Matt
Guitar, Bass & Vocals
Martyn
Guitar, Bass & Vocals
Mike
Guitar & Vocals
Phil
Keyboards
Ian
Drums
(Stoozle-Photography)
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Bookings / Enquiries: thejives@live.co.uk
Influences
The Beatles
The Libertines
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
Paul Weller
Tommy Emmanuel
Michael Jackson
Oasis
The Smiths
The Stone Roses
Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Kinks
The La's
Elvis
Little Richard
T-Rex
Bill Hicks
An elephant, a banana and a cheese chunky.
That twat off Big Brother.
Craig David (Bo' Selecta version)
Tony Soprano and Jesus.
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Sounds Like
Guitar and vocal based pop with big hairy balls!!!!!!!
The Jives began twice upon a time...., in the dead of night, when Matt, a bassist of no fixed hair-cut, had a dream that a babbling monkey came to his bed and said,"LET THERE BE JIVES!!!!" Matt awoke from his dream and vowed to put together to most musically musical music playing band of musicians ever to play music! "First, I need a drummer." Matt thought. So he went to his local corner shop and bought a Kinder Egg. Inside were the pieces of what was to become Ian, along with some little instructions. Matt ate the egg and set about his task, building Ian. It was an arduos task that took all of eleventy one seconds, but he stuck at it and eventually his creation was complete, righteous and holy in all ways. Now a guitarist was to be found. Matt and Ian stumbled upon Dr Piddles, (as he was then known) wandering through the upper regions of Babylon, searching for what he called The Abominable Sock Monkey. Matt suggested that such a creature was merely a myth and that Dr Piddles was a crap name, so they renamed him Martyn and he hopped on board to play guitar. Now they were three. "Keyboards are what we need and what we need are keyboards!" They proclaimed, so they set off in search of a mythical creature they had heard of called a Phil. They had all heard of The Phil in scary stories their mothers used to tell them. Stories of a man with fingers so long if he scratched his arse he could bite his nails at the same time! As chance would have it Phil was summering just off Montego Bay aboard his yacht The Saucy Sue, with the England cricket team and the African godess of plenty. A phone call was all it took and he agreed to join up. "It would be nice to have two guitarists" said Martyn and the others agreed. So thet set sail to Liverpool, home of The Beatles and The Backstreet Boys in search of a scouse they could proudly display to their mothers. They found one in the shape of Mike, a bushy haired chap with a life threatening ham addiction. They got him through rehab and in two dog years he was ready to play. "This is our band and we shall be called The Jives", and they were and they are.....
LIVE REVIEWS:
'The Jives’ with their entertaining, raucous, raw, musical brilliance. Sounding and looking like something from the 60s, these young lads invigorated the Beatles and inspired the crowd to spring into life with this energetic sound.
(REDSTRIPE AWARDS 09)
The Jives open their set with 'I'll be fine' a good Coral influenced opener, to a crowded house with a sprinkling of celebs. They get a very warm welcome and front man Matt, Complete with the hat, Charms the crowd with broad Yorkshire delivered banter.
We are then treated to lots of enjoyable 60's pop, With strong sounds of The Beatles (Which is to be expected) and even The Swinging Blue Jeans. Feel good music with much audience dancing to the tight three part harmonies and melodic beats.
'I Don't Mind' is a particular favourite with the audience and i would'nt argue with their choice.
The guys even have the 60's uniforms and haircuts and although The Draytones are curently probably leading the field in this particular genre The Jives are catching up fast and building a good fanbase along the way. They finish suprisingly with a 'Johnny B good' sounding guitar solo and get well deserved cheers from the now heaving crowd. (SANDMAN MAGAZINE)
The Jives have gloriously uplifting Beach Boys-style harmonies
and impressive musical ability (THE FLY)
hi guys, thanks for the interest, im in spain on holiday at the moment at bencassim festival, oasis in a few hours woop (i hate oasis) anyway i'll send you a lengthy email when im back if you like about prices etc
Hello Lovely Jives...hope all is well in Jiveland! Its such a pity that Sheffield is so far away...hope to catch you soon...We have sun, sand and crap music ...wish you were here xx
Hello there Guys....nope, sure he's not on our list ;)..... welcome to our work! Music has always had the power to change the world, to make people think, to act and react to the things going on around them, it knows no boundaries and recognises no differences...and so we would like to say Thank You for coming on board and proving that once again it’s the musicians that will give a voice to the voiceless and try to change the world!! The children must be protected, and we must all do our part...thank you for wanting to do yours and for adding your voice to ours, we grow louder every day...soon they WILL listen!!! The Team @Rock Against Child Pornography and Abuse UK
hey! just wanted to stop in let you know that I've changed my artist name to Adrian Edward but it's still me, I'm not going anywhere! lol! have a great night much love ~adrian edward
Hi there, we've uploaded a couple of tracks from our new EP. Check them out and spread the word if you like them! Also if you are local to us, we are launching the E.P. this Saturday at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh. If you buy a ticket for the show we'll give you a free copy of the cd!
Hey hows it going. Hope is well. I was wondering if you would like to have a free album? You can get it at http://www.megaupload.com/?f=3NNQTYF1 I would love to know what you think
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