- Sublime
- Long Beach Dub Allstars
- Absinth
- South Park
- Goldfinger
- Rammstein
- Metallica
- Millencolin
- Family Guy
- Presidents of the USA
- Lucky's chicken and chips
- Ballyhoo
- Volvo driving
- Reel Big Fish
- Throwdown
- The RAC
- Sonic Boom Six
Our debut EP, "How's My Driving", is now availiable on iTunes! Simply click the link below to download it for the bargainsome price of 79p per track! Don't worry though, you can still pick it up at gigs!
BIO
Once upon a time (well, in the mid 90s), there were two twin brothers. One played guitar and the other played drums, so it didn't take long before they were jamming together and looking to form a band. Members came and members went, until they happened upon a talented schoolfriend who could sing, rap and play bass (a bit...). Thus was born the classic lineup of Attic, who enjoyed a decent amount of success with their melodic punk shenanigans on the North Yorkshire music scene during the early part of the decade. Come 2002, however, a drummer gone away to uni and a guitarist and bassist on their respective gap years meant that Attic looked to have bitten the dust.
Or maybe not...
Regrouping in Leeds in late 2003, CJ (guitar), Andrew (drums) and Mike (vocals/bass) decided to reform the band. A bit of fun, nothing too serious. Later Attic songs had enjoyed more of a ska feel, and the three decided to indulge their new found love of Sublime and the Long Beach sound by incorporating reggae influences into their music. Mike decided to give up the bass, partly to allow his vocals to become the focus of his performance and partly because his bass only had three functioning tuning pegs. And so the search for a bassist who didn't need a set of pliers to tune his E string was on...
... and then it was over. Andrew had met a drunken fool by the name of Andy during his fresher year. He was fairly inexperienced on bass, but willing to learn because he thought it would probably be a good way to impress girls. The foursome hired out rehearsal studios in the urban jungle of Armley, Leeds for the next three months, writing an initial batch of seven songs that reflected the diverse punk, metal, ska and dub influences of the individual members. (Andy would later say that the first rehearsal with the band was far more nerve- wracking than his first ever gig, as it was the first time he'd ever played in front of anyone, ever!)
After this time, the newly renamed Attic Project played their first ever gig at Leeds' famous Josephs Well venue. More gig offers soon followed, and it quickly became apparent that the band had the potential to be far more than the passtime that the three original members had reformed it as. The Attic Project began to play gigs further afield, and were watched by Led Zeppelin engineer Stuart Epps on the recommendation of his son, (a close friend of the band) during their first trip to London. Epps liked what he saw, and told the band that he would be more than interested in working with them. He would eventually produce the bands debut EP, entitled 'How's My Driving?' in December 2005.
Over the intervening year between their first meeting with Epps and recording 'How's My Driving?', the band played as many gigs as possible, including an entirely self financed UK tour which saw them sleeping with their equipment in a Volvo 240 on occasions! The band secured an endorsement with Sebor, the largest absinth company in the country, at about this time, thanks to the absinth tribute song 'Solution'. The EP was launched in March 2006, at a sold out gig at the Met Bar venue in Leeds. This gig was part of The Attic Project's prize for winning the Leeds Bright Young Things competition, a contest run by Leeds City Council to find the best new bands in the Leeds area. Winners also recieved free recording time, and a re- record of the song 'Anything You Want' (a favourite from the days of Attic), produced by Bruce Wood of Nightmares On Wax fame, found its way on to 'How's My Driving?' alongside the Stuart Epps produced material.
So what's happening with TAP at the moment? Well, they've not been able to do as many gigs as they would have liked recently due to three members being final year uni students, but with that out of the way the band is free to concentrate on preparing for Badfest, the three day classic punk and ska festival organised by Buster Bloodvessel and his Bad Manners crew. Sales of the 'How's My Driving?' EP are going well, and another tour may yet be in the offing for late 2006... All that can be said is "Watch This Space!!"
ONLINE REVIEWS
BBC : BYT Gig : Leeds Met Uni : 21/03/06 (view more)
LEEDS MUSIC GURU : BYT Gig : Leeds Met Uni : 21/03/06(view more)
LEEDS MUSIC GURU : McMillan Cancer Gig : Joseph's Well : 19/02/06 (view more)
Packhorse: 12/09/09 The first in a series of nights promoting post rock in all its peculiar shapes, contradicitons and glory! _________________________________ Solus Locus
Keyboard fueled space-fun. Expect big sounds, big riffs and progressive tomfoolery
http://www.myspace.com/soluslocus _________________________________ We Sell Seashells:
New Leeds outfit WSS debuting their new bassist, keyboardist and launching their first EP 'The Cosmic Trilogy'
Hi There, We've got some great slots at glastonbury this year, please come down and support us if you're on site.
Fri 9pm, Chai Wallahs (nr Meeting Point) Fri Night 2.15am, Small World (Green Futures) Sun 1pm, Croissant Neuf (Green Fields) Sun 4.15pm, Arcadia (nr Shangri-la) Sun Night 12.30am, Avalon Cafe (Field of Avalon)
Hiya We’ve been working on some new songs and are in pre-production for the recording of our first commercial CD release which will be recorded over the summer, with a hopeful release October time,
Our last live performance before our summer holiday will be at the Selby outdoor festival at the James Street 'bowling green' in Selby on the 21st June, the event starts at 1pm and we’ll be on stage at 5pm others on the bill are Dirty Secrets, Chantel McGregor, The Beautiful Sound, Last Gang and headlining is the Bryan Adams Experience, we hope you can be there.
