Ali Esmaail- Bass,
Joe Rose- Sings, Guitars, Keys
Mike Ward- Guitars, Vocals
Rick Morgan - Drums
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Influences
All-together, we like: Radiohead, Nirvana, Sonic youth, Arcade fire, Pixies, Manic Street Preachers, Elliott Smith, JD Salinger, Placebo, TS Eliot, Saul Bellow, Les Save faves, Nelly Furtado, Polysics, Smashing Pumpkins, Sylvia Plath, William Burroughs,Ted Hugues, Jeff Buckley, William Carlos Williams, Trash palace, Rage Against The Machine, Pixies, Thomas Pynchon,Don Delillo, Bloc Party, Joy Division, Seigfried Sassoon, The Smiths, Abert Camus, Azure Ray, Bright eyes, Nine black alps, Bjork, Dresden dolls, Pixies, Yann Tierson, weezer, Yeats, Little hell, Editors, Raymond Carver, Busted, Hanson, Justin Timberlake, The innosense mission, Thirteen senses, Rolling stones, Halo, Serafin, Vexred, Bob Dylan, The libertines, Simon Joyner, Giant Drag, System of a down, Sufjan stevens, Neutral milk hotel, Ed Harcourt, Robert Johnson, Test-icicles. 2pac, Outlawz, young noble, Napolean, Stroma, Lil Kuz.
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Hi everybody,
the following is a message I wrote way back in June, and which, for reasons beyond our control, has been on standby for a painfully long time. We're pretty unhappy and frustrated that it's taken four months to get to you, but better late than never, I suppose. Ideally it should have gone out when it was written, but we had to delay posting it for reasons too boring to go into. We would like to say a big, fat "sorry!" to all of you for the massive delay, and I also must apologise to anybody whose messages I've ignored over the past few months. I have been awfully rude and not answered various questions, and I'm truly sorry. Anyway, enough of the sombre tone - you may have already guessed that the following statement is an announcement of our disbanding, but I should add that we're all doing just fine. Rick asked me to mention that he's been playing with the Lead Balloons (who I can assure you are quite superb), so do check them out. If you do have any questions, comments, messages, anything, then don't hesistate to get in touch on the MySpace, or via our band E-Mail address, fear@nettwerk.com
Lots of love, Mike, Fear of Music
Dear fans,
Mike here, and I'm afraid I have bad news. The long and (sometimes) glorious relationship between Fear of Music and our record label has come to an end. In other words, we have been dropped. In light of this, we have decided to disband rather than make a vain attempt to continue on our own. In other words, we're splitting up. I know that this will come as a big shock and a big disappointment to most of you, and I hope that none of you is too crushed. I remember how upset I was when Easyworld split up, and I hate to think that we've made any of you feel like that. I'm not saying we're as good as Easyworld, but y'know...
Anyway, there it is. After a whopping six and a half years of existence, Fear of Music is no more. Our last gig was at the Cockpit in Leeds, and it was pretty brilliant, certainly a great note on which to end. Redfest unfortunately has been cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales, so unfortunately you won't be seeing us again. I feel I must apologise to anyone who never got the chance to see us play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us.
As for Jo (or Joe, as I like to spell it), Ali, Rick and myself, well, don't worry about us, we shall most definitely live to fight another day. We certainly took the news about the label's decision as a shock, but once it had time to sink in we actually handled it pretty well, and we mutually agreed that it would be best to call it a day rather than continue our journey as a band without a major label backing us. That's not say that we naturally equated being in a band with being signed to a major, or that we thought it beneath us to do things any other way - the band, I'm sad to say, was in a difficult place anyway, and it just made sense to use this as an opportunity to end whilst in our prime, instead of carrying on and watching the group slide into a slow and steady decline. The good news is that the break up is an amicable one, in fact since this has happened we've never got along better, which is great; the pressures of being in a band do unfortunately put a strain on personal relationships, and so believe it or not, we weren't always the best of friends 100% of the time. With the ways things have happened now though, we can put an end to the band in a much more healthy and happy way than if we'd carried on and split up in a year or two. Basically, we're all very good friends now, which I think you'll agree is good news.
