The Fog Band met after thin-trousered, long-shoed Reading-born Bobby Grindrod was spotted amongst a crowd of pseuds at Bath School of Art by local mop-headed Co-Op proprietor and dilletante Oli Daltrey. Daltrey decided (for no logical reason) that the man he was staring menacingly at was the man he required to front his (up-til-then) instrumental combo and began a relentless text-message/phone-call based campaign with a view to recruiting Grindrod into the ranks of The Foggies.
Eventually, Bobby relented and joined the band under duress. Despite long-forgotten restraining orders, gaffer-tape, blind-folds and backs-of-vans, Bobby now concedes that joining the band was a good move. "I only joined to stop Oli pestering me", he claims, "but when we found ourselves supporting the likes of The Futureheads, Art Brut, The Buff Medways, The Dirtbombs, Neil's Children and The 5,6,7,8's, I realised that I'd definitely need more ties".
The local promoters and men-about-town from 'Purr' were curiously drawn to this bunch of local weirdos and after an unlucky game of "Truth or Dare" found themselves slaving over a hot vinyl press. Their solemn task? The creation of 500 copies of The Fog Band's debut single.
This record was entitled "The Law of the Sea" and was played three times on Radio 1. It was described as "Joe Meek and Telstar and early Stones via some early Television/Richard Hell flavoured new wave and just a hint of Dub Narcotic energy" by Organ Magazine, "Excellent jerky new wavery from Bath's finest" by Artrocker.com, "sharp-suited, incessant and captivating" by Vanity Project Magazine and "Sharp and treble-toned shimmering that fair explodes into drilling punkoid perfection..." by Unpeeled.co.uk. SoundsXP said it was "Quite, quite brilliant" and kittenpainting.com reckoned it to be a "glue-it-to-your turntable humdinger... utter beat perfection." Rough Trade insisted that "this single is gonna be glued to your stereo for years to come... all three tracks could have been the lead track - it's that strong."
So all in all, Bobby had to admit that, despite his initial reservations, his "...spray-starch expenditure [had] rocketed".
You can hear the title track of The Fog Band's debut EP at www.myspace.com/purr_records.
Miss Peapod's Kitchen Cafe is a small independent cafe based at the award winning Jubilee Wharf in Penryn built using pioneering techniques of eco-..development. They have wind turbines, solar panels and super insulation. This means their walls are at least 2 foot thick which is useful for when they have bands in the evenings! This one should be quite good.
Teignton Fayre is an annual event that occurs in the village of Drewsteignton, on the edge of Dartmoor. It is an opportunity for the community to get together, raise money for charity and local good causes, and have some fun! We will be playing at about 9 o'clock on the stage outside. Should be quite good.
After recent operations with Glasvegas and being the one-man backing band of ex Libertines/Dirty Pretty Things Carl Barat, the cramped out and debauched Dennis ’lovechild of Dick Dale & Nick Cave’ Hopper Choppers returns to FNF this Tues.09th Dec ...........
und dann: THE SWAN HAS LANDED!!!!
"The Swan With Two Necks - Album of the Week." - Clash Magazine
"...if ORKB smelt any stronger or brilliance you could probably paint a white stripe on it and call it a skunk. Sniff. Big things beckon." - Artrocker
Hey, what's happened to you guys? The Law of the Sea EP was awesome-fabulous. You even made me log in to Myspace for the first time in years to find out what's happened to you. Jo
holy smokes you ain't gunna believe this...i tried this offer to get a Coach purse with a wallet 100% FREE & it amazingly worked!! since i KNOW its legit now, i'm gunna hurry and snag more to give out as a gift..you really oughta go snag one or two too LMFAO! isn't this 1 i got dope?
hey The Fog Band hows you? our single seen the light is up for pre-release now. it's our chance to really get noticed. please please help us out. all you need is to text "sas" to 78789. it only costs £1.50 and you will be helping us out so much
Hey Fog Band, hows things? Wanted to inform you about some new songs on our page, hav a listen & see wot you think...hope all is going well...keep in touch!
Just a little word to let you know OUR EP IS FINALLY AVAILABLE (Limited Edition Digipack).
We worked really hard to produce this and even harder to put it out on our own.
Thought you might want to know...oh and may you be blessed if you decide to support our effort by buying a copy !!!
