It all started with the procuring of a girl's keyboard. Without this instrument the band would not exist in the form that it does today. So for this we salute you.
After years of jam and a myriad of Dumbarton’s finest players the line-up came to be Angus Battison, Iain Crawford and Alexander Sakulin.
The boys have been together for just over a year now, breaking new ground and forging new sound for our listening pleasure. What a year it’s been with a £1200 pound win at the Riverside-In Battle of the bands. The river is the Leven and this river flows into the Clyde. The Clyde flows through Glasgow, you’re on your way boys. Upstream it may be but nothing can stop you now. Deciding to bypass this root for the M8 and Clyde side express way the boys have played a frenzy of gigs in Ggow. Venues include Abc2, Capitol, Barfly, Cathouse, box, Bar Buddha, (Stereo 26th Jan 08), The Admiral bar, Bar Miso and the Buff club.
Watch out for the lads in 2008. T
In the current UK climate of so-called live rock bands there has been a long unanswered call for originality. With the eccentric piano stylings and crunching bass of Black-Tie Affair there is no need to look any further.
Incorporating the band's different musical background, Black-Tie Affair have managed to create a style of music that is hard to define, yet somehow sits nicely alongside the cream of modern-day British talent. The vocals of frontman, Alexander Sakulin, are a breath of fresh air with some entertaining, catchy lyrics which are reinforced by his fiery keyboard passages. Angus drops in some excellent bass lines which give the tunes the neccesary polishing they deserve. The drums provided by Iain Crawford coincide with the keyboards to produce some dance-along off-beats to complete the electro/dance-rock style the band have managed to concieve.
When not practising or gigging the band enjoy watching television shows such as Peep Show, Phoenix Nights, The Simpsons plus many others. They also like to partake in some ridiculous driving in and around Dumbarton sometimes for no reason at all. None of them are strangers to a bit of gaming especially frontman Alex and drummer Iain, with the latter having all but dedicated his life to the art.
That having been said, we hope to see you at our shows and thanks for checking out the page!
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Check out tracks from our fantastic recording session which produced the EP - 'Problems - Solve Youselves' and see what i could do for you over on my myspace
Buy the EP itself and find out more about the band on their myspace: Hey Vampires
Forget that other rubbish you had planned for this weekend, diy, painting the cat etc, going out to some booooring club with booooring music and even more booooring people - this is where it's really at...
It's all happening at the new studio:
The Tollhouse 10 Possil Rd Glasgow G4 9SY
10 Mins walk from Charing Cross, straight up St Georges Road till you see the Tower Bar in front of you & we're right above it.
I am absolutely dismayed as to the reasons behind the shutting of Capitol...
Myself and Mandy love working there & we have worked really hard to make sure that every band that comes to OUR venue is treated well & has the best possible sound.
We really do care about Capitol, we look after our kit and the venue to keep it in the best shape we can, putting in LOADS of extra UNPAID hours just to try and make it a cut above the rest of the crap out there in Glasgow, and i think everyone, ourselves, you guys the musicians & all of the great promoters have succeeded in building something rare & special, a venue that actually gives a shit!
I seriously hope G1 will see that this is something worth saving, not just for the sake of a couple of jobs, myself's and Mandy's - but for the sake of the whole Glasgow music scene. If you've ever played at Capitol, had a good time and been treated well, don't be lethargic if you're sitting there reading this - all it will take is two minutes to leave a comment on the Capitol myspace supporting the cause & hopefully we can swing it!
Click on the banner above to go to the Capitol myspace & help us out!
I am absolutely dismayed as to the reasons behind the shutting of Capitol...
Myself and Mandy love working there & we have worked really hard to make sure that every band that comes to OUR venue is treated well & has the best possible sound.
We really do care about Capitol, we look after our kit and the venue to keep it in the best shape we can, putting in LOADS of extra UNPAID hours just to try and make it a cut above the rest of the crap out there in Glasgow, and i think everyone, ourselves, you guys the musicians & all of the great promoters have succeeded in building something rare & special, a venue that actually gives a shit!
I seriously hope G1 will see that this is something worth saving, not just for the sake of a couple of jobs, myself's and Mandy's - but for the sake of the whole Glasgow music scene. If you've ever played at Capitol, had a good time and been treated well, don't be lethargic if you're sitting there reading this - all it will take is two minutes to leave a comment on the Capitol myspace supporting the cause & hopefully we can swing it!
Click on the banner above to go to the Capitol myspace & help us out!
COMING 31st March Blinky Promos Unsigned Tour. Get your tickets from The BlinkyPromos Online shopclick the flyer for more info **** WATFORD SHOW NOW AT THE RAILWAY CLUB****
hey mister alex, would it be possible to use ur keyboard for a short period of time 2moro for the gig as my keyboard is a family airloom from my gran daddy who passed away and id have my balls off if it was damaged in transport as it has no case to carry it in. i intend on having my meerkat jump about on the keys for a bit so i will make sure it goes and does the toilet before its on so it wont defacate on any keys. cheers Neil
just wanted to let you guys know that i have uploaded the pics that i got of you guys at deadbeats. the pics are in the Black Tie Affair folder. lol cos i come and see you guys as often as i can, so i created a folder as it is easier to find the pics.
i have quite a few videos that i have taken at the various gigs as well. but i havent uploaded them yet.
HEY!YOU GUYS! put up what i thought were the best pics from last night! hope ya like them i was being lazy and drunk! it was good you were first band on co,s i would have hate to have missed you with getting home and all! peace!
great gig last night. it was a bit of a shame that everything kept going wrong for you guys but at least yous carried on, thats all that matters. the new song that yous played at the end was really good. i'm looking forward to hearing more new stuff.
hope to see you guys play again some time soon. =).
hey folks, I just wanted to let you know that, due to the popularity of our introductory offer (3 days/£300 or 1 week/£600, including engineers fees), we have decided to extend it thru March, as we are FULLY BOOKED for February. Let us know if you'd like to pop in for a visit. also, coming soon: recordings from Tut Vuvu (former members of Uncle John and Whitelock) and Les Diaboliques. Cheers, The Green Door Studio
