After meeting during a weekly acoustic Open Mic Night at the University of Sussex, John Fitzpatrick and Steve Boniface began playing and writing together soon after, specialising in self-penned, upbeat songs and offbeat covers. The pair were part of indie rock band 'Johnny Fitz Promotion', playing gigs along the South Coast and in London, but after a year or so missed their acoustic roots and split from the group. After playing as a duo for 8 months the band expanded to include Jo Walters on piano and Pete 'Panache' McFarlane on drums.
With a mix of upbeat acoustic music, unusual takes on well-known artists and audience focused shows, they are gathering a following which they hope will continue to grow and grow. 2008 started with amazing success in the 'Beat the Mix' chart which Les Valentine stormed, holding the 1 slot for weeks at a time.
This year has also seen them playing great support slots for touring US band Levy and up and coming UK funk/soul outfit 'Two Spot Gobi', and it's only fixing to get bigger with the nationwide release of their first single, Nervous, on September 29th.
Now they invite you on their journey as they continue to develop their own unique mix of pop, rock, silliness, offbeat covers, not writing a set list and the odd 'your mum' joke.
The fruit of their artistic labours is now available on a FREE CD! Just ask and one shall be sent.
So, to get in touch to order a CD, say hello, heckle, find out the latest news and gossip and/or say something meaningful you can post a comment for them, send them a message, email them - band@lesvalentine.com or join The 'Les Valentine' News Room on Facebook
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Hey sexy badger it's Jimmy The Fingers! If you haven't seen this video please take a peek... This is me singing my song "Grace." If you buy one mp3 this year make it a jimmy! BUY NOW – CLICK HERE!!!!!
sorry for the blatant plug but if i don't plug it, no one else will innit!
AKL - Brightons premiere open mic night sponsored by www.discountpahire.co.uk, invites you to an evenings entertainment @ the quadrant this and every THURSDAY 8pm !!!!FREE ENTRY!!!!
Beautiful venue, perfect setting, waiter service, awesome real ales, professional pa system, !free gift for performers!, all this and so much more
Fancy performing? you can use AKL to audition for showcase events and paid gigs at the bar!!!!
Here's a voucher to download our 4 song E.P FOR FREE... It's an early christmas present from us! Make sure you send it to all your friends. Up for a limited time only... just follow the link!
24/7 Rock Radio! Hope you can tune in on Monday from 4 to 7pm EST for an all request show for the troops! Make sure you get registered on our official site!
Hey there! How have you been? Just wanted to let you know the band have had our recordings done www.myspace.com/iionix let us know what you think and let me know how you've been lol Darren xXXx
Hey good people in Les Valentine. Thanks for finding us! Just FYI, we've got music and all sorts of crap available through through our site www.shaimus.com if you're interested. Help us spread the word! rock on -Phil
wow really?? That would be pretty amazing!! I would need a lot of help....being as my guitar isn't in the UK with me! Perhaps we could even perform together or something? Write a little song...do some harmonies...it would be sweet. Anyways - it sounds like a great idea - i just would have to have some help. I just sent you a message with my contact info...in case we want to talk about this more! : ) Cheers - Michelle
Why hello! Actually Im here at Sussex and saw you guys perform at Laid Back and Latte! Im here as a visiting student this semester...will graduate from Oxy in the spring. : ) Thanks for the post! Keep in touch! and I'm on your mailing list so I'll know when you'll be performing in Brighton Cheers - Michelle
