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The High Society
Rock / Glam / Punk



Birmingham
United Kingdom

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   The High Society: General Info
Member Since3/6/2006
Band Websitewww.thehighsociety.co.uk
Band MembersMaxi Browne - Vox
Ade Preston - Guitar
Topper - Guitar
Ash Sheehan - Drums
Rex Roulette - Bass


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maxi-brown @ excite.com
Sounds Like
It's about time a new band provided the staying power of a tightly trousered legendary act like Aerosmith and the track 'The Stripper shows that The High Society may have just that.

- Rock Sound Magazine

Of all the bands I've seen recently I get the feeling that all of The High Society live the life off stage as well as on it and that oozes through the music... why they're not playing bigger venues is a mystery, but looking at the piss poor state of the bloated corpse of the music biz perhaps it ain't surprising. To the non believers and to quote the band 'Revenge will get you in the end'.

- Brum Live

First band The High Society tore out an adrenaline fuelled, poppy-yet-punky set full of singer Maxi Browne’s androgynous swaggering and the man-beast drummer Ash Sheehan’s mind blowing beats, hitting harder than most people could dare to dream whilst maintaining impressive style and control. The music was high energy and very catchy and they are certainly a band to look out for on the sleazy punk rock scene, warming up the crowd nicely.

- SoundShock live review

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Aug 8 2009 6:00P
trashstock@ bar seven, Nottingham Nottingham, Midlands

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   About The High Society
It is a quiet Tuesday night in Camden Town, an early summer evening on the Chalk Farm Road. A pub next door to a brothel is hosting a rock night, three bands from up and down the country are hoping to make a mark in the rock’n’roll capital of London.

The group sandwiched between openers and headliners is The High Society, a ragamuffin racket from the West Midlands that sound as if they went to Rock’N’Roll High School and look as if they could use a good wash. Looking out from a stage no higher than a mobile phone into an audience that can only rightly be described as ‘sparse’, the temptation is to feel sympathy for the five young men onstage. The High Society have travelled a long way. Petrol is expensive. There ain’t no love in the heart of this city.

But, still, what are you gonna do? Well, what The High Society are going to do is perform the kind of show you would imagine a band might play were they're headlining the Whisky A Go Go on LA’s Sunset Strip. Close your eyes and you could imagine them onstage at the Hammersmith Apollo. It’s only when each song ends does the reality of their surroundings once again crash The High Society’s party.

It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock’n’roll.

“We play music the way it’s supposed to be played,” says Maxi Browne, the band’s frontman. “We are here to start a war on mediocrity, a war that we are already winning"

Strong words from an unheard band, but even in Camden Town on a quiet Tuesday night the group have the right trousers to go with this kind of mouth. With drummer Ash Sheenan playing as if he's wired to the national grid, The High Society are the sound of electicity on the loose, on the loose and looking for trouble. One moment Maxi Browne is hanging from his microphone stand, the next he’s shuffling off to bar, singing songs to the pretty girls holding gin and tonics. Done with this, he clambers atop a speaker stack and leers as if his audience numbered thousands. He finishes the show not from the stage, or from the floor, or from the PA column, but outside the venue. And why not? There is a smoking ban these days, don't you know.

“What we want from people is to just listen to what we do,” he says. “We are unpredictable, we are exciting, we are showmen. We are all the things that rock’n’roll should be but has forgetten how to be.”

Given the strength of The High Society’s performance in front a few dozen paying customers in Camden Town, the mind boggles at what the band might be capable of if things really started to go their way.

“To be put it bluntly,” says Maxi Browne. “We are fucking brilliant.”

- Ian Winwood - Kerrang Magazine

COMING SOON - MAY 5TH - PROUD GALLERIES, CAMDEN, LONDON.
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Jul 16 2009 11:08 AM

looking forwards to seeing you boys at Trashstock! Its been too long! x x x x x
donna-lee





Jun 20 2009 3:41 PM

please come to glasgow! :)
xx
Sexy Dave





Jun 5 2009 1:48 PM

Aye aye lads! Good to see you last night, really good show, even after a less than promising start to the evening ;)

Hope to see yas down london way again soon!

X
Alicia





Jun 4 2009 11:44 AM

I LOVE your new band <3...wish I'd found out about you guys sooner! Ill be at your gig on Thurs :) xxx
The Dirty Strangers





Jun 1 2009 3:29 AM

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The Dirty Strangers





May 24 2009 7:08 PM

Alan here.

Packing me boots, stringing me guitars and getting ready for the next two weeks. Don't be frightened to shout out any songs off the album you want to hear and don't forget the crazier you are the crazier we are.

Look forward to seeing you in the asylum at the end of the tour.
Come As You Are





May 14 2009 8:10 PM

tonight
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May 7 2009 6:32 PM

*ahem* ... get Nottingham listed you bozos.

JPW
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May 7 2009 6:31 PM

Just stopping by to say hello and Thank you.

Please visit Gold Artist Agency and see what we are all about.

Our best regards.
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May 7 2009 6:30 PM

Just saw your status....forgot about the mighty High Society - any plans to come to Manc soon
LauraShambles the english rose.





Apr 29 2009 12:23 AM

fuck you rex mwahh haaa haaaaaaa lol

muchos love shambles xx<3
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Apr 29 2009 12:23 AM

Hey!

Hope all is well!

Lill
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Apr 19 2009 2:04 PM

The new Wyrd Ways Rock Show is now up. Playing the best in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, new and old, signed and unsigned. Also, this week, a preview of the new worldwide single by Believer in support of the SOPHIE campaign. If you're in a band, signed or unsigned, and want to be included in a future show, get in touch with me.

Go to http://wyrdways.podomatic.com and give it a listen. You never know, you might like it!
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Apr 15 2009 10:25 AM

Can't wait until next month and we can start hanging out
TRACI





Apr 12 2009 12:05 AM

hey ta for acceptin. You're my no 1000th friend feel like you shd win a prize or something haha, anyways be cool
Traci
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Apr 9 2009 1:24 AM

See you soon! xxx
Jon Ez





Apr 9 2009 4:16 PM

play manchester :)

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Apr 5 2009 2:09 PM

Thanks for the add. You rock!
the rockbox





Mar 30 2009 4:35 AM

hi rex!
we are both good. was great to see you, but what a walk home! ;-) wish your l.a. dates were a little earlier so we could get lost in hall & oats traffic again, while trying to get on the freeway!
we miss ya & hope to see you again soon!
xx
xxPAULAxx





Mar 22 2009 3:23 AM

Hi "Rex/Ross"!!!

See ya n June!

P.
Brent Muscat





Mar 20 2009 9:58 AM

Thanks for the friend request! Hope you can come see my band the Sin City Sinners!
Pavana!





Mar 20 2009 2:46 AM

can't wait till you're in la =)
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Mar 18 2009 10:57 PM

dude~ i wish i could come to your show in london in may~
if only flight & stuff wasn't that expensive from germany. anyway, you're great and maybe you play some gigs in july too? i would be there!
Last Days of Death Country





Mar 4 2009 10:28 PM

hey cool tunes
Mr Duke and The Hoodlum Circus





Mar 4 2009 9:57 PM

Orite lads, new band sound tidy, good work.
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