Marvyn Oates (vocals and songs), Peter Dutton (vocals/guitar), Dan Watson (keyboards), Jon Caulton (Bass) and Danny Rush (drums).
Influences
The Byrds, £1 notes, The Beatles, Jimmy Hill and Match of the Day, The Smiths, Heidi from the Sugababes, The King of Comedy, The Cure, The films of Alfred Hitchcock, Yeti, Ed Moses, Spencer Davis Group, Columbo, Nirvana, Rosemary's Baby, Sandie Shaw, Tom Friedman, Beach Boys, The Catcher in the Rye, Nick Drake, Comedians by Trevor Griffiths, The Doors, Chewits, The Hollies, Election Nights with Peter Snow, Bob Dylan, Roy of the Rovers, The Jam, The Whicker Man, Smokey Robinson, Mean Streets, Kasabian, Operation Goodguys, The commentaries of Barry Davies, Miles Davis, Sex Pistols, Dragan Stojkavic, The Strokes, Dutch total football of the 70's, The Twang, Only Fools and Horses, Electric Prunes, Blow Up, The Verve, Look back in anger by John Osbourne, David Axelrod, Zabreskie point, The Ronettes, Saint Ettienne, Roots by Arnold Wesker, Joe Meek, 80's Grange Hill, Rolling Stones, John Coltrane, Racing with Peter O'Sullivan, Stevie Wonder, A Bout de Souffle, Marvin Gaye, Taxi Driver, Love, Gladstone and Disraeli, Moby Grape, The Stone Roses, Fawlty Towers, The Charlatans, Phil and Grant Mitchell, Dan's Moussaka, George Best, Ride, Valerie Briscoe-Hooks, Teenage Fanclub, Hal, Phil Spector, Coming to America, Get Carter, Swizzel Sticks, Raddy Antic, Doves, Back to the Future, Oasis, Peter Kay, The La's, Delays, On the Waterfront, The Velvet Underground, Automatic by The Pointer Sisters, Egg Fried Rice, The Smiths, Rickenbackers, The Spongers 1977, Happy Mondays, Bournemouth, My Bloody Valentine, La Haine, Cola Cubes, Jack Daniels, Marc Bolan & TREX, Mary Whitehouse Experience, The Kinks, Alan Partidge, Quadrophenia, The Open, The Two Ronnies, The Who, Cup upsets, Super furry animals, The Krays, The Small Faces, Booker T & MG's, Mean Streets, Coldplay, Brazil 1970, Primal Scream, Pulp Fiction, The Philadelphia Flyer, The Specials, The Libertines, The Clash, David Bowie, Uncle Ronnie Biggs and the Great Train Robbery.
Songs about love, songs about loss, songs about good times, songs about bad times, songs with melody, songs with harmony, songs with a groove, songs that warm the heart, songs that warm the soul, songs to get you through the day, songs to get you through the night, songs that are ........... Marvyn
hey mate, hope everything is good with you, hear your finally getting good weather! its really hot here. Got a boat working for a speed boat company! take care flissy
nice one glad ur doing ok im fine busy as usual you ought to do a gig with the lads again really enjoyed that night, take care and hpe to see you again soon x
HA. Well I'm sure anything in that drink was good for your immune system. I cant believe they lied to me! I'll sort them out next time, I'll give them a taste of their own drink!
Haha, thanks! Amazing what you can do with a Line6 Pod and a bit of free time on the computer.
We're mixing our new EP at the moment - we used the real deal this time though and miked up a Mesa Dual Rectifier, so it should be a million times better this time around!
Made a girl at work a cd the other day, there were some classic tracks, from stevie wonder, biffy cylro jeoff buckley, to travis and cold play, i through love dissolves right in the middle of the cd.
She text me the other day, andking what song track 9 was because it was her favorite, and almost made her cry.
hey things are going pretty well thanks! we are just getting a new drummer upto speed, but we have the carling academy gig to look forward to! should be soonish!
Madchester, Boxing Day Bash, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh. 11pm until Extra Late, Hope to catch u there, as usual it will be a Mad one! Have a Great Chrimbo, hope Santa is good to ya! Madchester x
Madchester, Saturday 24th Nov, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh. 11pm until 3am, Hope to catch u there! P.S. Great free giveaway on the door (That's if they're ready, lol)
hiya hun! musics sounding great. hope to catch up soon. im a big girl now got a house and everything. let me know when your next gig is, i'll promise i'll be there. take care. and enjoy yourself xxx
hey thanks very much!! We thought it could probably have gone 1 of 3 ways! so werent expecting it!! Was damn good fun gigging with you guys though, hope we can gig again soon!
im sure you will its a hard nut to crack this music stuff but definately love to see you play again, and whatever happens like i tell the lads its just someones opinion ... and everyone has different ones , i dont get into winners and losers i just enjoy :)
well good luck honestly, it sounds insincere as you know im a family member of page44 but these things are down to the judges and should be good fun and not silly, and its stupid when the top four are obviously picked for their talent so i really mean it all the best :)
hey thanks very much! really enjoyed your set too, some amazing melodies and harmonies you had! Was a really enjoyable night! hope to share the stage with you again sometime soon!!
Proffesional, Great Sound, Confident and great variation of styles........... I love singing in the shower!!!! Well done Marvyn, Obviously had your Weetabix. Penatly Shoot outs are always a lottery but with a crowd behind you, you can sail on the crest of a Wave Keep the Faith Brother!
