Minus IQ may be a tight, energetic and highly melodic fourpiece
who are rapidly building a devoted following on the London live scene but it wasn’t ever thus…
Twenty year old lead singer and devoted synth fanatic Charlie and 19 year old drummer Jake first made music together at the tender age of nine. Risking the wrath of the good Doctor himself, they controversially dubbed their collaboration K9 but the pressures of impending fame led to an acrimonious implosion and tragically no surviving recordings of their apparently groundbreaking music remains.
Thankfully the two lads met again some six years later when, differences buried, they shook hands and the strange and wonderful creature they christened Minus IQ was born. ‘I saw this drunk bloke singing to himself in a queue for a gig and realised it was Charlie,’ explains Jake, ‘Justin, Michael and I were desperate to find a singer so I invited him to audition.’ Needless to say Charlie’s unique vocal skills impressed everyone and from that moment on the band were inseparable.
Consisting of four lively London lads born and bred in Barnet
MinusIQ all went to the same school where they discovered that they shared a passion for music. It didn’t take long for their violins, French horns and pianos to be replaced by guitars, bass, synths and drums and there first big break arrived in 2006, when in return for free drumming lessons Jake blagged the band a garage to rehearse in. Minus IQ shunned daylight and spent seven days a week writing, rehearsing and refining their craft, surrounded by posters of Muse and the Killers and fuelled by strong coffee and Pot Noodle.
‘We went in the garage as kids in a punk pop covers band,’ explains electronica obsessed guitarist Michael ‘and emerged as grown men with forty of our own songs.’
With uni places beckoning beguilingly, the feisty foursome stuck eight fingers up at Academia and decided that the road of rock ’n roll was the one worth travelling. They can now regularly be spotted schmoozing, boozing and cruising round Camden’s fleshpots and nightspots.
Their sound is an enthralling mix of Rock and Electro, Dance and Indie. Their look is 80s with thin ties and glittery stuff and their songs explore the eternal appeal of sex, girls, partying and drama. Their single Ultraviolet amply illustrates all of the above and is out as a free download single at the start of July. You would have to be in possession of a very low IQ indeed not to like it!
Make sure you come to Liverpool again guys! I still have your little card that your drummer (who's shiny scarf i liked and who liked my earings lol) gave me :D x
hey guys congradulations on your recent success. I heard u guys were incredable at Barfly on the weekend. I really wanted to go but unfortunatly couldnt make it. anyway i look forward to ur next gig i will definatly be there! max
Hey Charlie. O' I Feel Most Privileged. I Ended Up Paying A Visit Last Night. You's Were Really Good. I'm Not Sure If You Seen Me Knocking Around. As I Didnt Get The Chance To Make It To Proud. But Hope You Had An Eventfully Fun Evening. I Have No Doubts You Did. =] X
yourr welcomee :) glad your all greatt! Oo what single is it? liek the name? Hahaa, yerrr earliness does matter quite abittt :P i agree. Its rainin heree too :( It was thunderin and lightenin yesterday aswel :|
Click thumbnail to print flyer for upcoming show at Proud Galleries on the 23rd of July.
