definite gap in the market and a need for a service in South Wales to make sure that a select number of people receive a 24Hr round the clock passport to the best that Cardiff life has to offer. For us its all about helping people receive a level of service they deserve.” Adds Kelly. “ Whatever the cardholders needs are exactly what we endeavour to do; to create a hassle free life for the cardholder.”

“Local businessman and women of the highest calibre find it difficult to access certain quality aspects of Cardiff life, without a lot of time and effort.” Leon adds “Having a service such as the 4 Hundred to offer VIP services for business entertaining will make any business persons life easier.”

The 4 Hundred will offer yearly membership to only 400 people. For the select 400 people the 4 hundred will be a way of life – exclusive VIP access in all major clubs and bars in Cardiff, preferential rates for hotels, spas, flights and restaurants, not forgetting access to impossible events around the city.

You name it The 4 hundred can do it.

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

I would like to ask The 4 hundred to explain to me who Jamie Baulch is.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:40 (seventeen years ago)

a meddalist

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:43 (seventeen years ago)

In the 400m relay. Who sort of fizzled away.

NickB, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:46 (seventeen years ago)

400m challops relay

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)

I guess this should have gone on ILE but I'm just happy to be getting the info out there

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

Thnaks man. How do I apply?

NickB, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:51 (seventeen years ago)

lady if you have to ask

Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:52 (seventeen years ago)

Welcome to Jamie Baulch's world of fun:

http://www.sports-council-wales.org.uk/resource/13771.22392.file.eng.jpg

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

Hey Jamie, I'm richer than those guys!

NickB, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:57 (seventeen years ago)

Anyhow, VIP little man, heaven needed an also ran w/dreads.

NickB, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:58 (seventeen years ago)

Think that might be one of the "impossible events round the city" they mention

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 16:02 (seventeen years ago)

So this card basically gets you exclusive access to Puff the Magic Dragon?

NickB, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

Not just him.

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 16:12 (seventeen years ago)

Who sort of fizzled away.

Sort of par for the course in the field of professional running though, innit?

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 16:31 (seventeen years ago)

five years pass...

Hailing from the north-east coastal city of Hull is a band called 'Affairs'. They play instruments, including (wait for it), guitars and they sing. Now let's all stay calm here - they haven't just clambered out of a UFO on some kind of dodgy agenda. They are simply just a band; an excellent, up and coming, very stylish, new band. They are one of many great acts who are gracing your local pubs and clubs, often playing for free, in some cases paying to play. It's a very tough state of affairs and it's these bands that really deserve recognition.

a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 November 2013 08:44 (twelve years ago)

They sound like a breath of fresh air.

Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 14 November 2013 10:36 (twelve years ago)

Missed opportunity in the last sentence there, poor show.

Blandford Forum, Thursday, 14 November 2013 10:42 (twelve years ago)

only 1,000 people have seen them, but those that have have sold their VU&Nico albums...

Mark G, Thursday, 14 November 2013 10:49 (twelve years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYeQCJ7CEAA1UTR.jpg:large

Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 14 November 2013 10:55 (twelve years ago)

'Dog Is Dead' is a good band name.

a band called 'Affairs'. They play instruments (soref), Thursday, 14 November 2013 11:01 (twelve years ago)

Dog Is Dead
Band
Dog Is Dead are a five-piece indie pop band from West Bridgford, Nottingham, who have described their music as "an original blend of harmonious, indie-pop in the disco, with a cheeky jazz hint" and "uplifting pop for jazz junkies and choir folk". Wikipedia

a band called 'Affairs'. They play instruments (soref), Thursday, 14 November 2013 11:02 (twelve years ago)

"We are fans of one-word titles that have no real context. WE can't say it reflect our lifestyles, to be honest."

so weirdly delighted that this quote made it into the article, enough that I typed it out to preserve it for the ages

too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 November 2013 12:29 (twelve years ago)


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