Royal Oak, Clare Road, Halifax - 9.00 to 2pm
Reg Carlo and the Squid taking us through till 2
£4/5 (frequent doggers)
The Loungs + Telegramme + Scuffers
The Loungs formed in 2004 and in late 2005 the band signed to Akoustik Anarkhy Records (Manchester) and released their debut single "I'm Gonna Take Your Girl" in March 2006.
On the back of the self produced album, 'We are the champ' the Loungs were invited down to play slots at the Glastonbury, Knowlsey Hall, Lounge on The Farm and Bestival festivals.
Their performance at the latter impressed Huw Stevens enough for him to get the band down to the Maida Vale studios to record a session for his BBC Radio 1 show. 2007 also saw The Loungs' music appear on BBC 1's prime-time drama "Waterloo Road".
The Loungs are currently holed up starting to work on album number two. Only the good lord knows what it will sound like but rest assured..it definitely won't be trendy.
The Loungs promote their debut album 'We Are The Champ' on the City Centre Social on Manchester's Channel M.Three live songs (Armageddon Outta Here, I'm Gonna Take Your Girl and Seen My Baby Dancing) and a short interview.
The Loungs promote their debut album 'We Are The Champ' on the City Centre Social on Manchester's Channel M.Three live songs (Armageddon Outta Here, I'm Gonna Take Your Girl and Seen My Baby Dancing) and a short interview.
Telegramme
Telegramme (from Birmingham) were the band that clearly everyone had come to see. They took to the stage to the sound of the crowd cheering...at least the band minus the drummer did as he stood in the crowd not realising he was due on stage! Faye, the strong lead singer had a husky but powerful voice. The band began energetically with 'Ray's got no soul,' a song that clearly would make a brilliant debut single.
The sound in the chorus brings to mind the early White Stripes material with girlier vocals but similar punch, the verses are playful, the singing flirtacious and often ranging between soft crooning and excited shrieks. The set highlight however was 'Dance'. Having spoken to the band earlier I was aware that they had a friend and fan in a young man named Peter. He hopped on stage and expertly shook and quivered his way through, setting an example for the rest of the audience and getting one of the biggest cheers of the night.
Certain songs, in the vast live soundscape created sound quite different to the band's myspace demos. The more vulnerable sounding 'Spiders' gained an emotional punch in the live circumstances and proved the band can chill as well as rock out. One would never be aware of the band's self-confessed lack of 'musicianship.' The last track got more dancers onstage and the band let themselves go entirely, Chris (who played multiple instruments throughout the set) got on his hands and knees thumping his Korg with not only his hands but his head and effects pedals too! It was a suitably rock and roll ending for a fast paced, well measured set. It also made it incredibly hard to believe that the band were the only unsigned band of the evening.
Scuffers
SCUFFERS started out in August 2007 after guitarists Pat Scully and Si Reekie got together to take part in a radio project for Creative FM in Huddersfield using the name ‘Novacaine’.
This project led them to being invited to perform at the ‘Stokestock’ festival at the Upper George pub in Halifax some weeks later. It was at this point that Davy Butler was recruited to play bass and help out with the vocals.
Following their success at ‘Stokestock’ Danny Tuck, an experienced performer with other groups, joined the band as their drummer.
The band then concentrated on writing their own material and experimented with different ideas and styles over the following weeks and it was not until January 2008 that the line up was finally completed with Gaz Clay joining as lead vocalist.
The new band, gave itself the name‘Scuffers Romance’. They had their first taste of performing live together on 1st February 2008 at the Ukrainian Club, (Elephant Stoned) in Halifax which proved to be a huge hit with their new audience. This led in subsequent weeks to further successful gigs at different venues in the Halifax and Huddersfield areas.
The popularity of the band was now increasing and as a result they were encouraged to enter the ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition at Jumpin Jaks in Halifax. On only their 6th live performance on 10th April 2008 they played at and won their heat, beating three other experienced and established bands. They were however later narrowly beaten in the final of the event on 8th May 2008, despite the support of over 100 fans who attended to cheer them on.
Following their performance in the competition the band made their final name change to ‘SCUFFERS’.
The band now has an ever increasing following and is attracting bookings from venues across the North of England. They continue to write and perform their own material which they intend to record onto an album for release towards the end of 2008.
SCUFFERS will also be recording a television programme on 12th September 2008 at ‘Jabez Clegg’ in Manchester (Stage Pass Productions) which will be broadcast on sky channel 195, Propeller TV, soon afterwards.
The band expresses it’s sincere thanks to their fans who provide them with their continued support.
