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Released: Nov 25, 2011
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  • Genre: Indie / Pop / Rock

    Location London, United Kingdom

    Profile Views: 79917

    Last Login: 3/22/2013

    Member Since 1/26/2005

    Website www.joanovarc.co.uk

    Record Label

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    JOANovARC - FIRST UK FEMALE BAND TO FEATURE ON THE 'ROCKBAND'XBOX 360! SUPPORTED BY GIBSON - RECENTLY REVIEWED IN KERRANG MAGAZINE! The girls hail from London and the Home Counties and have built up their strong musicianship and strong representation of women in rock through performances worldwide. JOANovARC have combined influences from Motorhead, Metallica, Joan Jett, AC/DC, Led Zepplin, the Foo fighters and Kings of Leon to create their own unique sound. JOANovARC have performed worldwide - in the USA, Mediterranean, the Caribbean and have extensively toured Europe. They have performed at the Harley Davidson European Biker Festival in Austria; the Harley Chopper Show in Slovakia; Germany Army bases and have electrified audiences in the UK with venues including the London Astoria; Cafe de Paris; the Garage; Barfly and the O2 Indigo. The girls have played at festivals including Rhythms of the World, Namfest, Fordham Festival, Brighton Pride, Go Go Festival, Cambridge Rock, BMF Biker Festival Peterbough arena and many more. They have also supported Girl School, Top loader, Marillion and Bad Company's Dave Colwell. In 2011 the band promoted their first Rock Band release with their track 'Sisters' followed by a successful launch at Club 85 and the BBC West Once Club in London. After the launch and the release of the promo video online JOANovARC gained a lot of media coverage and a new worldwide fan base! Throughout 2011 the girls shot their debut music video 'Peace of Mind' with Rachel Price of BBC Bristol with thousands of hits on YouTube! They also released their debut EP 'Beneath the Sky' on iTunes which was promoted on radio and TV stations across the world – and gained a publishing deal with Speegra Music in the UK and Veal Steen in the USA! In 2012 the girls played their American Tour showcasing on the Main Stage at Florida Music Festival. Michael Waggoner, Managing Director of Gibson Guitars USA watched the girls' performance and was blown away - So much so that the girls returned to the UK with worldwide artist support from Gibson! Throughout 2012 JOANovARC performed at many festivals in the UK and Europe (including the Harley Davidson Chopper Show in Austria), had various photo shoots in London, vocal sessions with the legendary Stevie Van Lange and recorded their full - live in the studio - album with Stephen Loveday from Medicine Hat. JOANovARC also promoted their 2nd release for Rock band 3 on the Xbox 360 with their Japanese track 'Say Sayonara' with a launch gig at the legendary 100 Club in London. JOANovARC have a lot in store for 2013 and recently recorded their live in the studio album! Their demo was reviewed in the February issue of Kerrang Magazine by Rock God Andrew WK! The girls are already booked for BMF Biker Gigs over the UK and will be touring in the Netherlands and the middle east throughout 2013. "I love this singer! It sounds like it's very easy for her to sing… There's also a fat guitar tone that sounds like a plump nesting bird!" Rock god Andrew W.K - Kerrang Magazine "Their sound is stylish powerful and certainly has a direct lineage to Girlschool and Rock Goddess. In fact, there's a strong case for saying that this quartet are the natural successors to those two bands." Malcolm Dome – Classic Rock Magazine "I really have a thing for JOAN ov ARC! " – Annie Nightingale – Radio 1 "Totally mind blowing and it is no wonder that this band has been recently gigging on the European mainland. All the tracks are of a high calibre alternative rock style, with catchy melodies galore. – Dave Smith - Raven Heart Music "I love this new track 'Peace of Mind'" – Kelly Betts – BBC Introducing 'London's JOANovARC kicked off the Wall Street main stage. The four ladies in the band played a terrific set of melodic rock music for the early crowd.' – Katt Coffin Florida Music festival press
  • Members

    Sam - Lead Vocals/Bass/Guitar/Keys Shelley - Lead Guitar/Vocals Laura - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals/Bass Debbie - Drums
  • Influences

    Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Pink, Metallica, The Who, AC/DC, Motorhead, Guns 'n' Roses, Sigor ros, Alanis Morrisette, Kings of Leon......
  • Sounds Like

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JOA RADIO PLAY

JOANovARC are currently being aired and on the playlists of the following radio stations;
http://www.radioverulam.com/
http://www.RadioThatDoesntSuck.com in Canada
http://www.radiogetswild.com/
'Running Away' by JOANovARC was aired on Inside My Head here: http://jen.phantompower.org/2011/10/10/carcast-2011/
http://www.kwss.org Arizona KWSS 106.7 FM M-T-W 10 PM MT

www.kingfm.net Berlin, Germany
http://www.sofakingradio.com Pacific Time Phoenix, AZ


Saturday 10th Sept @ 11 am-1 pm PT http://www.indie1031.com Los Angeles, CA

For JOAs latest interview go to http://www.bananapeelradio.com/Joan%20ov%20arc.htm
``Comfort In A Hard Place'' hour on the NBTMusicRadiowhich goes out at 7pm (new York Time) 4pm (california time) and 1AM (berlin time) (midnight) UK timehttp://nbtmusicradio.playtheradio.com/

