Andrew Sheffield (Guitar/Vocals) Mathew Henn (Bass) David Sheffield (Drums)
Influences
Soledad Brothers, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Led Zeppelin, Black Diamond Heavies, The Doors, Canned Heat, Ten Years After, The Rolling Stones, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, The Sonics, R.L. Burnside .BLUES.
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LIVE REVIEWS...
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"Has anyone ever considered that a band may have been conjured up by some sort of potent/promiscuous blues bleeding overlord? Taking the likes of The Black Keys and splicing their DNA with the fingernails of John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters? How this band of just three members can sound like a band of three hundred is their greatest achievement. Though...they could be considered reluctant to stop hitting stuff, making tiny little noises to fill every conceivable gap in the sound, still...it's clear to see who has influenced Hard Luck Child. Andy's playing style is immaculate on his trusty Antoria as he effortlessly slithers amid hard hitting low note blues riffs to high end fret board shenanigans all the while providing the band's solid grafted vocals. People always say that guitar playing shouldn't have to be complicated to sound good; just plug into a stack, whack the overdrive on 11 and make the room quake!...Still there's no shortage of complexity in Andy's sound and his brother David's simultaneously slapdash, but convoluted drum beats, together with Mathew's resilient yet edgy bass lines add up to one tangy pineapple. When met by the sheer zest of these 3 chaps, we cannot help but feel impressed. No other band during this fortnight has had the crowd gripped in such a merciless way and with the extraordinary opportunity of standing practically behind the band, REVUE witnessed the probably nontoxic horde transform obviously into a slack thumping stain loving rabble." - Revuemusic
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"Second helping of the blues comes from the exceptional HARD LUCK CHILD, well known around these parts as one of the best live unsigned bands in Manchester of any genre. Theirs is a fiercer, harder, bloodier flavour of the blues - a sort of sonic ambush of visceral volume from three equally vital cornerstones. Watch Mathew Henn's fingers fly up and down the bass fretboard, David Sheffield throw his whole body into a minimal low-set drumkit - and then there's Andrew Sheffield, he of the steel-lunged howl and blistering guitar. A string snaps, and there's no wussing about here, he just carries straight on with the next tune - and they're cracking tunes, too. Jack White would absolutely shit his pants if he saw these lads." - manchestermusic.co.uk
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"Hard Luck Child play the blues, gloriously woozy swampy angry Archie Bronson Outfit meets Soledad Brothers blues, hard on the drums and even harder on the blisteringly loud guitar. Singer/guitarist Andrew Sheffield has a powerfully gritty sore-throat howl on him whilst the rhythm section are relentless and the overall sound could probably be used to blow up derelict buildings. The set ends with Andrew standing up on his amp, his fingers and bottleneck whipping up and down the fretboard so fast you can hardly see them. This is music straight from their soul to yours, and bloody excellent." - manchestermusic.co.uk
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"Finally it's over to Detroit (1969 to present day) for our closing set of guitar-slinging rock'n'roll blues from the enormously-noisy-for-three-people Hard Luck Child. Kicking off with a bone-crushing 12-bar instrumental they practically sweat rocket-fuel, with vocals (rough and and gravelly - but probably not because of any throat infection) kept pretty minimal throughout as singer-guitarist Andrew Sheffield lets his distorted bottleneck riffs take centre stage. Drummer David Sheffield, too, is a delight to watch as he throws both sticks and his head into the kit like Animal Muppet whilst Matthew Henn keeps the engine running with deep churning bass power. Did I say Detroit? Nope, they're from somewhere round here, but you wouldn't know it." - manchestermusic.co.uk
Last Show? Bummer. Just remember to keep the flame alive. Our singer's in the hospital so we can relate. The Blues will make you stronger or kill you. Peace BCB
WE'VE GOT LOADS ON IN JUNE / JULY SO HERE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF THE GIGS SO FAR - CHECK THE MYSPACE PAGE OUT FOR THE FULL LISTINGS
ADVANCE TICKETS
July 2nd - The Dead Formats - new signings to Visible Noise @ Satans Hollow (16+) - £5 tickets from - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49825
July 3rd - Decimals - Pennie from The Automatics new band @ Sub 61 (14+) - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49265
July 10th - The Heartbreaks - Formerly Seaside Riot and just seen at Academy 1 with The View - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49946
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
Check the full music and arts listings on the myspace blogs now
Day / Weekend Tickets available in person from Piccadilly Records and online from Ticketline, seetickets and wegottickets
CONFIRMED BANDS FOR 2009 INCLUDE... NINE BLACK ALPS KID BRITISH WAVE MACHINES MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE THE TRAVELLING BAND TEN BEARS THE VORTEX THE MAYBES KARIMA FRANCIS THE JESSIE ROSE TRIP FRAZER KING CASIO KID GIDEON CONN THE GAY BLADES THE WHISKYCATS TEN BEARS ..... with around 200 bands over the weekend
**** CHECK THE MYSPACE BLOG FOR FULL MUSIC AND ARTS LISTINGS ****
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
July 2nd - The Dead Formats - new signings to Visible Noise @ Satans Hollow (16+) - £5 tickets from - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49825
July 3rd - Decimals - Pennie from The Automatics new band @ Sub 61 (14+) - £5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49265
We;'ve got loads of great gigs coming up....cant post the html web poster shizzle on here
But gigs coming from * League Liege - full page in the MEN this Friday * Scarlet Harlots - Orange Unsigned finalists with support from The Mandigans and Shanty Town and loads more... * The Sand Band * The Ruling Class * The Heartbreaks
Got loads more just waiting confirmation so keep checking the page
Was ace sharing the bill with you guys the other night. Rarely do we quiver when following another band and you certainly did that to us. You still up for playing our album launch on the 2nd of May?
