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Michael Kerr is an Englishman. To those who don’t know him he is a tall, dark and handsome stranger. To those of you do, he is tall, dark and handsome. Born in 1981 he started life as a minor and remained one until 1997. It was then that his love/hate relationship with music began.
Kerr would often lock himself away for days on end. Folk came to marvel at this spectacle. Some would flatten sandwiches and pass them under his door, others would simply sit, wait and listen. However, with no toilet in his room, many lost respect for this young maverick, as he was often found in what could only be politely put as a 'mess'...
Undeterred by well-wishers, Kerr continued to isolate himself from society. His writing became more and more scribbled, to the point where he could no longer read. Fearing he could no longer read, he reappeared from his room and washed himself clean. The crowds slowly dispersed and life returned to normal.
It was then that Kerr successfully applied for a steady job with Norwich Union and light began to appear at the end of a long, dark metaphorical tunnel. No longer a social outcast, Kerr re-kindled his lifelong ambition of becoming a professional songwriter and at the age of 20 he wrote his first song.
In his own words it was “sad, melancholy and crap”.
After this dreadful setback, Kerr returned to solitude and the crowds began to reappear. However, after 7 hours locked away he opened the door to see a chord book. After learning some chords Kerr frantically began writing songs the next day…
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The Rock And Roll Circus are chuffed to be hosting our own show again on the 'I Love West Leeds Festival Radio Station' this Thursday evening from 6 til 7pm. For full station listings and details visit http://www.ilovewestleeds.co.uk/radio.htm
We're going to have some very special guests in for an exclusive live session. And there's going to be plenty of tunes aired from local & national acts, as well as some gems from our dusty archives, and many bands who play at The Rock And Roll Circus, so you may well hear your band spinning!
The Ruling Class fresh from their tours with The charlatans and the Twang play the Ruby lounge this Sat 11th july 09 with support coming from: International One and From the the kites of San Quentin.
-The Ruby Lounge -£5 -Doors open @ 9pm til the wee hours
Hey there! Really exciting times for us, just got our cd back from the studio...and we've uploaded one of our tracks onto the myspace!!!!!
Check out "One More Shot"...we wanna know what u think! :-D If you like it...add it as your profile song!!!
Oh, and please vote for us at the Kerrang awards this year! You can vote AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE!!! Just enter "Glitch in the System" into the voting box on http://awards.kerrang.com/BestBritishNewcomer.aspx
please help us get signed with myspace records. listen to our song and post the widget on your profile. just click on the "grab this" button and copy the code. please ask all your friends to help out as well. (you can also facebook it) thanks for your support...sinphonics
you can get the widget below, find it on our profile, or go to this link:
La Folie are having a launch party on the 8th of June at The Forum in Sheffield! £2 advance tickets/£3 on the door! Plus the added bonus of if you film some stuff from the night of us, you or anything else connected and send it us, we will send you a free copy of 'Risus Sardonicus'
hey mate! how's it going??? I'm getting back to England in July but I can't visit Leeds again..I'm going to Brighton and then Scotland..Matt told me about the idea of an italian trip...are you arranging something about it? Say hi everybody, I miss you all lads! ps:I've forgotten to put you in my top friends list, I'm doing it right now! ;)