THE SAVAGE NOMADS. A SOUTH LONDON FOUR-PIECE, WERE INSPIRED TO PERFORM AS A SERIOUS ACT AFTER CLASH FOUNDER MICK JONES URGED THEM TO PLAY SUPPORT AT ONE OF HIS CARBON CASINO EVENTS IN NOTTING HILL IN EARLY 2008.
COLE SALEWICZ, WHO HAD FOUNDED THE SAVAGE NOMADS WITH DRUMMER BILLY BOONE THE PREVIOUS SUMMER, HAD BEEN RELUCTANT, FEELING THE GROUP WASN’T READY, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF FEISTY BASS-PLAYER JOSH MILES. UP UNTIL THEN THEY HAD ONLY PLAYED ONE SHOW, AT A FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY PARTY IN A BRIXTON PUB. BUT AS SINGER AND GUITARIST COLE HAD RECENTLY WRITTEN ‘CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS’, WHICH HE CONSIDERED ‘A STRONG SONG’, HE ALLOWED MICK JONES TO COAX HIM INTO IT.
AFTER THEIR ORIGINAL GUITAR PLAYER LEFT THE BAND TO FOCUS ON STUDIES, COLE SALEWICZ PUT ADS FOR A NEW GUITARIST ON THE INTERNET. THE SAVAGE NOMADS WERE FLOODED WITH RESPONSES. BUT THE ONLY APPROPRIATE MUSICIAN WAS ONE WHO HAD APPLIED FOR THE JOB WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF IT BEING ANNOUNCED ON THE WEB. ‘JOE GILLICK’S INNOVATIVE, UNIQUE PLAYING AND HIS GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND DESIRE TO WRITE, TOOK US UP ANOTHER GEAR, AND CEMENTED US AS A GROUP WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH,’ SAYS COLE SALEWICZ. ‘JOE REALLY APPRECIATES THAT IN ANY SOUND YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE.
‘WE LISTEN TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING,’ COLE SALEWICZ DEFINES THE SOUND OF THE SAVAGE NOMADS. FOR ALL THE GROUP MEMBERS, IT’S A GREAT QUEST TO FIND THE NEXT TRACK THAT LEADS ONTO SOMETHING NEW FOR THEM. ‘MUSIC IS VERY LIBERATING. WE NEVER WANTED TO PLAY ANYTHING THAT SOUNDED THE SAME AS OTHER PEOPLE. WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE ALL DIFFERENT IDEAS INTO THE SOUND: EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN UNDERLYING PUNK-ROCK INFLUENCE, THE LYRICS CAN COME FROM HIP-HOP, AND THE LIVE DRUMMING AS MUCH FROM ELECTRONICA BEATS.’
THE GROUP RECENTLY REUNITED WITH MICK JONES, THIS TIME IN THE STUDIO THAT WAS PART OF THE CLASHMAN’S ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PUBLIC LIBRARY EXHIBITION. AND AS 2009 DRAWS TO A CLOSE THE SAVAGE NOMADS ARE PROUD TO BE ON THE VERGE OF RELEASING THEIR FIRST E.P., RECORDED WITH TOP PRODUCER ANDY STRANGE (ELTON JOHN, INXS, PULP), A STUNNING 10-MINUTE REPRESENTATION OF THE GROUP’S RIVETING LIVE SETS.
FOR NOW YOU CAN CATCH THE SAVAGE NOMADS’ TERRIFIC ONSTAGE WORK EVERY MONTH AT THEIR RESIDENCY AT THE 12 BAR CLUB IN LONDON’S DENMARK ST.
ALL LYRICS: COLE SALEWICZ
ALL MUSIC: THE SAVAGE NOMADS
''ANGULAR PSYCH-FLAVOURED POST-PUNK COMMENTARIES WITH DISARMING CONFIDENCE''
''ONE OF THE BANDS TO WATCH FOR 2010'' THE 12
BAR CLUB
''DEFINITELY A BAND TO KEEP YOUR BEADY EYES ON; BIG THINGS ARE PREDICTED FROM THE SAVAGE NOMADS.'' WWW.SPOONFED.CO.UK
''IF THERE'S A BETTER YOUNG BAND IN THIS COUNTRY THAN THE SAVAGE NOMADS I'D LOVE TO HEAR EM. THEY HAVE TOTALLY TRILLING, CLENCHED KNUCKLE TIGHT AND DEMONICALLY DRIVEN INTERACTION, GREAT SWOOPS N ROLLS, STRONG MELODIC VOCALS, WORDS THAT SAY SOMETHING, SPACE GUITAR AND PYSCHE ROCK, A RHYTHM SECTION TO DIE FOR (THEY ALL PLAY RHYTHM, OF COURSE), RAPID FIRE RAP ATTACK AND ELYSIAN INTERLUDES. GOING BACK FOR MORE OCT 21ST'' GAVIN MARTIN, DAILY MIRROR & THE GUARDIAN
new ep huh? was that with andrea? anyho... yeah im playing a gig tomorow... been asked again to put the flier, but it looks brass... anyho... havent played for such a long time... finished my albumbum now... just trying to sort my life out... so day of computing things... been asked to design a single for someone... so ive got bob marley and max romeo on loud... full bass... just to piss everyone off... it helps me be creative.. then some prog rock..
hows the life anyways?
have you got twitter? twitters funner then myspazz...
Yeah, thanks for you com'. We appreciate your high-energy, very refreshing and punchy, somewhere between "Bromheads jacket" and "Art Brut". We're glad to meet you,
Thanx for friendship guys. If you ever feel like singing for your supper come down to duke of edinburgh in Brixton, on a Friday night. Always a lot of good people and music, all free. x
Hi guys, hope you are all well? Many thanks for the friendship, comment and great music! I really enjoyed the tunes :) Thank you for taking the time to listen to my music, and glad you liked it too :) I had an external hard drive crash with all my new stuff on, so got the hump at the mo! lol
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