Mike Ashelby (vocals/guitar)
Saf Armstrong (bass/vocals)
Rhydian Caines (guitar/vocals)
Luke Roberts (drums/vocals)
Influences
The Beatles, Big Train, The Bluetones, Coldplay, Damien Rice, Brown Rice, The Decemberists, The Doves, Elbow, Extreme, The Feeling, The Futureheads, Geo Bars, Iain Hornal, Jeff Buckley, The Kooks, Leamington Spa, Led Zeppelin, Look Around You, Lyca Sleep, Manic Street Preachers, The Memories Fire, Muse, Nizlopi, Oasis, Post War Years, Queen, Radiohead, Salad Fingers, Slybob, Stereophonics, The Stone Roses, Supergrass, Tori Amos, Vijay Kishore.
Fix Monday blend big rock sounds with delicate harmonies, indie sensibilities with pop catchiness, intricate musicianship with heart and soul.
Mondays are rubbish. They come around too quickly and ruin your Sunday evening. They remind you of how much you hate your job and your boss. Enter then Fix Monday; four lads from Leamington Spa on a crusade to make Mondays, and every other day at that, a little more bearable.
Cutting their teeth on the university circuit, Mike (vocals), Saf (bass) and Rhydian (guitar) shared stage space and living space in an effort to carve out a musical existence. Struggling to retain a drummer the boys resorted to harsher tactics – stealing the insulin supply of local diabetic drum machine Luke, they now ration it out on a gig by gig basis ensuring his loyalty to the cause. In an effort to restore band harmony they enrolled at the local Barbershop club and learnt to sing whilst smiling. They subsist on a diet of buffet food and cake by regularly crashing wedding receptions pretending to be the evening's entertainment.
Fix Monday's many influences include artists like Jeff Buckley, Elbow and Queen. Their thoughtfully crafted songs find their way into your head and obstinately remain for some time after. All four members are genuinely confident vocalists – the band has developed a reputation for its elaborate vocal harmonies and has been known to step off the stage and into the audience to sing unplugged anchored by a single guitar.
Not content waiting for a record label to sign them, Fix Monday started their own and signed themselves to it – through Sherpa Recordings the band released their début single, the intriguingly titled 'Margaret Peterson', on 1st December 2008 as a download-only. In support of this they drove across the country in their white van packing out venues and gaining many new fans both locally and further afield.
The boys' fan base are now eagerly anticipating the arrival of Fix Monday's first physical release – a four-track EP available mid 2009. And once again the band will be touring nationwide giving more people more chances to see just how good they are.
Watch out Saf, me and Emma are planning to come to Cox's Yard in Jan! We can't wait for next Birmingham one - although of course please let us know when that is!! x
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hi Guys... Thanx 4 coming to Swim in my Ocean... Check my CHILL ZONE Site thru my Friend Box.... Okus - Phantom Spirit Of The Forest - Sphynx Of The Desert Sands
Hello :) Things are good, thankyou! Just boring...I want to be playing more gigs/going to more gigs :) Ohhh thankyou for watching! It's not done yet though no :( Graham is producing it, i'm pestering him to get it finished, i've not even seen any of the 'footage' myself - i'm intrigued! Haha. Have indeed graced the Shed with our presence, it would have been fun if there was a crowd of more than just the other bands playing though! Hah. How's things with you? With love Lucy x
:) no worries, really loved your set last night guys, it was really quite refreshing when you left the stage :) You really have something about you which i like :D
Haha thanks for the comment bout my tattoos :) And your right they are called tattoo machines!
Thankyou so much! Your set was awesome and it was lovely to meet you all! I'll definitely be catching another one of your gigs :) With love Lucy Decadence in Berlin x
