Chris Murray: vocals, guitar
Kevin Ross: bass
Wil Penberthy: drums
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Influences
- Nirvana - Foo Fighters - Queens of the Stone Age - Sonic Youth - Dinosaur Jr - Audioslave - Screaming Trees - Black Sabbath - Beatles - Mudhoney - Smashing Pumpkins -
Formed in 2007, Bristol-based trio The Band of the Eye is gigging around the UK and has been played on many radio stations and podcasts in the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the US.
The band played its first gig in April 2007 and has become a regular in south-west venues like The Fleece, The Croft, The Louisiana and Moles Club as well as playing further afield.
The January/February 2008 issue of Alternative magazine included The Band of the Eye's 'Beatnik Acoustics' on the cover-mount CD. In January and February the band spent time in London recording new music at Press Play Studios with producer Paul Tipler. Three songs were recorded, ‘Lippy Children’, ‘Dress-Down Day’ and ‘Sad Old World’. The new music was mastered at Toybox Studios in Bristol.
The Band of the Eye's debut single was released on 16 May by Shifty Disco and is available here.
'Strangely addictive stuff from Bristol based grizzled power poster trio The Band of the Eye... [A] combo refusing to buckle to the "do you wanna be in our gang" mentality preferring instead to go off on their musical expedition.'
- Losing Today
'A good mix of rocking out and perky poppy melody. * * * *'
- Venue
'A charming band with an immense amount of potential and some great songs. These guys have big plans.'
- Reverb Magazine
'This band has got a huge future; it's only a matter of time before someone discovers how fantastic they are.'
- BBC Radio, Bristol Uncovered
'Good, righteous rock'
- Fierce Panda Records
'One thing is certain; this rock trio is going places, likely straight to the top of the charts.'
Episode 19 of the American Indie Music Podcasts... featuring music from Albuquerque, New Mexico is now on iTunes.
The line-up is as follows...
The Hollis Wake – More Than Ten; Hit By A Bus – Fil; Volume Volume – Sweet; Magen White – One Night; Good As Dead – Way To Go Romeo; Leaihdorus – Indigent; Scared Of Chaka – I’m Atomic Baby; The Old Main – Gamerco; The Giranimals – Bonny And Ned; Glynn David – Before The Signals Get Too Loud; The Band Of The Eye – Beatnik Acoustics [Taste Of The UK]; Unit 7 Drain – Traitorous Heart.
Hello! Just a note to say that 'Dress Down Day' is featured on the latest Timbre Obscura podcast/blog. Best of luck with the release. All the best, Jim
Would love to come to Moles but our car is in the garage and wont be back until Friday:-( We've had to scrounge a lift to the Tao bar tomorrow. Best of luck tonight though, hope it all goes well.
We’re playing "Lippy Children" and plugging your upcoming Moles Club gig on Bristol Uncovered this Sunday morning on BBC Radio Bristol between 1-3am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the on line "Listen Live/Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there's a link to it from our profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
yo guys!cheers for the add,cya on saturday,our drummer's bringing kit so just bring ur breakables n guitar amps/stuff really!hope all is well my friends! adam.
Thanx for the add, love the trax, look forward to catching you live soon! If ever you are in need of a rehearsal room, then please check me out, you won't be dissapointed.
Ourobouros Podcast #46 featuring 'Lippy Children' is now online. You can find it at ourobouros. co. uk or listen through the flash player on the myspace profile.
yo dudes, loving the music would like to come see you guys play in the buffalo bar but i'm playing a gig that night already ha. ill catch you next time you guys come to crdf xlaters
Hey guys, thanks for the accept. Tune in to TptalRock radio tonight as I will be playing a couple of your tracks and talking about your band. Tune in at: www. totalrock. com 8-10pm (GMT) Wicked tunes, keep up the good work!
Thought we’d let you know that we’re playing your track "Sad Old World" and plugging your upcoming Tao Bar gig on Bristol Uncovered this Sunday morning on BBC Radio Bristol between 1-3am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the on line "Listen Live/Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there's a link to it from our profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
Thought we’d let you know that we’re playing your new track "Lippy Children" on Bristol Uncovered this Sunday morning on BBC Radio Bristol between 1-3am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the on line "Listen Live/Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there's a link to it from our profile.
Thanks for thinking of us first.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
'Tentatively, Chris informs Tipler of having once consulted a sound engineer who would prefer that the vocal part in question was sang rather than screamed.
'He's a fucking tosser.''
That sounds frighteningly familier! At least I like your new tracks, though, nice work!
