Decided to start throwing some ideas into the melting pot late in the day, to take one last stand against the tidal wave of crap littering the net, charts, racks of shops and bargain bins. To offer an alternative to the fakers, wannabe's, never will be's and has beens. To make music and songs and sounds totally independent of any bandwagon, scene or trend. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, to take advantage of being able to get music directly to anyone who might enjoy it. For that is the sole purpose of music........Lemmy once said there are only two types of music...."good and bad" .........and we agree!
Based in Livingston, West Lothian, The Levings were formed when Colin ‘Sid’ Baxter and Mark ‘Stranger’ Strange got together to write songs after previously being in bands together, this slowly progressed into acoustic sessions. After refining the songs they progressed into forming a full band, adding Craig Millar (Bass), Alan Strange (Keys) and Craig Purves (Drums).
The Levings although with plenty of experience in other bands are relatively new, only starting out on the gig circuit in early 2008, performing mainly in central Scotland. However in this time they have already had successful gigs including Jool’s Holland Jam House, Edinburgh, Barrowlands, Glasgow and Moho Manchester as well as a number of local festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
2009 has seen the band nominated for a ‘Best Out Of Area’ award at the Exposure Music Awards covering Southern England, a number one entry on Unsignedchart.com and two top ten entries on Tourdates.co.uk. With live dates already scheduled plus new material in the pipeline, things are looking busy.
"The Levings confess, that as a band they are still in their infancy. Well there's evidence here that they're actually pretty much together already" - Toxic Pete Feb 08
"Hey Guys, Loving the tracks.. keep it up!" - MTV2
"From Bluesbunny's experience of bands from Livingston, something loud and brash was expected but this 5 piece band were altogether more laidback with Colin Baxter's confident vocals shining through on songs like "Daylight Breaking" and the sublime "Quiet Town". - Bluesbunny Live Review, Barrowlands 2
"Bridging the gaps between twangy modern folk, hearty Britpop and pristine '80s sparkle like a ten-legged pair of comfy cords, Livingston quintet The Levings are all about putting a new spin on classic styles. This is an ep of clever songs, smartly played. An ep of quiet moments, massive choruses and lots of lovely piano bits." Overplay.com
"Solid, good time popsters" "Straight onto the indie dancefloor" Teletext Planet Sound
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Comin through to show some love. Can only do it once a month because of the amount of friends/fans we have, but its more than most artists on here. LOL. But anyways, whats new on your end? We are on iTunes now, so if you get a chance look us up. (So Deep Escape Route) Also, all the ringtones are finally back up on the page so check them out! If you come thru and sign the guest book and let me know you did we will return the love. And if you are in the San Diego area, check out our upcoming shows. Check the page often for info. Thanx for ALL the support!!! So. Deep SD
The RockScotland! online forum currently has over 550 posts on over 200 topics from its members on subjects including:- Best Scottish Band, Where Are They Now?, Tribute Acts, Venues From The Past, Current Venues, Rock Music In The Media, Band Members Wanted, For Sale/Wanted and much more!
There are some "Archive" photos online and you can also post your upcoming gigs for inclusion in our Gig Guide!
Sign-up and contribute to the FREE RockScotland online forums at:- www.rockscotland.co.uk Hope to see you there!
For important reasons we have changed our name from 'diAgusto' to 'Park Circus.' Expect to see us on your tv soon. It's happening baby! :) - feel free to join the revolution and befriend... see you on the other side. P.C. X
Hi, guys,
Just wanted to let you know that round 1 of the next People's Music Awards kicks off next month, so we are putting the call out to all new and unsigned bands to enter their best song into this years awards (completely free of charge)
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