We were friends from an early age and went through school together where we formed our first band (Out of Reach). After months of rehearsing and driving everyone around us mad, we finally played our first gig at Monroes bar in Workington supporting a thrash metal band. We played 3 songs and most of our schoolmates got thrown out by the police for underage drinking!
The night went really well and from that moment on we were hooked. We went on to form two local bands Ming Fighters and Mad Dog Scone. Whilst in these bands we gigged all over Cumbria, Scotland and even three stints in a ski resort in Italy and also managed to get an appearance at the Belfort festival in France. every one an experience but not all good!
During this time we recorded numerous demos of our own material always trying for that elusive record deal, coming close on a couple of occasions but never putting pen to paper. All the while both of us were working as joiners and ended up going where the money was instead of following our hearts. This took us to London working on different building sites by day but all the while still writing songs in our digs in the evening.
At last after 15 years of trying we finally struck a deal with Aquarian Nation a company set up for all the right reasons namely good, honest music! We liked what they stood for and they liked our songs. In May 2002 our debut album (Nearly Killed Keith) was finally finished and was released in the November of that year. It is an honest album all about two northern lads working away from home.
Since its release we have toured with the likes of Francis Dunnery, Chris Difford, Paul Young, Vonda (Ally McBeal) Shepherd, Marti Pellow, Merryl Osmond, Homespun, Sam Brown, Belinda Carlisle and Glenn Tilbrook.
Our new album, 'Cumbrian at Heart' has just been released for download exclusively on Aquarian Nation Records. The physical album will follow soon. It's an amazing record and is just $9.99 to download....go check it out!
Until then keep checking the website for the latest news on tours and release dates. If you have the cd keep playing it (we do) if you havent buy it (we did) and next time we are on tour come and see us and have the crack!
Thanks for your ongoing support.
Best Wishes
John & Wayne x
Hi John and Wayne, Sincere thanks for playing at the Music Night, and bringing your excellent songs and endearing Cumbrian humour to the village. Although I missed hearing my favorite "Blackling Fields" it was a great night. Wishing you lots of luck with the gig and the house-parties in Los Angeles in two weeks. Hope you have a great time and make lots of new contacts. Please keep in touch, and thanks again. Carol.
The TGM Awards 2009 is coming! The nominations have been announced for the sixth annual awards and we can confirm that John & Wayne have 2 nominations, for:
* Best West Cumbria Act * Best Alternative Act
The poll opens on Friday 20th November 2009 and will close on Friday 18th December 2009.
Our song 'Yellow Suit' is on the first FRIEND VOTE Indie Top 100 Chart on this week. Maybe our friends can help us get no 1 for Monday. Vote for AMYCANBE at http://www.myspace.com/indietop100 Until again, all the best, Amycanbe
Yes!!! We are in PEACE, compilation for Amnesty International out next January, along with other great names. See our blog section for infos. Cheers!!
hey how's it going? in case you haven't checked our myspace, we've been on tour and are constantly posting more dates! i hope to see ya when we come through, so check our page now!
and if you still don't have our album, "wait for the sun," you can find it on itunes or in our online store - http://store.tdrrecords.com
Hey guys, thanks for the ad, Hey have a listen to our tunes, we asked Frank to put us on Aquarian Nation but gotta wait for him to finish his tour before he listens lol. Oh well gotta be cheeky sometimes. I still can't find the bashed up sign to Coventry? was it on the M6?
Just had to let you know that I am touring Scotland this August ( Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow). and I invite you come on down and catch a show. All the shows feature Scottish singer/songwriter Yvonne Lyon. So come on out and say hi, it's been great connecting through MySpace.I very much look forward to meeting you in person. See you in August! -Ryan Donn www.ryandonn.com
Aug 5th, Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire-£10 , Doors 7pm.
Aug 6th, Aberdeen, Cellar 35, Doors 8pm, Tickets £5 at the door.
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Hi how are you John & Wayne? Where's "Cumbrian at Heart"? Francis been too busy with progressive rockers? Well, I haven't forgotten and just wanted to remind you we're looking forward to it. :-)
Hi John and Wayne, Just wanted to thank you for a superb night at your gig tonight in Thursby. Your songs are the kind I love to hear. No messing about, theyre a genuine reflection of life in general which many people like me can relate to. Its clear that you also have the unusual knack of engaging an audience of all ages with your intesting songs and funny stories of how they actually came about. Great stuff....goood luck, Carol.x
