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Isle of Wight Radio Interview (Parts One to Four)
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Or believe these quotes...
"Stunning Indie Pop" - RSW Concerts
"Honest, brave, dashing and witty, with vocals unlike any other" - Danny Wallace, XFM
"His voice is both soothing and plaintive and moves most powerfully when the music falls back into the quietude of simple guitar picking for accompaniment; creating the kind of ambivalent tension reminiscent of a Lord Byron poem or a David Sedaris essay" - Jasmine Anderson, Blogcritics Review
"A Molotoff Cocktail with legs" - My Dad
"A Man Of Many Talents" - Kelly Dalglish
"Like James Blunt, Only Good" - Live & Unsigned
"A cross between Gavin Rossdales teenage fueled angst and Billy Braggs street corner protest" - New York Waste
"If you don't like his music, you'll like him as a man... and if not as a man, at least you'll like his face" - Timothy James Pritchard
Click the link below to request 'It Feels Like A Race' on BBC Radio 2
'It Feels Like A Race' Music Video recorded by Silvertip Films
Gareth talks about his debut album and upcoming single
A brief bio...
Gareth Icke is a singer and songwriter from the Isle of Wight, England.
He was born on December 12th 1981 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Almost immediately from birth his health was a concern and after 2 eye operations as a baby he was diagnosed
with perthes disease. A bone wasting condition that would confine him to a hospital bed for several weeks.
Several major operations would follow and he would be confined to a wheel
chair as a 7 year old. He was told by doctors that it would be very unlikely would ever ride a bike and very unlikely he would lead an normal life.
Scroll forward 20 years...
Gareth is 27, he is an England International Beach Soccer player, Singer, Model, Presenter and most of all, performer. Not bad for a 'cripple'.
After several teenage angst fueled 'almost successful' rock bands, he has turned his attention firmly on to his songs and onto himself. The songs he wrote were hidden behind walls of feedback and lost in translation. He has stripped them to the bare, naked vunerability in which they were written.
He and the message are all the better for it. He has lived, he has stood toe to toe with adversity and walked home to tell the tale. Every song is a journey, every melody a guide book from a far flung region of the soul, and every break of vocal or rasp of throat speaks an unedited truth.
Gareth has had his music played on radio stations in England and America including Russell Brands BBC radio 2 Saturday night show, live sessions for Kerrang Radio, BFBS and Quay Radio.
His music has been featured on Nuts TVs England Beach Soccer Show as well as articles in 442 magazine, More magazine and the Daily Star.
In June 08 Gareth was named in the top 10 unsigned solo artists in England by the 'Live & Unsigned' music competition...
Gareth has just completed his first solo national tour with two acoustic artists, Jono and jess Morgan. The tour, labelled the Liberty tour took them through the Isle of Wight, London, Norwich, Coventry, Sheffield & Glasgow. It was greatly recieved and held in high regard among the BBC & Kerrang! radio stations.
Upon his return Gareth began working with Dan Swift (Aqualung, Kasabian, Snow Patrol) on his debut solo album in London Bridge.
The album, 'It Gets Worse At Night' is available now through this site and at his live shows.
The record has been greatly received in both the UK and abroad with one biocritics review stating...
"His voice is both soothing and plaintive and moves most powerfully when the music falls back into the quietude of simple guitar picking for accompaniment; creating the kind of ambivalent tension reminiscent of a Lord Byron poem or a David Sedaris essay. Even when he's singing about the kind of loneliness that gets worse at night, there's a strange hopefulness in his voice that reassures things will all work out alright in the end."
His first single, 'It Feels Like A Race' is due out through Rush Release and Universal Distribution on July 20th. The launch will coincide with a tour of Midlands England aswell as hometown Isle of Wight shows and high profile London venues.
"I look at life like a big book and sometimes you get half way through it and go 'Even though I've been enjoying it, I've had enough. Give us another book'" Karl Pilkington
ello mate loving the single, cant stop listening to it, really cracking stuff, good luck with the career! see you down the beach sometime for another ryde sports victory against the not so mighty sociedad ;)
and what is that crap? you fly ALL the way OUT to cali and can't stop off on the east coast?!?!? what a load of balls!!!!! very upset! you better get a more well-rounded tour schedule worked out before too long!!!!
Lol I still likes your voice xD Liked it in the little Brighton interview you did too =] Haha, good. Gareth is learning the difference between certain days of the week ;D Well done. =D Lmao. How'd your weekend go? =P (Remember, the weekend consists of 2 days known as Saturday and Sunday.) xxxxxxxx
I'd look forward to reading it if I'd got past page 52 in all the years I've tried to read Lord Of The Rings haha xD Although the '...' at the end puts me in doubt about the next blog =P lol xxxxxxx
WHAAAAAT!! YOUR ENGAGED!?! WELL THEN LET ME BE THE 1ST TO SAY CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!! IM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU ....... UNLESS your not engaged then I take it back (lol) PEACE OUT
Yeeeaaah! I guess so =[ I'm like the weird odd one haha xD Turns out my friend does band rehearsals, recording etc at where you're playing so she's like I'M GOIIIIING Lmao XD Just noticed you got new pics of the band on here as well haha looking pretty good ;D ...Drummer in particular *shifty eyes* xxxxxxxx
Haha, nah, damn the family for both reasons...grr... When I asked them what date the trip was on and they said the 25th...I just glared lmao XD Ahh, I'll make sure they get their arses there. A few of em have heard your stuff =] And thankies...and you're welcome <3 xxxxxxxx
=O Reeeaallyyyy?! And you never mentioned this before! We coulda gone stalking youu xD lmao
Oh. Btw, I won't be at your Brum gig...which sucks, cuz I've been bugging you about it for aaaaages but a change of plans and more, er, serious matters mean I'm in Portsmouth that weekend. =/ But Imma get everyone I know who can make it to go lol =P
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Hello, your album came and it is fantastic. It is actually so good I am pretty sure I saw this guy try to break into my house to steal it from me, obviously my shirt was off quicker than you could write a song and he quickly left, without a trace, so I can't be too sure if it was just my imagination. It came with a signed card, but I can't make it out but I think it was you so thanks for that too I really appreciate it, in a non-gay way.
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