LEADER

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Best Friend

Album: Lucky

Released: Nov 22, 2006

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Best Friend
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The Other Side
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Genre: Pop Punk / Powerpop / Rock
Location BRIGHTON, UK
Profile Views: 67888
Last Login: 11/15/2010
Member Since 8/8/2005
Website www.themightyleader.com
Record Label Trust Records (Japan)
Type of Label Indie
Bio
“A power pop force to be reckoned with ..." .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Live in Tokyo- March 2007.... .. ...... .... Everyone started to call Matt (Cooper) LEADER. It was a joke on him that stuck and after a couple of years friends would seem to forget his real name and use his pseudonym. Friends would come to see his solo shows and shout out “LEADER, LEADER’ and local promoters in his home town of Brighton would even phone up asking to book LEADER. Soon Matt wouldn’t even try to put them right and surrendered to this being the name that would be a platform for his songs. Even in a live radio interview the DJ couldn’t grasp the fact that Matt and Leader was indeed the same person. “So your name is Matt Leader? ” he asked looking confused. After playing drums in the art-rock group Coin-Op (Fierce Panda), Matt decided to hang up his sticks and dust down his guitar. He re-acquainted himself with his love of all things power pop and under the influence of bands like The Cars, Weezer and Cheap Trick, started to write songs. Matt specialized in happy-go-lucky, catchy songs with strong choruses, big melodies and candid lyrics about love, girls, friends and Elvis. Armed with an acoustic guitar Matt performed in and around Brighton before travelling to perform in Australia to support modern day troubadour Darren Hanlon. After a year of solo shows, Matt decided it was time to rock! A band was needed to transform his set of acoustic pop to full throttle power pop. Matt loved the punk pop attack of bands like Buzzcocks and the Ramones and had a vision of his songs being performed this way, a wall of sound full of hooks, passion and enthusiasm. So after a few phone calls, Tim Turner (Bass), Charlie Waygood (Drums) and Loz Buckley (Guitar/Vocals) were recruited in the summer of 2005 to make this dream come true. The four piece clicked straight away. With Tim and Charlie providing a solid backbone of rhythm and humour and Loz’s sweet harmony’s and good looks, Leader was a band (now that did confuse the aforementioned DJ!) Leader’s first show was as support to the Post Punk band THE FALL to a sell out crowd of 600 people. Leader’s first foreign show ( a year later) was as support to German alternative rockers, The Jinxs to a sell out crowd of 900 people. There was no turning back. After securing a record deal in Japan (TRUST RECORDS), Matt, Tim, Charlie and Loz entered the studio in October 2006 to record Leader’s debut album ‘Lucky’, a 30 minute rollercoaster of melodic fuzz rock. In the spring of 2007, Leader embarked on their first tour… in Japan. Playing 6 dates in 7 days (including 2 nights in Tokyo), the band enjoyed some great shows to fantastic crowds who were really receptive of their music. With ‘Lucky’ hitting the shelves in HMV and Tower Records across Japan. Good friend Jack Ryder came into to play guitar replacing Loz in the late Summer of 2007, bringing some new riffs and solos to a new chapter in the life of Leader. Wherever you are from, whatever you do, you will find something in a Leader song that relates to you. Leader don’t want to take over the world, Leader are here to make friends. As the journey continues, everyone is welcome to follow this Leader. .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Past Band Shows .... 2008 .... 25/05/08 - THE CAVERN PUB - LIVERPOOL.... 24/05/08 - THE CAVERN CLUB - LIVERPOOL.... 15/01/08 - THE PRINCE ALBERT - BRIGHTON.... .... 2007 .... 23/11/07 - THE PRINCE ALBERT - BRIGHTON.... 24/9/07 -THE PRESSURE POINT (BRIGHTON LIVE) - BRIGHTON.... 8/8/07 - THE PRESSURE POINT - BRIGHTON.... 23/4/07 - THE PRINCE ALBERT - BRIGHTON.... 29/3/07 - PRESSURE POINT - BRIGHTON.... 25/3/07 - ZION - NAGOYA - JAPAN.... 24/3/07 - BRAVO - GIFU - JAPAN.... 23/3/07 - WHOOPEES -KYOTO - JAPAN.... 21/3/07 - AUBE - TOKYO - JAPAN.... 20/3/07 - ACB - TOKYO - JAPAN.... 19/3/07 - K’S DREAM - CHIBA - JAPAN.... 10/3/07 - CAPITOL - HANNOVER - GERMANY.... 1/3/07 - THE DUBLIN CASTLE - LONDON.... .... 2006 .... 22/12/06 - LIVE AND LOUD BAR - GUILDFORD.... 14/12/06 - PRESSURE POINT - BRIGHTON.... 19/10/06 - PRESSURE POINT - BRIGHTON.... 7/10/06 - THE PROVIDENCE - BRIGHTON.... 5/9/06 - PRESSURE POINT - BRIGHTON.... 26/8/06 - THE SQUARE - HARLOW.... 24/8/06 - THE WATER RATS - LONDON.... 30/7/06 - THE HOPE - BRIGHTON.... 11/6/06 - CONCORDE 2 - BRIGHTON.... 8/6/06 - UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON - BRIGHTON.... 29/4/06 - PRESSURE POINT - BRIGHTON.... 17/2/06 - HANBURY BALLROOM - BRIGHTON.... .... 2005 .... 30/10/05 - CONCORDE 2 - BRIGHTON.... 8/10/05 - POLAR CENTRAL (BRIGHTON LIVE) - BRIGHTON.... 12/8/05 - THE FREEBUTT - BRIGHTON.... .. ...... .. Matt Leader, Tim Leader, Charlie Leader & Jack Leader .... .. ...... ..
Influences
WEEZER, CHEAP TRICK, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, ASH, FOO FIGHTERS, THE CARS, BUZZCOCKS, RAMONES, DAMONE, 30 AMP FUSE, TEENAGE FANCLUB.......
Sounds Like
A CATCHY MELODIC GUITAR BASED POWER POP ROCK EXPLOSION ...... ...... .. Debut Album - out in Japan or via Myspace ...... ...... .. FREE 2 track CD - send us a message and we will send you one!