A Friendly Introduction to Ezekiel ---------------------------------
(HARRIET)..........................................
Allergic to apple peel, kiwi and latex. Enjoys musically making love to saxophone players. Emily in particular. Occasionaly bursts into song mid-conversation, usually one by Queen. Has unusual cravings to do things like hire dwarves to bring her jam and toast in cottages in Skegness. Or something along those lines. -----------------------------
ROB...................................................
Sleeps in a turret, enjoys barbecues and was formally worshipped by the followers of a small unofficial religion centred around him. Very excitable, often by everyday things such as oven lights, cheese puffs and probably some things that are too embarrassing for me to allow myself to remember, as his sax player. -----------------------------
JOE....................................................
Sporting South Manchester's finest afro, Joe is the gangsta spirit of the band. In some odd kind of way. Young but mature, spawned by a Bolton lass, how can he go wrong? Perhaps to be considered a child prodigy, as it's taken him only a couple of years to master his drumming skills. Has the funk. -------------
EMILY.................................................
Crazy saxophone lady. The girl that plays the saxophone with the odd socks and the jack-ups. Actually I don't tend to have jack-ups anymore, scallies called me names. I'm the idiot writing the blog. Some might call me an overly-passionate musician, I just call me an artist.
Influences
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown, Pendulum, Maceo Parker, George Clinton, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Queen, Dennis Chambers, Chico Freeman Y Guataca, Radiohead, Othersideofsound, Frazer King, Eddie Harris, Buddy Rich, the String Cheese Incident, Victor Wooton, Arctic Monkeys, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderly, Aretha Franklin, Whiskycats, Prodigy, Starsailor, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, The Little Engine, The difference, Weather Report, The Strokes, Fear of Music, Stevie Wonder, Willie Kent, The Beach boys, System of a Down, Sway, Starsailor, Smiths, Rage Against the Machine, Ray Charles, Ray Bryant, Oasis, Nirvana, Nina Simone, Muse, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Richie, Kiss, Kanye West, Joy divison, Jose Gonzalez, I Monster, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Eminem, Farrel, Elvis Presley, Dizzee Rascal, Dave Brubeck, Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy, 2pac, Herbie Hancock, Michel Petrucciani, The Who, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Chopin, Debussy, Gerschwin, Bach, Bob Marley, Sublime, Long Beach Dub All Stars, Tommy McCook and the Skatallites...
Sounds Like
The youthful bonds of teenagers who went to high school together, manifested in funk. Beautiful.
Hello fellow Jazz, Funk, and Fusion fans and fans of everything around it and in between it!
As a band we've really grown in the one and a half years we've been together, playing at some well established venues, such as: The Frog and Bucket comedy club, The Irish Club and we're due to play at Academy 3 in March and Satan's Hollow in April. We recently recorded at City College with great help from Bhima Bowden, and you can catch it all on this page. Enjoy!
Remember sisters and friends, get down to the Oxford this Sunday (25th oct) at 9pm for the Real Jam Session! A night of free improvisation, straight up jammin, everyone involved. Bring your friends down for a good night so that they let us do it again! Free in, upstairs at the Oxford, opposite academy one, on the corner next to the old eye hospital.
THE VIOLET MAY @ Night & Day - Sheffields most talked about band at the mo - you may recognise fronman Chris McClure as the face of The Arctic Monkeys and Toddla T's debut
Support from The Causeway The Ambush The Minx No Flash
STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED - A PROMOTER LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEIR GIGS........WELL WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AROUND HERE!!!!!
COME ON DOWN AND SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW MANCHESTER BANDS AND THE MANC MUSIC SCENE
ADVANCE TICKETS Sept 11th - Nice Peter @ Sub61 - American musical comedy genius follows hugely successful tours with a new Manchester date - £5 tickets from - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/53088
Sept 18th - The Violet May @ Night & Day - Sheffields most talked about band at the mo - you may recognise fronman Chris McClure as the face of The Arctic Monkeys and Toddla T's debut - £5 from - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/53191
Sept 25th - Doll & The Kicks @ Sub61 - As seen on 2 sold out dates with Morrissey @ Manchester Apollo - £6 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/50385
PAY ON THE DOOR GIGS August 1st @ Roadhouse - Sander Kommander, Der Die Das plus special guests - 7.30pm doors
August 7th @ Sub 61 - Sandbox, Daddys Milk, Elmer Thug and more TBC - 7.30pm doors
August 8th @ Roadhouse - Red Or Black, The Soul, Bonfires, Special K - 7pm
Sept 25th - Doll & The Kicks @ Sub61 - fresh from 2 sold out Apollo dates with Morrissey, D&TK returun for a headline show in Manchester - £6 from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/50385
LOTS LOTS MORE GIGS ON THE MYSPACE SO CHECK THE FULL LISTINGS......... IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A GIG FOR US MESSAGE US VIA THE MYSPACE
Our latest all ages (16+) show has just been announced so make it down if you can cos this band will be massive
Let us know what you think of them
ADVANCE TICKETS
June 19th - The Ruling Class @ Manchester Roadhouse - Just been on tour with The Charlatans and The Twang - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/47829
June 20th - The Sand Band @ Roadhouse - one time Coral guitarist and just played Manchester gig with Nick McCabe / The Black Marquee - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/48101
Great set last night, loving all the new stuff - dare i say even more amazing than your previous prodigal masterpieces! Enjoyed the Coltrane, Jaco and Hancock too. Keep grooving!
hi how are things? your myspace is looking sweet! anyhow, i just got some tight new ringers from www.singingcell.info for FREE! they have the sweetest selection!
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