Guns 'n' Roses,
Velvet Revolver,
Nine Inch Nails,
Red Hot Chilli Peppers,
Led Zepplin,
Faith No More,
Metallica,
Queens Of The Stone Age,
AC/DC,
A Perfect Circle,
Rush,
Queen,
Stone Sour,
Avenged Sevenfold,
Foo Fighters,
The Rolling Stones,
Filter,
Manic Street Preachers,
Pink Floyd,
Green Day,
Tool.
Sounds Like
Big riffs, big choruses, guitar solos, quiet parts, loud parts, drum n bass solos, melodies, hooks, n all that jazz!
These songs exist because our heroes hadn't written them yet! There are holes in our souls where these songs fit, and complete us.
If we were to compare our sound to any bands you may be familiar with, then think of Foo Fighters, Manic Street Preachers, there's a definate Gn'R - Velvet Revolver flavour.
Matt n' Jon (bass n drums) are huge Rush and Tool fans. They've been a rhytnm section together for 7 years, so they're tighter than a gnat's private parts! They also offer huge possibilites to the the sounds that The Passenger will be creating through their sheer ability alone. When you come and see us play, you will see them play an instrumental piece or two. Then you will know what I'm talking about.
‘The Passenger’ are hitting the ground running! From recording their self titled EP to playing quality gigs and shows within 3 months of forming. Their wild and enthusiastic gigs portray their endearing love of Rock n' Roll and play it how its supposed to be. With songs like 'Losing Faith' and 'S.L.A.B' that are powerhouse riff driven tunes laced with melodic choruses to 'Awake', a soulful acoustic rock ballad with an awesome solo that will put a shiver down your spine, to 'My So Called Reality' a groove train locomotion beat machine that'll have you rockin'.
You can't help but feel this music and the band who make it are going to make it.
The Passenger are:- Jim Guitar/Vocals, Andrew Lead guitar/Vocals, Glyn Drums - Jason - Bass
Copies of our EP can be obtained at SPILLERS RECORDS 36 THE HAYES CARDIFF 029 20224905
*UPDATE*
‘The Passenger’ have been together for a year now and have shaped themselves into a solid, hard working band with energetic and exciting stage presence and are developing a reputation as being a 1st class live act. The boys are continuing to work and gig hard, playing venues across Wales and England.
Christmas gave the band a chance to take a well deserved break, having played over 75 gigs during 2006.
GTFM asked ‘The Passenger’ in for a radio interview (May 2006) and followed this up by asking the boys to play four tracks in their live studio. 1). My So Called Reality 2). DOXA 3). Awake 4). Losing Faith.
The boys took this opportunity to let the fans know a little more about themselves and the upcoming gigs.
James: “Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!” A quality quote right at the end of the session. “We finished with ‘Losing Faith’ which was smoking!”
“It was a really chilled atmosphere and in the end it felt like a real relaxed jam in our front room, but don’t get me wrong, we were tight.”
In terms of gigs, band's keeping much of July free since we'r going to be away writing new material...already got lots of exciting stuff to finish off from the last trip !!
August saw ‘The Passenger’ become signed to London based record company ‘A List’ with a double A side single deal and potential for more.
The Pontardwe festival (August 2006) saw the band play an electrifying seven song set.
Immediately after leaving the stage at the Pontardawe festival ‘The Passenger’ hooked up with AFAN FM and promoted themselves and their progress.
Andrew: “Ranks up as one of the highlights of the year.”
‘The Passenger’ returned to the studio in December to lay down their double A side single (My So Called Reality / Awake )
Andrew: “There was a lot of pressure on us to get this right in such a short time. I’m very happy with what we have accomplished.”
If your local independent record store requires copies please e-mail the band and let us know.
2007 has got off to an awesome start for the band. The boys have played kick ass gigs in Cardiff at Clwb Ifor Bach and Barfly and have headlined at the prestigious Fleece and Firkin in Bristol.
Keep your eyes on our packed gig list and come see the show. We promise you won’t be disappointed.
Our thanks go out to our friends, family and fans for their continued love and support.
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Official Premiere: 10pm, Saturday Nov. 14th Bacchus Restaurant After the movie: Live music by Todd and Bryan.
Sunday Nov 15th Sacred snowboard shop will host an all day encore showing of "Shenanigans". So come check out the new movie and enjoy the festivities!!!
SWAYS NEW SINGLE MERCEDES BENZ IS RELEASED OCTOBER 26TH
North London rapper Sway presents his turbo-charged, party single Mercedes-Benz. The first Sway release to roll off the production line in several months, this freshly polished, fun-loving track shows the lighter side of the versatile, finely-tuned vocalist.
The Passenger, Bakwoods will be sponsoring the Skate For Life festival in Memory of Kyle A. Cabral in Warwick, Ny this weekend. Full Details available on the flyer:
It's FREE, unless you want to compete! Come out and show your support! .. Most of you might know by now, but last week Bakwoods had a fire at our office. Everyone got out okay including the dogs. There was minimal damage to equipment and clothing. It could have been alot worse and for that we are thankful. For the mean time we are setting up shop elsewhere and are keeping options open as to where we go from here. We want to thank everyone that has given us a hand and the fire department for stopping the fire two minutes before our office went up in flames.
We have some very exciting news for you, Dopamine are going to be playing 2 shows !!!! :D
To make this an extra special event we have decided to do something a little different
On September 9th we will play our first album , Auditioning My Escape Plan, in its entirety On September 10th we will play our second album, Experiments With Truth, in its entirety
Both shows will take place at the Barfly in Cardiff and both shows are 14+ Each show is £7 in Adv from www.ticketweb.co.uk or you can buy a ticket that gets you into both nights for just £12 !
Tickets are already on sale and are selling fast so please please if you intend coming make sure you get tickets asap
What do you say? Sound like a good night out?
Write back!! x
btw - just to also let you know we have merch (cds/vinyls/tees/hoods) from as little as 1penny available at www.dopamine.bigcartel.com check it out
Check out our newest mixtape officially hosted by a Major Artist! Just click the cover to download all the Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes for free at www.coast2coastmixtapes.com!
Artists click below to submit your music to be considered for the next Coast 2 Coast Mixtape hosted by a Major Artist!
The Passenger, New Mount Snow Edits! We've been riding at Mount Snow a bunch over the past couple months and did a couple of edits for Carinthia. Check them out! - bakwoods crew
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