Headed by guitarist “Big Bad Bad”,
Drums and backing vocals supplied by Micheal Smith, formerly of Rune.
Bass and respectability; Rob Reid.
Slow Hands In The Badlands started with the intention of working with a rock formula that hadn’t been developed since bands like Queens of the Stone age reinvented the term “guitar band”, and Slow Hands have fused influences from the 70’s hard rock era with this mentality to bring a new, downtuned, epic sound to an indie-stagnant music scene.
Guitarist and singer Big Bad Bad has side projects including an acoustic career and the occaisional stint as a session musician, and has ensured that a raw and edgey taste is ripe within Slow Hands’ sound. He also introduced Rob to the joys of bass playing, and quickly snapped him up as an original member. Michael Smith enjoyed a healthy industrial career in the band “Rune”, who were frequently marked as the best emerging band of their genre. Bad tends to sheepishly admit he might have “killed them” by poaching Smith, who generally leaves a crowd open mouthed, and somewhat jelous when he gets behind the kit.
Slow Hands have been gigging professionally for almost 10 months, beginning shortly after Micheal’s recruitment. Loudness and groove are the hallmarks of a quality gig, and SHBL never leave a moment’s silence that could otherwise be filled by a downtuned powerchord. Impressed and kindly fans have this to say:
“Slow Hands In The Badlands use the rock formula devel-
oped by bands such as Queens of the Stone Age and
infuse influences from the 70’s hard rock era, resulting in
downtuned, epic sounding, speaker-bursting rock joy.
” – Brian of Fudge Promotions
“the best rock band in Scotland?” - Acoustic musician Malcolm McMillan.
“you bastards stole the best drummer I know” – Alisdair Quietsch of Rune
Any Gig,
Any Time,
Anywhere.
www.myspace.com/slowhandsinthebadlands
slow_hands_in_the_badlands@hotmail.com
Big Bad Bad: 07887 868 309
Rob Reid: 07951958969
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