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What started out as a regular jam session between Ian (guitar) and Terry (Drums), eventually became a full writing band in winter 2010/2011 after the arrival of Ric (vocals) and (now former) bass player Ryan. The direction was clear, back to basics ol' fashioned Blues Rock, very much influenced by bands like Free and The Black Crowes, but giving it their own little stamp.
After playing several gigs around the Bolton/Preston area, the band was given the opportunity of playing Manchester Academy.
Hollis Brown
Mike Montali (vocals/guitars)
Jon Bonilla (guitars)
Michael Wosczyk (bass)
Mike Graves (percussion)
Bad Mushrooms
Bad Mushrooms are a rock band formed in early 2008 in Zagreb (Croatia).
They started as a cover band playing songs from their favorite bands such as Deep Purple
, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake, Cactus, Free etc... Their goal was to gain experience in live performances and to build musical companionship between band members.
One year after the formation and hours of rehearsals Bad Mushrooms were ready for their first live performance in ''Rock Club Time'' in Zagreb. The concert was a success, and the band gained confidence to continue with rehearsals and live gigs.
Buddy Whittington
Buddy Whittington (born 28 December 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American guitar player. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and, in particular, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. At the age of 14 he was already a part of the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene and playing regularly in the clubs along Jacksboro Highway. While attending high school, Buddy played in a band called "Short Change" which opened for Point Blank (band), a band that he would later join, replacing rhythm guitar player Kim Davis.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival, frequently referred to as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American roots rock band, fronted by John Fogerty. The band started out as The Blue Velvets, formed by John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook in El Cerrito, California, United States in the late 1950s. They were an instrumental trio, however during the early '60s they began backing Tom Fogerty, John's older brother, for school dances at El Cerrito High School, on fraternity house gigs and in the recording studio.
Krokodil
There's few bands and projects called "Krokodil": 1) Swiss Krautrock group from the 70s; 2) Swedish jazz duo; 3) Resnik experimental metal project; The first group consists of three musicians, two of them from Zurich, Switzerland and an Englishman - Krokodil were an early 70's Swiss-Krautrock group who mixed blues based jam music with psychedelic Indian sitar and tablas. Drummer Dude Durst had been in the popular Swiss 60's beat band Les Sauterelles.
Ramon Goose
Beardfish
Beardfish is a band from Gävle, Sweden that plays progressive rock. Their style resembles the progressive rock that was popular in the 1970s. In 2001, Rikard Sjöblom and David Zackrisson founded Beardfish together with Petter Diamant on drums and Gabriel Olsson on bass. Drummer Petter Diamant subsequently left the band, and was replaced by Magnus Östgren in 2002; flautist and keyboardist Stefan Aronsson also joined.
The Machine
There is more than one artist named The Machine.
1. A Dutch psychedelic rock band
2. Matt Edwards also known as Radio Slave
3. An American Pink Floyd tribute band
4. A Lithuanian electronic musician 1.The Machine is a traditional heavy rock powertrio. With two releases available, Shadow of the Machine (CD, 2007) and Solar Corona (CD+2LP, 2009), the band is gaining (inter)national attention with their mixture of stoner rock riffing, retro psych and some occasional acid blues jams. The subsequent effort entitled "Drie" was released in December 2010.