* Nick plays Piano, Acoustic Guitar and sings
* Lee plays Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitar and sings
* Jon plays Bass and Acoustic Guitars and sings in the background
* Joff plays Drums and Percussion
Influences
Air, Ash, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, The Smiths, Coldplay, Editors, David Gray, Crowded House, Weezer, Snow Patrol, Barenaked Ladies, The Beatles, Beck, Ben Lee, Bryan Adams, We Are Scientists, Kaiser Chiefs, The GLC, Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, Blondie, John Lennon, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, Razorlight, Jimmy Eat World, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Bruce Cockburn, Eagle Eye Cherry, NOFX, Van Halen, The Specials, Badly Drawn Boy, Bloc Party, The Beautiful South, Fountains of Wayne, Bob Dylan, Longview, New Radicals, Radiohead, Paul Simon, Counting Crows, Scissor Sisters, Travis, Third Eye Blind, Stroke 9, The La's, Lemon Jelly, The Divine Comedy, Reuben, Sting, Prince, The Moldy Peaches, The Music, The Coral, Feeder, The Semantics, Idlewild, The Damned, Easyworld, ELO, Ben Kweller, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, The Strokes, The Magic Numbers, Blur, Franz Ferdinand, Oasis, The Clash, Eels, Doves, The Darkness, and the man who wrote the Alvin and The Chipmunks theme.
Sounds Like
Indie Acoustic With A Dash Of Electric.
Imagine Coldplay's people carrier has a car crash with Turin Brakes' and Rush's VW Camper Vans on the way to a day trip to beachy head. All their tapes and cd's melt into one big melodic mix tape - well thats us.
"...another excellent piece of work from Casual Kai showing again that you don't need a battery of Marshall stacks to make powerful songs. Of course you might need brilliant song writing, amazing vocal work and classy playing, and this band have it all..."
'North East Music' - FS. July 2005
"...You can't fault Casualkai - they have song-writing ability, vocals, musicianship and good production"
'Jacob Grogan' - Revolution, June 2005
"The 'Living Again' E.P. is proof that Casual Kai can write, play and sing great songs, there are real songs here and they all hit that spot where other songwriters fail".
'North East Music' - FS. September 2004
Casualkai is made up in equal measures of Plymouths pasty-noshing mutton chop-cultivating Nick Gladdish (Vocals/Guitar/Piano). Red Bull guzzling Lee Brown (Vocals/Guitar) is as Newcastle born and bred as brown ale, the tyne bridge and incoherent chronicle salesmen. Mansfields Jon Jarvis (Bass) is an English graduate and teacher who, if born 20 years earlier, could have probably been found break dancing in a back street to NWA, and pretending to be the woman from Flashdance. Joff Fortune (Drums) of ex-mining town Ashington is a qualified geneticist and medical student who works in a betting shop.
Gladdish and Brown met while doing degrees at Hull University, and when the fun was over they both moved to Newcastle. Deciding to increase their ranks while gigging as a pair around Newcastle to pay the bills, Gladdish and Brown recruited Jarvis, who turned up to the wrong rehearsal but decided to cut his losses and stick with it anyway. Fortune was welcomed with open arms onto the drumkit after the only other applicant revealed sinister death-metal aspirations for the potential four-piece during his audition.
Casualkai aim to make music that holds your attention right to the end. Their weapons are harmony driven acoustic rock, a sturdy rhythm section and infectious vocal and musical hooks playing on a lengthy list of influences charting the best in singer songwriting, rock, dance and RNB from the last 30 years. Each song may be different, but is still as unmistakably Casualkai as the last.
Check out my new video for the single 'Slow Me Down', it's pretty different from your usual 'rap vid', as I try not to take myself too seriously! Hope you enjoy the mutiple costumes, this vid was a bag a fun to make!
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
Good to have you as a friend! So great to see the internet in action this way, shortening distances between people.
I hope all's well with you and that you enjoy checking out my web site some time.
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Take care and keep in touch.
Best, Faber.
"Just a guy trying to make the world a better place. "
Hey boys, thanks again for a wicked set at the Cumberland. How's it all going in the world of Casualkai? If you clicky on the linky by our name we have some new recorded sound patterns to delight and enthral you, check it out!
Just to let you know that Skilf's new single 'Slow Me Down' will be out in July, listen to a preview now on http://www. myspace. com/skilf. It's a true hip hop banger, produced by Toni Toolz and featuring the californian singer Michelle Ericsson. CHECK IT OUT NOW!!!!
Greetings from Phoenixx Rising! It's February already! This means that our Music Jukebox is now up and running, with this month's great selection of upcoming and unsigned talent.
Featured this month we have: *Flesh Eating Foundation *Leading The Charge *Danse Of The Dead & *The Offering
To view the jukebox visit www.phoenixxrising.com and click on "Extras" at the top of the page. If you are in an unsigned Alternative band, you can also find details on the page for submitting your tracks for the March jukebox.
hi there guys how are you? not spoken to you, well, since the tour really, hope all is well? Online at the moment to promote our bbc dvd thing a little, the clips are on our myspace and the dvd/cd box-set is up on www.ebay.co.uk (search for rebel jane) if you're interested? How's things going with the band? Cameron
"It's a great night and some of the best local live acts I've seen have played there." Chris Peet, BBC Tyne reporter
This months line up: Sandhill, Show Off Summer & Oonagh Cassidy
An amazing night of entertainment at The Cumberland Arms, situated just off Byker Bank.
On the last Tuesday of every month, three artists grace three stages simultaneously in The Cumberland Arms.
Expect something slightly different to what you're used to; with bands changing their normal set, covering a song or two, or even collaborations between bands… who knows?!
"It's a great night and some of the best local live acts I've seen have played there." BBC Tyne
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This months line up: Waterfront, Rob Howe and Summertime Blues.
An amazing night of entertainment at The Cumberland Arms, situated just off Byker Bank.
On the last Tuesday of every month, three artists grace three stages simultaneously in The Cumberland Arms.
Expect something slightly different to what you're used to; with bands changing their normal set, covering a song or two, or even collaborations between bands… who knows?!
