STEVE ROBERTS.
GODSTICKS:
“Unique, but accessible: exactly what we need more of! Great stuff”
BILLY SHEEHAN
“A great, very easy to listen to original band with great melodies and flowing vocals. A true pleasure to listen to”
LARRY HARTKE (Hartke Systems)
"Godsticks is smart, level-headed prog, forgoing angel-wings and flights of rhetorical fancy for a more focused, quirkier, even poppier groove - made that much cooler by the punchy fretless stylings of bassist Jason Marsh. Definitely worth a listen."
BRYAN BELLER (Steve Vai, Mike Keneally, Solo artist)
"If you're one of those people that MUST categorise a band's music, you'll have to invent a new one called Progressive Jazz Rock for this band. They sound to me like Jeff Berlin and Allan Holdsworth meet Colloseum and Spock’s Beard. Jason Marsh's bass is bubbling all the way through, and the guitarist is doing wonderfully, unconventional things."
MARTIN SIMPSON (Bass Musician Magazine)
"Godsticks creates a heavenly fusion out of some unexpected sub-genres -- jazz, pop, rock and funk -- to recall the best work of artists like Jeff Beck, Mike Keneally, Level 42, Peter Gabriel, Steve Vai and Steely Dan."
BILL MEREDITH (JazzTimes and Jazziz magazines)
"Outlandishly original and mind-bending. Godsticks are a fantastic band."
MIKE KENEALLY (Composer)
Review of Noddys Puncture gig:
"However, just as you may be thinking that Szakaly is the sole star of the show, Szakaly and Conlon leave the stage for Roberts to perform a full ten minute one man percussion extravaganza of such quality, such intricacy, such sheer technical ability that he has every last one of the audience on the edge of their seats captivated until they rise as one to give him a richly deserved standing ovation. My guess is Carl Palmer would be as impressed by Roberts percussion work as Emerson is on record as being of Szakaly’s keyboard playing." ROCHDALE ONLINE(2006).
Influences
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MUSIC
Emerson,Lake & Palmer, Yes, The Nice, King Crimson, Refugee, Chick Corea, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Rush, Allan Holdsworth, Camel, Wayne Krantz, Gong, Dream Theatre, Spock's Beard, Steve Vai, Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Little Feat, Pink Floyd,Van Halen, Robert Plant, David Bowie, Pat Metheny Group, Tower of Power, Bela Bartok, Alberto Ginastera, Dmitry Shostakovich, Rollins Band, Barbara Dennerlein, Nazareth, Soft Machine, Colosseum, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin,Audioslave, Motley Crue, Ozric Tentacles, Sneaker Pimps, Niacin!
DRUMMERS
Carl Palmer, Dave Weckl, Horacio Hernandez, Gary Husband, Cozy Powell, Pierre Moerlen, Brian Davison, Tony Oxley,Terry Bozzio,Evelyn Glennie, Thomas Lang, Rod Morgenstein, Virgil Donati, Dennis Chambers, Marco Minneman, Bill Bruford, Neil Peart, Bill Stewart, Alan White, John Bonham, Keith Carlock, Jon Hiseman, John Marshall, Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Antonio Sanchez, Trilok Gurtu, Jon Christensen, Joe Morello, Sim Cain, Vinnie Colaiuta, Peter Erskine, Ian Paice, in no particular order....
The piano and its music is also a passion of mine with some of my favourite exponents here:
Chick Corea, Keith Emerson, Friedrich Gulda, Rick Wakeman, Randy Waldman, Gary Husband, Michel Petrucciani, Michel Camilo, Patrick Moraz, Stu Goldberg, Herbie Hancock, Lyle Mays, The Labeques, Kei Akagi, Dudley Moore, Stanley Black's version of 'Rhapsody in Blue' ...
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Beware of falling percussion....! The clip below shows what can happen when you don't have enough room for all the PROPER hardware that a drummer needs ;-)
Steve teaches the ROCKSCHOOL syllabus for drumset. Click on the pic below to go to Steve's tuition page.
