Bikini Beach Band
'Londons Kings of Surf Noir...'NME The best fez-wearing surf band to rock the Big Chill and Bestival festivals!
'Londons Kings of Surf Noir...'NME The best fez-wearing surf band to rock the Big Chill and Bestival festivals!
Synthy indie-pop from derby, often seen around the midlands (and, increasingly, further afield) supporting bands like Bearsuit, The Research, Mates of State and so on.
Caroline Trettine spent the early years of her life in Nigeria. She began composing songs seriously while still at school. Moving to Bristol to study English, she joined a folk-rock band and was discovered by Gerard Langley, who invited her to join the 'Blue Aeroplanes'. She sang and played guitar with Gerard, Nick Jacobs, John Langley (Strangelove), Angelo Bruschini (Massive Attack) and Dave Chapman, in a series of poetry-art-rock performances.
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Biography Transparent Sound has had various different members over the years, but is essentially a musical collaboration between Martin Brown and Orson Bramley, who met and started writing music together in their home town of Bognor Regis, UK back in 1994. Along with co-founder Steve Penfold they set about creating a very distinctive electro influenced sound. The first release on Transparent Sound Recordings, Meltdown Ride (or the yellow one as it has become known) came out the following year.
There appear to be at least 6 bands with the name Centurion. - A heavy/ethno/progressive/technical metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, who is currently promoting their first self-released single "Odmazda" ("Retribution") and EP named "Virtuelno Ognjište" ("Virtual Hearth") featuring 3 new songs (released in early January 2011).
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/centurionbg
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Centurion/161858846696
John Kennedy the musician, was a five year old in Liverpool the day the President died. In Australia at the age of ten, he took the confirmation name of Francis to complete the famous "J.F.K." moniker. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The joke has long since worn off for him, but it still takes some explaining. A young enthusiastic journalist once described John Kennedy as a humble genius. Kennedy is neither a genius nor particularly humble.