'Seductive, cool, powerful....more punch than the rezillos on twenty cans of Red Bull. This band is raw and alive!'
Profile edited with CricketSoda's Myspace Editor The story of HEROES OF SHE
‘It has become a question whether we are justified in withholding from the world an account of a phenomenon which we believe to be of unparalleled interest’
Two years ago, a band was formed from the musical talents of four inhabitants of Lancaster in the North West of England.
The group’s beginnings lay in the Hammond/Drums duo of James Mackie, previously a member of Madness and The Selecter, and the fabulous beats of his longtime buddy, John Elles. Together they were a force to be reckoned with and played with a wild abandon…..but something was missing……
Girls! Amy Worth and Helen Longworth. Uncannily similarly named and themselves friends of old, they relished the thought of creating a band with two strong female lead singers and also of using their songwriting and vocal ability to create something completely new and Heroic. But now they needed a name.
‘Who is She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed?’ I asked curiously’
HEROES OF SHE. James, John, Amy and Helen retreated into The Kalvinator, a fridge in the basement of their local flower shop, to write and rehearse, developing an exciting set of vibrant songs with lyrics that said something, which they rocked out in many local venues; in the RADA Bar in London; at the opening of ‘Infusion’, the new, wild rollercoaster at the famous Blackpool Pleasure Beach and in the final of the BT Battle of The Bands 08 at the top of te BT Tower. The crowds went wild.
‘Hulloa, old fellow' he called out, ‘are you there? This is getting interesting, is it not?’
Then into The Kalvinator came the cool, calm and collected, fedora-donned local businessman Jonathan Denby and between him and the four band members, Independent Record Label, Northern Music was born for the purpose of promoting the band.
So here they are, Heroes of She. They have recorded and mixed an album of 14 songs and are forging into 2008 with the backing of acclaimed North West radio station ‘The Bay’, access to a Ford Thunderbird and with plans for larger gigs and the release of their first single on September 20th '08.
Further details are available at www.heroesofshe.com and if you are a member of Facebook please join the Heroes of She group.
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Well here's a bit of info about what we are, what we do and where we do it....
Mostly Toast is a record label home to the mighty Box Kid. Mostly Toast is a recording studio with 2 recording facilities and a mastering suite. Mostly Toast is a monthly night at The Green Windmill in Stretford, Manchester on the second Thursday of every month. Mostly Acoustic is a weekly unplugged gig which Mostly Toast runs at Nexus Art Cafe in the Northern Quarter, Manchester on Saturday afternoons. The Captain's Log is an unsigned bands podcast compiled by Mostly Toast which is streaming on our myspace page and our website 24 hours a day...
...we're very busy people here at Mostly Toast!
Mostly Toast's main aim is to promote good music.
Whether it be by making the highest quality recordings of a band to be released into the public domain. Finding great venues for artists to perform their music live and ensuring that the sound at these gigs is always to the highest possible standard. Promoting bands that we work with via the Captain's Log and stand in slots on All FM. Or just selling merchandise for bands through the Mostly Toast online shop.
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