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Released: Feb 15, 2007
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  • Genre: Indie / Rock / Soul

    Location Colchester, UK

    Profile Views: 65237

    Last Login: 11/9/2012

    Member Since 12/4/2005

    Website www.fuzzface.co.uk

    Record Label Rambling Soul Records

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. England's greatest organ-driven rock 'n' roll band .. .. "FUZZFACE HAVE A FEARSOME REPUTATION" .. What's On In London .. .. "A FUNKY COLLISION BETWEEN THE BEATLES AND THE CLASH".. Mono Magazine.. .. "A BIT SPECIAL" .. Scootering Magazine .. .. "JAUNTY POP MELODIES, CLIPPED GUITAR WORK AND FUNKY ORGAN GROOVES...FUZZFACE FLOW WITH A WIRY SENSE OF ELECTRICITY AND EXCITEMENT" .. UK Music Search .. .. "MARVELLOUS, QUITE FRANKLY" .. Record Collector .. .. ...... .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Immediate, boisterous and earthy, FuzzFace's mix of Rock, Indie, and Soul is unique and irresistible. They have the knack for mixing addictive melodies with raucous performance. With distant echoes of The Jam, The Stooges and the band’s hometown heroes Blur, FuzzFace’s music is a mouth-watering blend of quirky charm and incendiary showmanship. .. .. FuzzFace’s dual songwriters and singers Ady Johnson (guitars) and Matt Simpkins (Hammond organ, guitar) have distinctive, soulful voices and they write the intoxicating melodies and knowing lyrics to match. Toby Bull (bass, saxophone) and Mark Turnbull (drums) are a heavy and hard kicking rhythm section. Above them, Matt’s Hammond organ and synth histrionics vie with Adey’s ruthlessly cool guitar chops. .. .. Formed by a rabble of long time mates in 2001, FuzzFace cut their teeth playing in rough pubs and shitty clubs around Essex and Suffolk. Later that year, the band’s first demo was reviewed in Record Collector as “Marvellous, Quite Frankly”. A series of impressive London gigs followed, but the band’s momentum was abruptly halted in 2002 when Adey severed a nerve in his finger. The guitarist’s miraculous recovery throughout 2003 fired FuzzFace into recording the Josephine EP in 2004. Holly Hernandez enthused that FuzzFace sounded "like a very English version of the Strokes, which I suspect will guarantee their absolute adoration." A hectic schedule of gigging followed throughout 2004 and 2005. “Are We Nearly There Yet?” FuzzFace’s 2005 self-produced LP received extremely favourable local and internet reviews: the Colchester Evening Gazette described the band as “The true heirs to Blur”. But the group felt that although they had demonstrated the depth of their talent for songwriting and melody, the band’s legendarily raucous live sound was absent. News of FuzzFace’s performing talent was spreading fast and What’s On In London proclaimed that "FuzzFace have a fearsome live reputation...now watch them take London by storm". In May 2006, Oxford’s Shifty Disco released “The Relegation Song” as a download single. Despite limited marketing resources, within 10 days of release Shifty Disco’s Dave Newton described “The Relegation Song” as the label’s fifth best selling download of all time. Determined to at last fulfill their potential, FuzzFace spent the rest of 2006 writing the outstanding set of songs that became “Sound About You”. Recorded live in three 8 hour sessions between Christmas and New Year 2006, the LP was recorded in the loudest room the band could find: the massive redundant fire station at RAF Bentwaters. “Sound About You” finally captures FuzzFace in their full ecstatic, exuberant glory. Enjoy! .. Photographs by Stevie Baker. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  • Members

    Toby Bull - Bass, Sax, Trumpet, Vocals .. Adrian Johnson - Guitar, Vocals .. Matt Simpkins - Hammond Organ, Guitar, Vocals .. Mark Turnbull - Drums & Percussion .. .. ......
  • Influences

    Blur, Thee Hypnotics, The Jam, Stax Soul, The Stooges, MC5, Small Faces, Motown
  • Sounds Like

    Blur, Kings of Leon, The Jam, Small Faces, The Strokes, The Kinks, Supergrass, The Who, Led Zeppelin .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ...... .. .. ..

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FuzzFace

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    Thanks for adding me as a friend!

    3 years ago
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    The Reverend is delighted to inform you that his bold new single ELIZABETH – composed in honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s 83rd Birthday - is OUT NOW through iTunes etc.

    Featuring the bells, choir & organ of St Runwald’s Church, Colchester, it is a fortuitously-timed state of the nation address in Bb major. ELIZABETH is backed with HAND FOOT MOUTH, the Reverend’s response to the Swine Flu panic. Music doesn’t get more infectious than this – spread the dis-ease and download your copy now.

