Experienced drummer Sam Selby has worked both around the UK and in France with artists as diverse as dirty rockers Oedipus and Disco Inane through to electro punk outfit You Love Her Coz She’s Dead.
Versatile Ben Hartley plays both bass and double bass and his eclectic musical taste is reflected in his ability to switch between a wide variety of styles.
Andy Pyatt served his musical apprenticeship playing guitar in rock bands before developing a passion for the blues and it’s the combination of the two influences which make his style so distinctive.
Looking for keyboard player... get in touch if you like the style and think you fit the bill.
Influences
non-exhaustive and in no particular order: Bolan; Bragg; Clash; Crass; Conflict; Slade; Presley; Waits; Springsteen; Young; Pixies; Smiths; Cave; Cash; PJ Harvey; Zeppelin; Jack White Stone Roses; Weller; Patti, Robert and Mark E Smith; 60’s Girl bands; Surf genre; Beach Boys; Tunng; Wainwright, R and M; Aphex Twin; Bill Drummond; Reid/Reid/Gillespie; Ramones; Dusty Springfield; Trojan; big bits of Motown; JL Hooker; Joy Division; Killing Joke; Evan Dando; Pavement; Roddy Frame; Scott Walker; Steve Earle; VU; Mike Scott; Bob Dylan; Woody Guthrie; Maurice Herzog; Ranulph Fiennes; Chuck Palahniuk; Al Hayes. .. and the likes..
"Fine sounding record with interesting songs and some great performances’
. - Jon Astley, Close to the Edge.
The Choice of Kings have been a long time a comin’. All have been wending their way through musical lives, other bands,
solo projects, day jobs and extra-curricular activities for days, weeks, months and years.
Martins own journey started long ago and has travelled many a mile but found itself parked for a while
in Bath at which point a little time was spent kicking back and writing and recording. Early in 2008
he finished recording the album “Into the Abyss”, with the help of Shorn Rah and other notables, which would become the bands initial vehicle. During
the recording he was introduced to Sam who played drums on the album. And then back
to the day job. In stepped Bruce (the 6th Choice – sextessential?) who helped with the ads and web stuff.
Eventually the viral network reached Andy P.
Martin and Andy P started to rehearse with a view to an acoustic set to be used to entice band members.
It wasn’t needed. Ben reached out through the web and with drums required Sam jumped aboard.
Rehearsing commenced in March and went well from the off. Most of the “Abyss” tracks were played with a couple of new tracks and the odd cover.
And now the tunes and others have been aired at Porter Cellar Bar, Bath, 23rd July. Looking for gigs. "Before the Ink Dries":
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our second official LP release...
"Modern Mediaeval" is the third LP from singer-songwriter DAVID GARSIDE, and the first to receive the full Frizz Records vinyl treatment. It’s also clearly the most fully-realised statement of his distinctive vision so far…
It’s an easy route to locate David in the tradition of his ‘classic’ influences (McCartney, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Dexy’s…), but there are few songwriters working today that have absorbed these influences so fully, and arrived at a mature style as David has…
This is ’singer-songwriter’ music in the sense that it’s focus is on song-craft and the unfolding of the lyrical vision of a single individual, but if so then it’s definitely at the sophisticated end of the scale (’progressive’ if that term isn’t too loaded…), filed alongside ‘Bryter Layter’, ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’, ‘Pretzel Logic’ or ‘Surf’s Up’...another FRIZZ RECORDS instant classic!
"Modern Mediaeval" can be downloaded from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our first official LP release...
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" is the debut release from AUGUST, the London based band centred around the songwriting partnership between vocalist VEDINA MOSE and multi-instrumentalist / producer RAPHAEL MANN (MR HUDSON / JOY JOSEPH / ART TERRY), with master drummer CLEAN CUT MARK and clari
Here's a "DM" tongue tangling music jangling
double fisting mind twisting thought to kick off your Hump day on the right
foot. Have a whiskey tanking wine making work cranking word wrangling
Wednesday!!!
Martin Wardleyasaurus our lost bretheren.....Oh when can we eat delicious leaves and roam the plains again like in the days of yore?
'Tis us Bossasaurus with more remix hotness excavated from the hottest volcanoes around. This time we've got a Redman and Method Man remix of "Dangerous MC's". Please come on over to our page and check it out. We will be making it available for free download very soon.
What’s Crackin’ Martin Wardley ? We’re hitting back our myspace folks to let you know that your prayers have been answered. What prayers, you may ask. Well, today my friends, the good reptiles over at Bossasaurus (namely the ones writing this message) have teamed up with Murs (Living Legends, Def Jux, 9th Wonder, etc.) to, for the first time ever, offer you a taste of our music with an emcee over them. If you hate emcees and were feeling the tranquility of our un-defiled instrumental works than we sincerely apologize for our critical error in judgment. Otherwise come on over and check out:
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