You can now follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/katiequestion And facebook at : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Katie-and-the-Questions/191254210623
We're proud to announce our debut EP 'Chemicals' will be released on Monday 22nd of June on iTunes. We will also be printing a limited number of hard copies which will feature exclusive additional artwork and available only at our shows.
Check out the tunes on our page; If not just drop by and say hello.
The Attic Project, Please note the new RecordScout.com website is live!
We have so many new features all aimed at unsigned, and signed bands looking for valuable exposure. Previously it was just a directory for unsigned bands but our new launch includes MP3 and Video exposure as well as photo galleries. Encourage your fans to sign up and vote for you. When we go live with our national radio coverage the charts will be announced weekly! Unfortunately previous bands and artists will have to set up an new account from scratch but it is worth it!
Hiya It’s been busy in the K&Q camp and we’ve a few gigs coming up in the next few weeks. We are starting with a couple of gigs in York, Fibbers 23rd April and Speakeasy 28th April before moving on to the New Roscoe in Leeds on 25th May and then onto Nottingham Trent Students Union, Brackenhurst Bar, NTSU Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell on the 29th May, It would be great to see you at one of them if you can come. love K&Qs xxx
Hello,
<br />We are playing the lovely Cardigan Arms on the 21st of March. Being foreigners from Sheffield, it would be grand if you could pop in to see us and bring a few other Leedsies with you, if you are free.
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<br />Here are a few nice things people have said about us. Have a listen on our page and see if you like what we are up to...
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<br />"AN AMAZING LIVE ACT, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN" (Sandman Magazine)
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<br />"AN IMPRESSIVE SET FROM A BAND WITH A KNACK FOR WRITING CATCHY SONGS AND DELIVERING THEM LIVE AS WELL AS IN THE STUDIO" (Sandman Magazine)
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<br />"PROMISING SONG WRITERS" (Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6)
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<br />"THESE DAYS I FIND THRASH AND POWER POP A BIT REPETITIVE, BUT THIS WAS REMINISCENT OF MORRISSEY WHILE STILL BEING PERSONAL, I HEAR THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD FUTURE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU COULD SUPRISE US ALL ONE DAY". (Paul Gambaccini, BBC Radio 6)
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<br />Anyway, it would be nice to see you there.
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<br />All The Best
<br />The Unfortunate Incident
Hello,
<br />We are playing the lovely Cardigan Arms on the 21st of March, being foreigners from Sheffield it would be grand if you could pop in and see us and bring a few other Leedsies with you if you are free.
<br />Here are a few nice things people have said about us have a listen on our page and see if you like what we are up to:
<br />Reviews:
<br />
<br />"AN AMAZING LIVE ACT, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN" (Sandman Magazine)
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<br />"AN IMPRESSIVE SET FROM A BAND WITH A KNACK FOR WRITING CATCHY SONGS AND DELIVERING THEM LIVE AS WELL AS IN THE STUDIO" (Sandman Magazine)
<br />
<br />"PROMISING SONG WRITERS" (Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6)
<br />
<br />"THESE DAYS I FIND THRASH AND POWER POP A BIT REPETITIVE, BUT THIS WAS REMINISCENT OF MORRISSEY WHILE STILL BEING PERSONAL, I HEAR THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD FUTURE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU COULD SUPRISE US ALL ONE DAY". (Paul Gambaccini, BBC Radio 6)
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<br />Anyway it would be nice to see you there.
<br />Cheers
<br />Russ
<br />The Unfortunate Incident.
Hiya We are playing at the Junction in York next Sunday on March 8th and the Wardrobe in Leeds on the 19th March. These gigs will be the first outing for Katie and the Questions with our new Drummer, Guitarist and Bass Player so we hope you can come and check us out love K&Qs xxx
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Hi Im going to be in your area soon. Im writing a new book about the people I meet on the road. We should throw a small party together. If you want to hang out ,message me at my other site here www. myspace. com/toohotforfizzle We dont read the messages at the circus site. There are too many there and hard to manage
Hey, how are you? we have uploaded 3 new tracks and would love for you to check them out. Especially our track "In Memory". we wrote this song in dedication to the legend Phil Lynott. Thanks for your time :) Stainless
Hiya We’ve just found out that Saturday nights gig in York (3rd Jan) at the Junction has been cancelled, we don’t know why, we’ve just had a message from the promoter, so sorry if you were planning to attend.
We are still playing at the York Speakeasy on the 12th Jan 09, (we have cheaper than door price Speakeasy tickets available, so message us if you would like some) it would be really nice to see you there it will be a blast. K&Qs
Just passin thru 2 show some love and check out your page again. Pass by my page and Check out the video footage, tunes and My Mix CD is 4 FREE Download. keep in touch
THIS IS THE DIRECT LINK 4 THE FREE MIX CD DOWNLOAD PASS IT ON - http://hosted.filefront.com/kmedialeeds1
Hiya We are playing at the Junction in York on Sunday 21th November; it would be really nice to see you there but we understand if you can't make it.
We’ve put some of the new live recording up on our Myspace and are re-mixing our mini album ‘Kitchen Drums and Turn-up Tantrums’ which will be freely available from us at gigs soon Take care
Hiya We are headlining an Oxjam Charity gig at the Junction in York on this Sunday (26th October) with support from Hannah & the Junk Funk, Euphoria Audio & The Review, £3 on the door (8pm start), We hope you can make it; we’d love to see you there.
We are also playing the York Speakeasy 6th Nov, the Packhouse in Leeds on the 7th Nov and back at the Junction (in York) on the 21st Nov,
We have nearly finished mixing our mini album ‘Kitchen Drums and Turn-up Tantrums’ which will be freely available from us at gigs Hope to see you soon
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