Gazz Marlow --> vocals and guitar
Sladey --> guitar and backing vocals
Paul Smith --> bass
Tom --> drums
Influences
Kerbdog, Nirvana, Biffy Clyro, InMe, Silverchair, Therapy, Hell is for Heroes, Bush, Glassjaw, Cave-in, Foo Fighters, Wilt, X Is Loaded, Napalm Death, Green Day, Obituary, Easyworld
Sounds Like
BLAM (Tunbridge Wells Forum Fanzine) - July 2005: "...they sparkle with vivacity and sexually charged oomph, aided and abetted by the natural charisma of frontman/guitarist/Dave Grohl lookylikey Gazz Marlow, and if driving anthems like newbie "Interstellar" are anything to go by, they're a big fuck-off surge of feelgood-factor, waiting for a chance to play havoc with your senses and make you chant like a looney. Go see."
A SHORT FANZINE ABOUT ROCKING (Manchester) - Spring Issue 2004: "...as and when the backlash to all things ‘Emo’ happens, Dry Rise will still be here reminding you how good music really can be."
ROCK SOUND (Magazine) - April 2005: "they stand head-and-shoulders above the assembled pack"
DRY RISE ON YOUTUBE
'Sides To A Story' at Concorde2, with Hell is for Heroes, and My Awesome Compilation, November 2007:
'Interstellar' at Concorde2, with InMe, september 2007:
Another clip of 'Interstellar', from the InMe gig:
ALSO...Not yet seen the "classic" video to The Big I Am as featured on Scuzz TV?! Dry Rise surprise passers by outside a shopping mall, on a beach, in a skatepark and more! Stunned old peoples faces and arrogant security guards, this video has it all! It features an old line up of the band (still with Gazz singing though) but it is a song we still play now. CLICK HERE TO VIEW!
In a UK music community currently dominated with music of the emo or indie persuasion, it’s nothing short of a breath of the freshest air to discover new bands that dare to be different.
Inspired by the Britrock/grunge movement of the mid to late 90's, along with post-hardcore, pop, and thrash metal, Dry Rise blend ballsy guitar with mammoth rock beats, icing the cake with planet sized chorus hooks; creating a sound that is both excitingly nostalgic, yet confidently contemporary.
The band’s self-released debut single, "The Big I Am" / "Shattered", was recorded at Reading's Outhouse Studios with producer John Mitchell (Funeral For A Friend, Enter Shikari, Architects). The end result was a CD that prided itself on not belonging to the current norm in mainstream rock music; its bold guitar work and skyscraper melodies providing a refreshing alternative to... well, alternative.
Renowned american punksters Bowling for Soup voted the band into the final of a televised bands competition on Scuzz music channel, resulting in them winning a music video produced by Sky TV (aired each day on main playlists), a track on a Rock Sound magazine cover CD, and a lot of new fans.
Their catchy brand of rock/metal has earned them diverse support slots with bands such as Hell is for Heroes, InMe, Therapy?, X Is Loaded, Centiment (InMe members), and My Awesome Compilation. They have been included on a number of compilations, been on a skydiving competition promo DVD and have even been played on Virgin radio. More recently, top-selling fiction author Robert Rankin has featured the band in his latest novel, "The Da Da Di Da Da Code". The book features a free CD on the hardback edition, featuring the track "Sides to a Story". Dry Rise’s 2006 cover version of Kerbdog’s B-side “Dragging Through” also received high praise from a member of the very same band!
The bands most recent project, a music video parodying the Terminator films, has in just a couple of months already exceeded 10,000 views and in its first week achieved the rank of 13 Top Rated Music Video on YouTube.
Dry Rise concern themselves not with image or the lamenting of broken High School romances, their musical manifesto merely stating a desire to rock. Watch them rise.
"...came out of the box and kicked me right in the nuts!" - Bowling for Soup on DRY RISE
PROMOTION
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Hey we're Colour System Failure, check out our stuff, say hi and let us know what you think:) We're playing in the Academy on June 27th with Home Star Runner and then we're playing Dorans on July 4th with Jody Has A Hitlist. We've also got gigs confirmed in Drogheda and Mullingar aswell. We're still booking for the summer so if you're involved in gigs or know anyone who is, make sure to give us a shout.
Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
We are building a new site to let people search metal gigs all around the world: send us your bio, tour dates, pictures, logo and whatever you want people to know, we'll add them to our database for free!
... and don't forget to keep us updated when you book new events or you have news to publish!
you need to delete that comment from that band 2 comments down, theyve hidden their music player in the comment so it plays their tracks everytime you come on this page. Not cool! I'll be home next week, definitley see you at the tubman if not before :) x
Wotcha chaps, enjoyed your set last night, loads of energy, tighter
than a nun's fadge. Pleased to make you acquaintance. I wanna come to Gazz's open mic thing he was telling me about (and don't worry, I love heckling, helps me interact with the audience)! Love the beard on your bassist too.
I am coming back for a massive party in Brighton on the 29th of May to launch my new club night " A NIGHT AT THE CHATEAU " it's home will be The Coalition and the line up is impressive with me Cagedbaby joined by guest DJs including The Whip, FC/Kahuna and They Live!!
Come and party!!!
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