Radio Seagull is on air on 1602am across Holland, Norway, the North Sea and East coast of the UK. Also www.radioseagull.com
Your Voice Matters Brighton and Hove Community radio http://www.bhcr.org.uk/
www.radiotircoed.com in Swansea
HKGFM.net on the Underground channel playlist
www.pirateradioofthetreasurecoast.com
www.indie104.com – Independent Corner
http://www.eroplay.com http://www.luver.com
www.realmsofmusic.com
www.broadcastingworld.net/listen/GK-International/
http://www.musictogousa.com/
www.dreamscaperadio.com
www.krocksradioone.com
www.gortonradio.com

JOA Press

JoanOvArc..'BENEATH THE SKY' EP (AJR Records) Reviewed 31st August 2011 "JoanovArc hail from Stevenage here in the UK. Well I knew Stevenage had a half decent soccer team that play in one of the lower leagues of English Football. But it seems that the town has a more than half decent band of musicians too, and what's more they are all girls to please fans of the genre. Now after that little chit chat, what about the music on this five track offering? Totally mind blowing, and it is no wonder that this band has been recently gigging on the European mainland. All the tracks are of a high calibre alternative rock style, with catchy melodies galore. 'Running Away' kinda reminds me of Kelly Clarkson, while 'Sisters' is one of those numbers that gets trapped in your head and won't go away. This is a pretty damn good effort, and I would like to hear more from this band. Check them out at their reverbnation." - Dave Smith - Raven Heart Music - http://www.ravenheartmusic.com/

"Their sound is stylish powerful and certainly has a direct lineage to Girlschool and Rock Goddess. In fact, there’s a strong case for saying that this quartet are the natural successors to those two bands." - Malcolm Dome - Classic Rock Magazine

“ I really have a thing for JOAN ov ARC! “ – Annie Nightingale – Radio 1

“Their big sound has elements of everyone from Heart to U2, and should satisfy those craving anything from hard core rock ’n’ roll to power pop. Yes, get ready for a little fist pumping or dare we say air guitar because these British ladies can certainly shred.” – Merryn Johns – Curve Magazine in New York

“I love this new track ‘Peace of Mind’” – Kelly Betts – BBC Introducing

More JOA reviews:
http://riceburnerfm.com/2011/09/joanovarc/
http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/lezgocamping/2011/preview-day1.shtml
http://www.artsinleicestershire.co.uk/weekend/weekend2011/september03.htm http://www.festivalpreviews.com/blog/9062/10-questions-an-interview-with-joanovarc/

the JOA girls!

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  • Colin hewes

     Love it! hope we get to work together at a gig some time.
    Cheers
    Colin

    19 days ago
  • Dark Lord of Barnet

     Great show at the 100 Club last night!

    10 months ago
  • 10 Reasons To Live

    A little favour, could you please vote for us in the MTV competition for Brand New unsigned acts we have been put thro to the next round so we need your help to vote for us so please click on the link and go to our page and vote for us. Thanks in advance. http://brandnewunsigned.mtv.co.uk/10-reasons-to-live Happy New Year!!!

    1 year ago
  • The Vibe

    Hello Joanovarc!
    We have a new song on our profile,it's called "Gipsy Lover",it would be great if you tell us what you think about it!
    Here's our Facebook page,join us please!
    www.facebook.com/thevibeband
    We're now also on twitter, http://twitter.com/TheVibeTweets
    Let's meet there too!!!!
    Wish you a great day, Talk soon!

    Cheers

    1 year ago
  • Dj Mountainman lee Smith

    Love your style.

    1 year ago
  • sher

    Hi,
    Just to let you know I will be playing your music Tuesday on my show on www.HGRNJ.org between 12 noon and 3 pm Eastern Time ( 5-8 pm England or 6-9 pm Central Europe Time). I hope you can tune in, if you miss the show you can Check out my Playlist's
    Hope you like what you hear! Let me know what you think!
    cheers
    sher
    "Sher Delight"
     

    1 year ago
  • Zen Motel

    HIYA
    check our new track 'death rock city' out on myspace
    features cj from the wildhearts

    u rawwwwwwwkkk

    havn't seen you lot in far too long

    4 years ago
  • Tom Mansi and The Icebr…

    we,re hosting a month of monday night gigs at the Vibe bar Brick Lane.
    "Breaking out the old Routine"
    start the week like you mean it, and tell it whos boss with a party on monday night with Tom Mansi and the Icebreakers
    we,ll be playing each week with lots of lovely friends guests supporting and headlining each week with us tucked in the middle somewhere playing lots of new stuff and some oldies too.

    next Monday 18th may.

    7.45pm Kat Drake
    http://www.myspace.com/katdrake

    8.30pm Lana (with full Band) http://www.myspace.com/lanaonmyspace

    9.15pm TMandtheIBs (hosts who boast the most roast)

    10pm The Cherrybrakewells (the sexiest most rocking band i,ve ever seen)
    http://www.myspace.com/cherrybrakewells

    DJ mr Blind Pig

    oh and did i mention its free! yes free to get in people! hope to see you there.

    4 years ago
  • The Fabulous Weapon

    Hey There

    Hope ur having a great weekend.

    Just to let you know, we are finally out of the studio and have the first 2 tracks up for you to listen to / download for FREE !!!!!

    Nuff Kazoo Love to you.
    Paul
    TFW

    4 years ago
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