The first issue of the quarterly magazine "Classic Rock Presents Prog" was on 25th March 2009 and a track from the GODSTICKS EP was included on the free cd.
"Godsticks creates a heavenly fusion out of some unexpected sub-genres -- jazz, pop, rock and funk -- to recall the best work of artists like Jeff Beck, Mike Keneally, Level 42, Peter Gabriel, Steve Vai and Steely Dan."
Bill Meredith, (JazzTimes and Jazziz magazines)
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"“Outlandishly original and mind bending. Godsticks are a fantastic band.”
MIKE KENEALLY
"“Unique, but accessible: exactly what we need more of! Great stuff”
BILLY SHEEHAN
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Article on ELP TRIBUTE BAND 'Noddys Puncture' appeared in the DECEMBER 2007 EDITION of 'CLASSIC ROCK' magazine. The live cd featuring Keith Emerson with 'Noddys..' is available now! You can listen to our version of TARKUS on the Noddys Puncture Myspace page.
Place your order of NODDYS PUNCTURE LIVE with KEITH EMERSON here
Steve Roberts has played for the UK's foremost Emerson, Lake & Palmer tribute act NODDYS PUNCTURE, UK progressive band GODSTICKS , Heavy Quartet , Billy Thompson Quartet , which features Dave 'Taif' Ball and Peter Lemer (Mike Oldfield/Pierre Moerlen/etc) who are also members of Barbara Thompson 's Paraphernalia. SR has also played with The Dostoyevskys & recorded/toured the BMG/Ariola album 'Orange' with them, Tanya Walker, Burke Shelley (Budgie).He was also drummer for Welsh jazz outfit 'STRANGE FRUIT' fronted by the late, great Andy Maule and at one time featured the vocal talents of Kosheen's Sian Evans. Steve is well versed in sessions and tutor/mentoring for studios, production & management companies, including Ankst Management, Kissan Productions, Galeri Artists, BBC radio, S4C tv. He has appeared on many radio and tv shows across Europe and has also toured Germany, Holland, UK extensively playing Sesiwn Fawr (Wales), WOMAD UK, Popkomm (Germany), Big Weekend (Cardiff) Brecon Jazz (Wales), International Pop Overthrow (Cavern Club, Liverpool) and many other festivals. He has recorded 2 albums and completed a 32-state tour the USA with Welsh band They Walk Among Us including shows in Chicago, New York, Washington, New Orleans, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Oakland and Los Angeles. Steve has played/recorded for Welsh actor/musician & winner of Song for Wales 2006 Ryland Teifi and featured on his LILI'R NOS EP .
April 16th, 2008. I am sorry to hear the sad news of the passing of one of our great drummers of recent years : Brian Davison. An incredibly talented musician and an amazing drummer, he has continued to be a big influence to me since first hearing 'The Nice' over 25 years ago. Brian also played brilliantly on the 'Refugee' album along with Lee Jackson and Patrick Moraz and was an excellent teacher. Heartfelt thanks to Teri, Brian's family & friends for a wonderful evening of rememberance.
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The brand new HEAVY QUARTET album HARDWARE to be launched 20th November in Dempsey's, Cardiff. Click on the album for the HQ site!
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Both vids are from gigs with NODDYS PUNCTURE. Above is at Chiddingly 2007 & below at The Hungarian Club, Rochdale Xmas 2008.
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GODSTICKS EP now available in Europe through Just For Kicks Music. Click the logo below!
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Hi Steve, I hope everything went well yesterday at the Summer's end Festival! Anyway, I hope you're fine both personally and musically. Well it's been a while, so I just wanted to wish you a great week ahead. Take care. Hasse (HFMC, The Flower Kings)
I will definitely say Hi to Burke! The tour will be a thrill, we start in Perth then end up on the Gold Coast, after party includes going on yacht for some cruising............then a holiday away........saving my pennies as we speak, see you on FB soon :)
Evertime I think I'm getting there, something pops up! Working with Budgie on their tour here nationally, cant wait it'll be a cracker! Thats November. I really want to come over in December, need a friend and mini-sized drummer for company? I'm free :))) Luv Hugs n Rock n Roll x
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