Thom Pounds (Vocals, rhythm guitar),
Paul Offord (Vocals, bass guitar),
Rob West ( Lead guitar),
Dan Dare (Drums)
Influences
The Beatles, The Who, The Small Faces, The Kinks, The Jam, Oasis, The Smiths, Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Libertines, The Pixies, Indigo..........
Thom's influences: The Clash, Blur./
Paul's influences: Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Sueeze./
Rob's influences: Queen, Pink Floyd./
Dan's influences: Keith Moon, Buddy Rich.
The STARTS are as English as chips and curry sauce, M25 traffic jams, windbreaks on pebbly beaches, binge drinks before eleven, and summer holidays somewhere warmer.
Thom Pounds (singer/guitarist), Paul Offord (singer/bassist), Rob West (lead guitarist) and Dan Dare (drums) have been together a year-and-a-half and are building-up a growing army of believers by playing passionate, maximum energy gigs across the country.
The band take an artful approach to music and produce lyrics as smart as their shoes.
The STARTS have already penned dozens of other songs that sit comfortably with anything by heroes Dury/Jankel, Tilbrook/Difford, Lennon/McCartney, Lane/Marriott, Jones/Strummer, Davies, and Townshend.
They are four front men born to storm the charts and carry the torch for English rock and roll. Music is all they were made for. This is just the beginning.
Contact: managementstarts@hotmail.co.uk
hey rob n co! musics sounding sweet, gonna try and see you guys sometime soon. im coming to wgc this week to buy that ibanez but.... do i still get that staff discount ? had to ask! Harry
Here's some BLATENT advertising! Katy and Steve's Opera show is visiting The Cross Kings Pub (York Way) at Kings Cross! March 5th we're on around 10.00 Be there or..................................................................................................miss it. Best Wishes Katy and Steve
Hello! 2008 at This Feeling kicks off with bang!...
- Aziz (Stone Roses/Ian Brown) first London gig and he’s playing “My Star” and “Corpses”! - Speedcircus single launch & acoustic set! - AMAZING.. Central London venue! - MEGA drinks happy hours! + Shots Bar £3 shots all night!
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happy merry christmas and have a massive new year!!...
NYE= 15 quid in, we'll play all your fav tunes, plus some bands will DJ/do acoustic, we're open till 6am, amazing central London venue, normal bar prices = bang!!...
Been meaning to say thanks for playing a cracking set at our last ever gig. The support and encouragement you lot have given us has always been appreciated.
I have a few photos of you lot from the box club gig so will get them emailed to someone at somepoint in the new year.
I've also just realised I still have Thom's amp cover - I'll get this sorted out when I get back.
Saturday 8th December @ The Box Club, Regina Road, Chelmsford. Doors 7.30pm. Bands from 7.45pm. £5
The line up is: Girls That Scratch - Jagged New Wave Post Disco Punk. Had airplay on Radio 1, XFM, BBC Essex, knocked Arctic Monkeys off number 1 of the QBS Alt. Rock Top40 in Qatar, plugged on BBC 6Music, recorded sessions/played/interviewed on Phoenix FM, playlisted on PulseRated and playlisted on QBS Radio in Qatar along with other radio play. Played alongside Bromheads Jacket, Mystery Jets, Ill Ease and John & Jehn. www.myspace.com/girlsthatscratch or www.girlsthatscratch.co.uk
The Starts - Indie Mod Ska. Recently played on BBC 6Music, BBC London (by Billy Bragg), reached number 2 of the QBS Alt Rock Top 40 in Qatar. Played alongside Tom Hingely (Inspiral Carpets) and put on a spectacle of a live performance. www.myspace.com/thestarts or www.thestarts.co.uk
Nine Ashes - Indie Dance. Can currently be seen ripping up venues such as The Metro and The Underworld. www.myspace.com/nineashes
They Died Too Young - Hardcore Punk. Singed to Lockjaw Records they have stuff in the shops and have been recent covermount stars of Rock S
