alistair beith (guitar), alasdair mackenzie (saxophone), andy bonar (violin),
bartholemew owl (mandolin), david mclintock (ukulele), fraser hughes (bass),
iain mcdonald (ukulele), jamie cocozza (guitar), jen livingstone (glockenspiel),
liam greenshaw (accordion), morgen anderson (guitar), paul carlin (drums),
peter liddle (accordion, tenor horn), ross mccrae (bass trombone),
rowan smith (drums), sophie conaghan-sexon (flute), steff ina (glockenspiel)
stewart cook (melodica), and jen sinclair (clarinet).
Coming soon are james swinburne (sax), and brendan o'hare (drums).
Influences
indie music of all kinds, post-rock, chanson, balkan, scottish, home recording, ensemble madness.
We only have a few copies of "A dance to half death" left so if you'd like one, please get it at a gig. It will be up for download soon.
The second hand marching band are a group of 16-22 musicians who play mainly in Scotland. They play folk music which a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influence.
The SHMB started performing in December 2007 and have in the last year been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals and fields. They have an EP coming out on Chaffinch Records called "A dance to half death".
Check out our other bands on myspace: House Mouse, Lula Maes, Frieght Logistics, Dananananaykroyd, Thing!, How to Swim, The Occasional Flickers, Eagleowl, Q without U, The Martial Arts, Brighter Better Days, Wall Street Ammunition Hero, The Just Joans, Tangles...
the second hand marching band's Friend Space (Top 26)
We are very excited to announce our first 'real world' photograph exhibition at the 13th Note in Glasgow. To launch this exhibition, we are putting on a show on the opening night - the 6th July.
Tickets are £4 and all profits of the gig will be given to Yorkhill Childrens Foundation.
You can also bring along a mixed cd which you can swap with someone else. Please include a tracklist and have fun with the cover. This is a great opportunity to promote all the bands you love (or your own band) and show your creative side. Please come along, get some new music & badges, view photos, enjoy amazing bands & say hello. :)
Hey guys Thought you might be interested in this…we’ve got Martin Atkins (Nine Inch Nails/Ministry/Public Image Limited/Invisible Records etc) coming to the Tolbooth, Stirling this Friday (5th) to give a free lecture about how to get gigs and put a tour together. Doors open at 6pm, lecture starts at 7pm till 9pm. Great opportunity to grab some advice from a top music industry pro for free.
One of the Scotsman's Top 5 gigs for the week: "Rob St John, The Wee Rogue, Ben Wetherill Saturday 4 April, The Bowery, doors: 7.45 Think of the sound of silence. Now add to it a tender, corkscrewing vocal and a few pulse-stopping melodies and you’ve done it; you’ve pinned down Rob St John. The once singer/songwriter now fully functioning band is an exquisite aural pleasure that never fails to induce the tingle of goose-flesh across UTR’s oh-so-manly self. Set in the Bowery’s haunting halls and supported by The Wee Rogue’s brittle-boned mews and Hack & A Hacksaw collaborator Ben Wetherill, you’d be a fool to miss this one." Email us for a place on the cheap ticket list www.benjaminwetherill.co.uk
Could you post our forthcoming gigs dates up here Pete? I can't be arsed trawling through the multitudinous facebook emails cause I'm a lazy sack who never clears out her inbox. It's like a hoor's purse in there (i.e full of crumpled notes and coppers, hmmm... good metaphor...)