So yeah, we're sad, but happy at the same time. I can't speak for the others, but personally it's actually kind of a relief - being in FoM just wasn't as much fun as it should have been any more and, what with the last few days of the band's existence being such happy ones, and the awesomness of the final gig in Leeds, this actually feels like the best way that things could have ended. However, I know this is probably little consolation to those of you that are upset by the news. I'm truly sorry - I know how much the band meant to some of you, and I just hope that this news doesn't hurt you too deeply. I'm sad about it too, naturally, but hey, we've all gotta move on.
Okay, I feel like I've rambled on long enough. I'll end this by saying a very, very big THANK YOU - to all of you reading this; to our uber-hardcore fanbase, i.e the ones we know by name and talk to regularly either in the real world or on the message boards and MySpace and stuff; everyone who's ever been to any of our shows; anyone who's ever listened to or bought any of our music and enjoyed it; the good, good people at our record label (no hard feelings guys) and our management; anybody who's ever helped us out, driven us around, served us a drink, played us on the radio, given us a friendly smile, written a good review of a gig or a record, given us a gig, shaken our hands, engaged in conversation with us even though we were strangers, given us money or guitars or anything, played drums for us (cheers love), provided any assistance or moral support of any kind or, well anything. Thank you to all of you. Thank you especially to our families, friends and loved ones. And pets (Pebbles, Peak or however you spell it, Darwin, Rick's tortoise, the late, great Franny and Zooey, and whatever Jo's newer Guineas are called). Thanks. Perhaps I might do a blog or something at a later date to thank people more specifically, but you all know who you are.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, we're very sorry; but don't worry, the future's bright.
Lots and lots of love,
Michael Ward
PS - chances are we'll all keep doing musical things in the future - if you're interested in hearing about what we get up to, then keep hold of us on MySpace (better yet, subscribe to the blog so that if we post one you'll know about it), stay on the mailing list, keep us alive on Facebook, any of that. Hopefully you won't have heard the last of us. Ciao!
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Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
Everyone get down the Oxford this sunday for the Real Jam Session, opening night! Free improvisation, straight up jammin from start to finish. Bring some friends and make it a good night! Free in. Upstairs at the Oxford, Oxford Rd, opposite Academy 1, on the corner next to the old eye hospital. xx Em
Télécharge gratuitement ma nouvelle chanson "En manque de toi" un bon zouk plein de douceur extrai de mon prochain album. Download free my new song "En manque de toi" from my upcoming album.
Trespassers William (Seattle, US) are the duo of Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams. "Subliminally sublime and pragmatically perfect, you would have to possess an ashtray for a heart not to feel this coursing through your soul" (DSD Music Magazine). A new EP, The Natural Order of Things, is set to be released on Gizeh Records. They will make a church performance with special guests.
Glissando (Sheffield, UK) “have the kind of atmosphere that can captivate and relax in equal measure- never before has tranquillity sounded so urgent. While track lengths of over 10 minutes may fail to hold the attention of the ADHD sufferers among us, with patience it plays like a majestic dream. And it's one you'll never want to wake up from." NME
Operations (Chris Anderson) is a Manchester based conceptual music producer and sound artist. He performs and records with an array of analog synths and effects, reel-to-reel tape and casette players, and guitars. Followers of Tim Hecker, Slowdive, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stephen O'Malley, Type and 12K Records will surely nod in approval.
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
This Thursday 30/07 we welcome you to join us and celebrate the release of our new album, Panic. Free copies of the album will be available on the night plus music from BOBBIE PERU, STRAY LIGHT and MONSTER ISLAND with FNF DJs all night.
