The State of Georgia is usually Georgia, and her piano. She has a cellist called Hannah but she has left to travel the world for a while and she has a drummer called Mike but he lives in Edinburgh...come back band!
Chris May is the guitarist from the rock band The Sisters of Mercy. He is also known as Chris Catalyst, or his facepaint nonsense industrial comedy alter-ego robochrist. He currently appears in glam punk band AntiProduct as Chris Catalyst. He was born in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England on 11 February 1980 and has played in various bands, including Catylyst, Mr Shiraz, The Dead Pets, robochrist, The Sisters of Mercy, Mi Mye, Ginger, AntiProduct (with Alex Kane from Life, Sex & Death and Clam Abuse...
No Garden One Dragon (NGOD) are a four piece math rock/pop band originating from Bradford with an average age of around 17. It consists of Samuel Augustine (Lead Vocals & Guitar), Luke Fielding (Guitar), Lewis Dutton-Taylor (Backing Vocals & Bass) and Alex Dutton-Taylor (Backing Vocals & Drums). They formed in late 2009 and have been playing shows since January 2010. Their first EP (Sleep Thieves) was recorded in late February 2010 at Peak Studios (Produced by Roni Szpakowski) followed by a demo entitled 'Silent Moments Mean The Most' which was released mid October 2010.
Mojo 57 are a Leeds-based acoustic blues band with Sammy Thornton on acoustic guitar, sax and vocals, Matt Baxter on acoustic guitar and vocals and "Blind" Adam Richards in the double bass. Their influences range through blues, jazz, soul, blues-rock and rockabilly. www.myspace.com/mojo57blues
With a Coward-esque warble and a precise and deliberate manner Benjamin Wetherill cuts an unusual figure amongst his song-writing contemporaries, performing a romantic blend of darkened, spidery arch-folk and pre-war-swoon material. From folk crowds to indie and experimental audiences, over the past four years Benjamin has wooed listeners and made an ineffable impression on theUK underground music scene through a constant performance schedule and numerous, independently released recordings.
"Vinnie has a distinictively original vocal style, the production is raw, and i'm feeling it" G Love (G Love & Special Sauce) Bounding are Leeds' newest and finest Blues-Hop funksters. Led by the charismatic Craig 'Vinnie' Whitehead and backed by The Stars, a group of local faces all with their own blossoming musical careers going on in one way or another aside from this quirky quintet! Sascha Boehm - No-Title Magazine
Quack Quack is a three piece instrumental, instrument swapping band approximately based in Leeds, Yorkshire. Combining simple keyboard melodies with pulsing polyrhythms QQ make music that is difficult to pigeonhole but has been compared to folks such as Trans Am, Can, and Afrika 70. Formed in 2005, the band consists of Neil Turpin (drums, also seen in Bilge Pump, Polaris and with Doug Scharin in HiM), Richard Morris (keyboards & drums, also of Two Minute NoodlesI Had An Inkling/EYE HAI and Chops) and Stuart Bannister (bass).
LEADTHEWAY (Pronounced Lead-The-Way or sometimes reffered to as LTW for short) is a melodic hardcore/punk band from Wakefield, UK. They formed in 2002 after the demise of previous bands Onset and Jon Doe's with original members Adam Hanley, Dave Baugh , Paul Geary and Steve Hawthorn. Their music is characterisedby catchy melodies, fast pace, crazy guitar hooks and socially consicous lyrics. They released their demo "Born to bear their burden" in 2002 on their own label Onset Records.
John B McKenna hails from Carluke - a town more famous for its cartographers than its musicians. A genuine and original artist, his music has been described as the missing link between Bob Dylan and Boards of Canada. His intense lyrical imagery, bordering on the visionary is combined with ambient folk electronica to startling poetic effect. In the past year John has performed on bills with Jeffrey Lewis, The Twilight Sad, Grizzly Bear, The Aliens, Voice of The Seven Woods, The Most Serene Republic and Franz Ferdinand amongst others.