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  • Thomas Tomsen

    Hi FuzzFace.. Thanks! Glad to be your myspace friend!! Greets...Thomas

    3 years ago
  • Dan Hunter

    www.shurecreativeaward.com/2009/entry/dan-hunter-part-elite

    hey guys especially simpkins ,how r u? check out the link above and if you like the song vote for me,i still listen to sound about you btw

    3 years ago
  • Han's SoundCheckShow

    How he got that girl!

    I've loved that tune, and the Essex one...been playing them on my show for about a year now...

    Don't be shy or petrol thrifty...join me one saturday lunchtime live on air 12-2pm on Ipswich Community Radio?

    xx Han xx

    3 years ago
  • Han's SoundCheckShow

    p.s.

    I really LOVED "The Autumnal"

    to this day, I still play it out live. :D

    xx Han@ICRfm xx

    3 years ago
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Bio:

..
England's greatest organ-driven rock 'n' roll band

"FUZZFACE HAVE A FEARSOME REPUTATION"
What's On In London

"A FUNKY COLLISION BETWEEN THE BEATLES AND THE CLASH"
Mono Magazine

"A BIT SPECIAL"
Scootering Magazine

"JAUNTY POP MELODIES, CLIPPED GUITAR WORK AND FUNKY ORGAN GROOVES...FUZZFACE FLOW WITH A WIRY SENSE OF ELECTRICITY AND EXCITEMENT"
UK Music Search

"MARVELLOUS, QUITE FRANKLY"
Record Collector





Immediate, boisterous and earthy, FuzzFace's mix of Rock, Indie, and Soul is unique and irresistible. They have the knack for mixing addictive melodies with raucous performance. With distant echoes of The Jam, The Stooges and the band’s hometown heroes Blur, FuzzFace’s music is a mouth-watering blend of quirky charm and incendiary showmanship.

FuzzFace’s dual songwriters and singers Ady Johnson (guitars) and Matt Simpkins (Hammond organ, guitar) have distinctive, soulful voices and they write the intoxicating melodies and knowing lyrics to match. Toby Bull (bass, saxophone) and Mark Turnbull (drums) are a heavy and hard kicking rhythm section. Above them, Matt’s Hammond organ and synth histrionics vie with Adey’s ruthlessly cool guitar chops.

Formed by a rabble of long time mates in 2001, FuzzFace cut their teeth playing in rough pubs and shitty clubs around Essex and Suffolk. Later that year, the band’s first demo was reviewed in Record Collector as “Marvellous, Quite Frankly”. A series of impressive London gigs followed, but the band’s momentum was abruptly halted in 2002 when Adey severed a nerve in his finger. The guitarist’s miraculous recovery throughout 2003 fired FuzzFace into recording the Josephine EP in 2004. Holly Hernandez enthused that FuzzFace sounded "like a very English version of the Strokes, which I suspect will guarantee their absolute adoration." A hectic schedule of gigging followed throughout 2004 and 2005. “Are We Nearly There Yet?” FuzzFace’s 2005 self-produced LP received extremely favourable local and internet reviews: the Colchester Evening Gazette described the band as “The true heirs to Blur”. But the group felt that although they had demonstrated the depth of their talent for songwriting and melody, the band’s legendarily raucous live sound was absent. News of FuzzFace’s performing talent was spreading fast and What’s On In London proclaimed that "FuzzFace have a fearsome live reputation...now watch them take London by storm". In May 2006, Oxford’s Shifty Disco released “The Relegation Song” as a download single. Despite limited marketing resources, within 10 days of release Shifty Disco’s Dave Newton described “The Relegation Song” as the label’s fifth best selling download of all time. Determined to at last fulfill their potential, FuzzFace spent the rest of 2006 writing the outstanding set of songs that became “Sound About You”. Recorded live in three 8 hour sessions between Christmas and New Year 2006, the LP was recorded in the loudest room the band could find: the massive redundant fire station at RAF Bentwaters. “Sound About You” finally captures FuzzFace in their full ecstatic, exuberant glory. Enjoy!
Photographs by Stevie Baker.


Member Since:

December 04, 2005

Members:

Toby Bull - Bass, Sax, Trumpet, Vocals
Adrian Johnson - Guitar, Vocals
Matt Simpkins - Hammond Organ, Guitar, Vocals
Mark Turnbull - Drums & Percussion

Influences:

Blur, Thee Hypnotics, The Jam, Stax Soul, The Stooges, MC5, Small Faces, Motown

Sounds Like:

Blur, Kings of Leon, The Jam, Small Faces, The Strokes, The Kinks, Supergrass, The Who, Led Zeppelin








Record Label:

Rambling Soul Records

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