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
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Hi everybody,
the following is a message I wrote way back in June, and which, for reasons beyond our control, has been on standby for a painfully long time. We're pretty unhappy and frustrated that it's taken four months to get to you, but better late than never, I suppose. Ideally it should have gone out when it was written, but we had to delay posting it for reasons too boring to go into. We would like to say a big, fat "sorry!" to all of you for the massive delay, and I also must apologise to anybody whose messages I've ignored over the past few months. I have been awfully rude and not answered various questions, and I'm truly sorry. Anyway, enough of the sombre tone - you may have already guessed that the following statement is an announcement of our disbanding, but I should add that we're all doing just fine. Rick asked me to mention that he's been playing with the Lead Balloons (who I can assure you are quite superb), so do check them out. If you do have any questions, comments, messages, anything, then don't hesistate to get in touch on the MySpace, or via our band E-Mail address, fear@nettwerk.com
Lots of love, Mike, Fear of Music
Dear fans,
Mike here, and I'm afraid I have bad news. The long and (sometimes) glorious relationship between Fear of Music and our record label has come to an end. In other words, we have been dropped. In light of this, we have decided to disband rather than make a vain attempt to continue on our own. In other words, we're splitting up. I know that this will come as a big shock and a big disappointment to most of you, and I hope that none of you is too crushed. I remember how upset I was when Easyworld split up, and I hate to think that we've made any of you feel like that. I'm not saying we're as good as Easyworld, but y'know...
Anyway, there it is. After a whopping six and a half years of existence, Fear of Music is no more. Our last gig was at the Cockpit in Leeds, and it was pretty brilliant, certainly a great note on which to end. Redfest unfortunately has been cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales, so unfortunately you won't be seeing us again. I feel I must apologise to anyone who never got the chance to see us play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us.
As for Jo (or Joe, as I like to spell it), Ali, Rick and myself, well, don't worry about us, we shall most definitely live to fight another day. We certainly took the news about the label's decision as a shock, but once it had time to sink in we actually handled it pretty well, and we mutually agreed that it would be best to call it a day rather than continue our journey as a band without a major label backing us. That's not say that we naturally equated being in a band with being signed to a major, or that we thought it beneath us to do things any other way - the band, I'm sad to say, was in a difficult place anyway, and it just made sense to use this as an opportunity to end whilst in our prime, instead of carrying on and watching the group slide into a slow and steady decline. The good news is that the break up is an amicable one, in fact since this has happened we've never got along better, which is great; the pressures of being in a band do unfortunately put a strain on personal relationships, and so believe it or not, we weren't always the best of friends 100% of the time. With the ways things have happened now though, we can put an end to the band in a much more healthy and happy way than if we'd carried on and split up in a year or two. Basically, we're all very good friends now, which I think you'll agree is good news.
So yeah, we're sad, but happy at the same time. I can't speak for the others, but personally it's actually kind of a relief - being in FoM just wasn't as much fun as it should have been any more and, what with the last few days of the band's existence being such happy ones, and the awesomness of the final gig in Leeds, this actually feels like the best way that things could have ended. However, I know this is probably little consolation to those of you that are upset by the news. I'm truly sorry - I know how much the band meant to some of you, and I just hope that this news doesn't hurt you too deeply. I'm sad about it too, naturally, but hey, we've all gotta move on.
Okay, I feel like I've rambled on long enough. I'll end this by saying a very, very big THANK YOU - to all of you reading this; to our uber-hardcore fanbase, i.e the ones we know by name and talk to regularly either in the real world or on the message boards and MySpace and stuff; everyone who's ever been to any of our shows; anyone who's ever listened to or bought any of our music and enjoyed it; the good, good people at our record label (no hard feelings guys) and our management; anybody who's ever helped us out, driven us around, served us a drink, played us on the radio, given us a friendly smile, written a good review of a gig or a record, given us a gig, shaken our hands, engaged in conversation with us even though we were strangers, given us money or guitars or anything, played drums for us (cheers love), provided any assistance or moral support of any kind or, well anything. Thank you to all of you. Thank you especially to our families, friends and loved ones. And pets (Pebbles, Peak or however you spell it, Darwin, Rick's tortoise, the late, great Franny and Zooey, and whatever Jo's newer Guineas are called). Thanks. Perhaps I might do a blog or something at a later date to thank people more specifically, but you all know who you are.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, we're very sorry; but don't worry, the future's bright.
Lots and lots of love,
Michael Ward
PS - chances are we'll all keep doing musical things in the future - if you're interested in hearing about what we get up to, then keep hold of us on MySpace (better yet, subscribe to the blog so that if we post one you'll know about it), stay on the mailing list, keep us alive on Facebook, any of that. Hopefully you won't have heard the last of us. Ciao!
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