Adam Wright- Bass Guitar // Regan Sergent- Synth// Aidan Williams- Drums // Oli Jones- Guitar and Vocals
Influences
Interpol, The Jam, Mulligan & O'Hare, The Rakes, Super Furry Animals, The Wildhearts, My Morning Jacket, The Pixies, John Lee Hooker (RIP), Dolly Parton, to name a few...
To pinpoint the moment The Racketears came into being would be difficult, nay, impossible. In their present guise, The Racketears have been writing and performing together for about a year. However, the songwriting partnership of Oli Jones and Tom Edney was forged, in true cosmic style, in the year 2000. Initially labeled as an acoustic duo, the two knew that their musical evolution would lead them into a far more sinister place—the domain of electricity.
So, equipped with their newly electrified guitars they headed off in search of a band (and some amplifiers; because without these, their guitars sounded rather quiet). Their quest was long, and at times the pair nearly lost hope, but in the summer of 2002 they discovered the missing link (so to speak) and Adam Wright was encouraged to play bass.
New material was written, performed and eventually recorded. It was this recording process that highlighted the need for a permanent (and portable) synth operator. At first this need was overlooked, but as it became more apparent that a musical arrow was missing from The Racketears’ metaphorical quiver, long-time friend Regan Sergent was selected as the absent arrow.
The Racketears have had a succession of drummers over the years, but of late have decided that Aidan Williams, (who is both talented and venerable), should be The Racketears drum-man. An honourable mention should also go to Chris Gozzard; our drummer of nearly four years prior to Aidan. He is now an astronaut.
Recently Tom left for greener pastures in Manchester, so Oli took on singing duties... which he's quite enjoying!
More writing and performing ensued, and we now find ourselves in Colwyn Bay, six years on; in the present day…
The Racketears (NEW SONGS!!!)'s Friend Space (Top 4)
Hi there, thank you. If you find the time, please take a minute to
check out our page and have a listen to our new songs. More tunes and
gigs on the way.
Hey fellas, just to let you know that you can now have listen to 5 new recordings from our soon to be released debut album ‘Little Eyes In The Universe’. Please have a listen... We hope you enjoy... Andy x
Greetings....we'd appreciate your thoughts on the latest demo track from 'The 4Sticks'....'Satellite'.....
The track is just one of a number of 'out-takes' from their recent 'debut single' sessions...as it's not being planned for general release we've listed it up on our page purely as a 'sample'...so it'd be good to get some feedback.
Just having a quick listen to the tunes.. (Sound great; who recorded them btw?) You lot are f**king fools! Send me a nice message saying you've gotten back together!
hay tom back next week you got any gigs. back for a week i think. from firday 4th or somthing. it would be great to have a beer and talk about badger bating. maybe somthing more relevant. plastic bags. hope your a ok. bing bang bosh xxxxxx
