The Great Escape 2007

City of London Sinfonia

The City of London Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra which was founded in 1971 by Richard Hickox, who is still its music director. It has a little over forty members, which is roughly half the size of a full symphony orchestra. Since its inception, CLS has established a reputation at the forefront of British orchestras. The Orchestra's achievements have been recognised over the years with prestigious awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society's Large Ensemble Award, the 'Best Opera Recording' Grammy for its recording of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes...

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Peggy Sue and the Pirates

Peggy Sue and The Pirates is the lo-fi duo made up of friends Rosa 'REX' Slade and KatyBeth 'KLAW' Young. Armed with beautiful harmonies, a selection of 'doo-be-doos' and an armful of bass lines the girls began gigging in Brighton, United Kingdom at the beginning of 2006.

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Children Collide

Children Collide are an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Their debut album, The Long Now was released on 11 October 2008 and was produced by David Sardy. Johnny Mackay (guitar, vocals), Heath Crawley (bass) and Ryan Caesar (drums) formed the band in Melbourne a few years back after hitchhiking their way from Lismore. As founding members and principle songwriters, Johnny and Heath play raw over-driven rock, oozing a range of influences.

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Sorry And The Sinatras

Sorry and the Sinatras features Scott Sorry (Wildhearts, Amen, Brides of Destruction), Roger "Rags" Segal, Lenny Thomas (Trashlight Vision) and the "Reverend" Danny Sinatra (Blackbelt, Joe's Friend). The band's history began in 2006 when Scott and Danny met at a Trashlight Vision show. The 2 instantly hit it off with both Lenny and Roger and the 4 spoke frequently about working together and forming a band. The band play a guitar driven mix of country, trash, blues, garage and punk. They plan a debut release in early 2008.

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Mr Hudson

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wonderswan

Wonderswan was conceived early in 2008 in a dark, damp basement in Leeds and incubated in a warm pouch by the radiant glow of a shared love for scuzzy 90s lo-fi slacker bands. The fledgling creature hatched in April with the addition of drummer G.E.D who heard the youngster crying out with hunger as he floated by attached to some helium balloons. With the additional nourishment of his frantic c86 style drummings, Wonderswan quickly matured and soon found itself performing alongside some of its own favourite bands, including Times New Viking, No Age, Copy Haho and Lovvers to name just a few.

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Make Good Your Escape

MAKE GOOD YOUR ESCAPE is Mike Yates, Steve Wattis, Tim Fleet and Tim Foreman. After years of playing in various bands in their rather uninspiring hometown of Chichester, slowly honing their abilities and developing an intense love for playing live, MGYE was born in the summer of 2004. In September 2007, MGYE announced they were to split. http://www.myspace.com/makegoodyourescape

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Vinicio Caposella

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Mike Bones

From Mike Bones: "I grew up in New Jersey, in the same city as the talented and critically-acclaimed songwriter and performer Ted Leo. May I suggest then, that I am proof that even in a vast cesspool like New Jersey, there is nothing in the water. I taught myself to play the guitar and I achieved a Catholic high school education. At first chance, I moved across the river to New York City where I still live.

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MINOTAURS

Originally birthing in 2006, South Shields sextet Minotaurs have been all too quiet for the past year or so. Luckily the bulk of that time has been spent writing, honing and recording their long-awaited debut album 'Eat yr Hate' in deepest Northumberland with Woodpigeon producer, Arran Fisher. Giving weight to their choice of name, as performances by the band became less frequent their mythology seemed to grow.

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The Great Escape 2007

under 2000 listeners

seen live

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