Andrew - vocals/camera-craft?? The voice of eighteen hamsters being put in a blender. Superb!
When he isnt tending to his garden, Andrew enjoys running through open spaces in slow motion, with no clothes on. He also enjoys sleeping rough with a tramp called Fred.
Laurence - guitar/vocals The guitar playing skills of a man with no fingers. Brilliant!
Laurence is a strange fellow with little interest in anything else other than making toast, and having lemons squeezed into his eyes by four russian ladies. This is followed shortly with a long snooze under the bodhi tree.
Tom - guitar/vocals The guitar playing skills of the man with no fingers brother, he has no eyes. Tasty!
As soon as Tom reaches his house in the twiglet forest, he opens his door and finds a small party of gnomes awaiting him. He hugs them and then runs outside, lays his picnic blanket down and shares his winnings with his gnome friends.
Sam - bass/vocals The bass playing skills of a small whale beached on a shore in new zealand at low tide. Jazz-tastic!
Sam is the worst at his sport of mouse racing, he tries very hard but it is all to no avail. He simply cant get them to reach speeds over 30mph. He is thinking of moving onto a new sport...
Adam - drums/vocals The Drumming skills of a small african meer-cat on the phone. Nice!
Before Adam goes to bed each night, he kisses his teddy bear and wishes that they would one day get away from all the nasty people who tell him it is just a toy and they will be happy forever on their small canal boat in the Ganges.
REVIEWS!
"The Red Route had an enthusiastic following among the teenage audiance and their cover versions of Naive and Still Take You Home had them rocking in the aisles." - Kate Finburg, The Sutton Guardian
"Great set, great songs and a ticket selling machine..!" - Gaz, Rockstock
COMPETITIONS!
In October 2008 we got through to the Top 10 in 'The Rocker UK' Competition out of 1122 band, the winner would have got a professional photoshoot in London, interview and article in Kerrang! magazine and new intruments for every member of the band, plus more! Unfortunately we didn't win, but we think we came in the Top 5 because we were one of the bands mentioned on Kerrang! Radio =] Thanks to all who voted for us!!
Influences
Girls Mates School Fit Formers Summer Taxis Kebabs The Park Chavs Salon Lads Backstabbers Croydon Money Failing School Crazy BNP guys Being Happy Life Maybe?
Bands:
Laurence - Bloc Party The Subways The Libertines Kings Of Leon The Cribs Babyshambles Good Shoes Foals Eight Legs The Maccabees
Tom - The Libertines The Metros Good Shoes The Maccabees Mystery Jets Pete and the Pirates Bombay Bicycle Club Art Brut Eight Legs Los Campesinos!
Sam - Kings Of Leon Bloc Party Jamie T Arctic Monkeys The Libertines
Adam- Everything heavy, everything soft, just not emo. Seth Lakeman The Coral Pink Floyd Hawkwind kaiser chiefs Death & Black Metal The Boredoms
Andrew - Biffy Clyro Arctic Monkeys The Wombats The Maccabees blink 182 The Strokes Feeder The Fratellis Julian Casablancas Orlando Weeks
Two guys playing guitar with no fingers, 18 hamsters in a blender, a small whale beached in New Zealand at low tide, and a small African meercat on the phone... or so I have been told.
Formed in May 2007 after Laurence and Sam decided to start a band. Many months of doing fuck all followed but eventually Andrew and Tom joined. Adam joined after our first drummer turned out to be a twat. So yeah get to know innit (y).
Not too serious about gettin famous at the moment, just out for a laugh then we'll try get it big time once we leave school probably. Its All good.
*** THE MANDIGANS ARE COMING BACK HOME - 20TH OCTOBER - MANCHESTER DRY BAR ***
We've spent the past few months away from Manchester gigging around the UK while writing our new album
You can hear all these songs in MANCHESTER at Dry Bar on 20th Oct - get tickets online from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/59016 or message the lads on myspace for them
*** NEW PHOTOS AND MYSPACE LAYOUT - CHECK IT OUT *** Also check out the new photos on myspace and comment them so we know which you think are the best - they've been done by Karen McBride, the photographer behind iconic images of Liam Gallagher, The Ting Tings and Robbie Williams
THE MANDIGANS www.myspace.com/themandigans
Thanks
The Mandigans
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Differents always good my friend :) Im glad you like, I've always had a passion for heavy music, and I feel you've gotta branch out these days..We'll put some more songs up soon.
Hows things going for you? Im liking the myspace background. ox
Yeah I'd definately agree with you there, everyone sounds much better at the cryer.
If you follow the same link, and above each pic there should be a button called 'all sizes' if you click on that, you'll be able to get the pics for myspace etc.
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