Tom Hingley - Lead Singer
Steve Hanley - Bass
Jason Brown - Guitar
Kelly Wood - Hammond, Farfisa and synths
Paul Hanley - Drums
Influences
Alex Harvey Band, BEATLES, Buzzcocks, CHARLATANS, Clash, DAVID BOWIE, Doors, ELVIS, Faces, FALL, Grand Drive, IAN DURY, Ian Hunter, IGGY POP, Inspiral Carpets, JEFF BUCKLEY, Johnny Cash, JOY DIVISION, Neil Finn, NEW YORK DOLLS, Nick Cave, MOTT THE HOOPLE, PIL, pooler, REM, Rolling Stones, SEX PISTOLS, small faces, SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, Steve Harley, SYD BARRETT, Talk Talk, UNDERTONES, Velvet Underground, WHO, Zombies, 22-20s...
TOM HINGLEY AND THE LOVERS
...a band that have now been together for 7 years, The Lovers is the brainchild of Tom Hingley, lead singer of Inspiral Carpets, a band whom, along with The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses defined everything that was good about the UK music scene at the beginning of the 1990s. Despite, or perhaps because of, over twenty top 40 hits, seven Top of the Pops appearances, a rock solid fan-base and successful tours all over the world, the Inspirals ran out of steam in 1995 and Hingley drifted into solo projects on the fringes of the pop mainstream.
However, a chance encounter in 2001 with Steve Hanley, former bassist and longest serving musician with legendary Manchester band, The Fall, led Hingley and Hanley to join forces in The Lovers. Despite kids, mortgages and the onset of 40, both still shared an intense passion and desire to make, perform and record great music.
And so it was, with the addition of Steve's kid brother/former Fall drummer Paul Hanley, Farfisa/Hammond player Kelly Wood and ex This Gigantic World guitar maestro Jason Brown, that The Lovers started writing and recording their debut album, 'aBba aRe tHe eNemY', eventually released in 2004.
The Lovers have now released their second album. 'Highlights' which could be described as everything that 'aBba aRe tHe eNemy' was and everything that it wasn't. The dynamicism is still there, as is the fiercely strong drive behind the band, but this album also profers melodic bliss, sentimentality and more than its fair share of catchy pop. The songs touch on such universal themes as love ('Highlights'), Religion ('All Of My Time'), Lions ('Venomous') Credit Crunch ('Kick out The Clocks') and the pretentious Manchester district of Chorlton Cum Hardy, which Tom can't afford to buy a house in and is not all at all bitter about ('EverGreen')...The album's available from all good digital stores, including iTunes, and also from HMV if you're one of those people who likes to shop in a shop!
HI TOM GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS YEAR. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING OUT EVENT AND EFFORTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. SHOULD BE A BEAUTY FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. BOM TEAM
Hey! I play "Time Is The Thief" in my May show for Dandelion Radio - The online radio station inspired by John Peel!
To listen go to our spanking new website at dandelionradio. com and click on the link on the front page! You will be able to hear my show at least once a day for the whole of May! Plus a host of other shows playing an eclectic variety of new and unreleased music! See schedule on website for details!
On Wednesday May 14th we return to The Deaf Institute for an evening of lyrical, alternative and contemporary folk music and visual ambiance, in a modern modern setting, with pews, below a glass roof...........with Anna Kashfi, Dan Haywood's New Hawks and At Swim Two Birds who will feature a video projection of 'The London Nobody Knows'.
"The London Nobody Knows, a 1967 documentary stroll around the city with James Mason. No horseguards, no palaces, but Islington's Chapel Market, pie shops, and Spitalfields tenements. Carnaby chicks and chaps, the 1967 we have been led to remember, are shockingly juxtaposed with feral meths drinkers, filthy shoeless kids, squalid Victoriana. Camden Town still resembles the world of Walter Sickert. There is romance and adventure, but mostly there is malnourishment. London looks like a shithole".
what? the folk! gets under way at Odd Bar in the northern quarter on sunday 11th May then each first sunday of the month thereafter. From 8pm, Entry is FREE so get there early. jambone x
Solid Earth and what? the folk present: beats, roots and leaves, an eight hour charity session of musical goodness at Manchester’s best pub in nearly the countryside: Jackson’s Boat in Sale Water Park. All proceeds to MSF in Darfur.
hi everyone, here's our line up for the next month at the deaf institute... and i can assure you every night is full of bloody great bands and the best leftfield dj's! we're totally happy for any of our friends to get as many people as they like on the £3.00 guestlist every week so tell your friends and keep'em coming. if you haven't been yet the venue itself is wprth popping your head in.. truly beautiful! we can also sort anyone out with free entry if you can help us do a little promo about the nights. it's tricky being based in london and trying to do a weekly up north so if anyone wants to get involved getting this amazing night off the ground and spreading the word about exceptional new bands then just give us a shout.. hope to see y'all soon.. x
Hey! I play "Kick out the clocks" in my April show for Dandelion Radio - The online radio station inspired by John Peel!
To listen go to our spanking new website at dandelionradio. com and click on the link on the front page! You will be able to hear my show at least once a day for the whole of April! Plus a host of other shows playing an eclectic variety of new and unreleased music! See schedule on website for details!
what? the folk! returns to the city centre in the brand new evirons of the deaf institute. running monthly and serving up fine fresh & folkly filth under whatever banner you wish to label it.
message back with names for cheap guest list entry(3 quid). ah bless
