The Worms

Bio:

THE WORMS, A BRIEF HISTORY OF SQUIRM.
Read the blog for more-or-less essential detail.
2005: Start. The first songs we write are "Sands End To The Sea" and "Etiolate". Themes of psychogeography, death, and natural history and curation emerge.

2006: Three performances at 'Bohemian Nights', an open mic session at Reading Town Hall. We play Kite, Sands End To the Sea, Yellow Submarine, Etiolate, My Father's Hands, and Science Park. Everyone else there shows more respect for the Beatles.MoreHereOnBohemianNights

2006: Early in the year, we make hamfisted use of Garageband software make our first demo, "Now Look What You Made Us Do". (Track list: 'Science Park', 'Etiolate', 'Penetration', 'Lebensraum', and 'Sands End To The Sea'). It gets us precisely no attention but for one rather unappreciative review in a certain 'Spill' magazine. It's parent company has recently gone bust. Right. You can read the review Here. "Now Look..."'s best song, "Science Park", remains in rude health as a punkishly-minded folk diatribe regarding industrial parks and conference centres..

2006: First collaboration with Ed Rowe, who writes the lyric for long-standing live favourite "Shag", among others. ClickHereForMoreAboutEd

2007: We use the same software, but with more care and competence, to make our second Demo, "Psychogeography" (Track list: "Roisin Murphy's Blue Smoke Pig", "Kite", "Worm Theme One"). This is actually not a bad piece of work, which we have contrived to fail to bring with us when meeting any sort of influential or successful person.

2007: Debut radio broadcast. Kite was played by Sher on her 'Sher Delight' show, on homegrownradionj.com during the summer.ClickHereForMoreOnSher

2007: October 27th, debut show at the Hope&Anchor, London. See our blog archive for the full triumphant tale.

2007: November, second show at Viva Viva, Turnpike Lane, London.

2007- current: Many broadcasts on the radio at KPOV, Bend, Oregon, by Morgan Salvo. Mr Salvo has remained a constant and treasured supporter of the Worms to this day. You can, and should, click Here to find out more.

2008: Unable to understand why chunky-jumpered folk clubs are not beating our door down, we make a third Garageband demo, "On The Mojo Wire" (Track list: 'Amphibia', 'Headshot', 'Science Park' and 'Shag'

2008: Collaboration with DeathStab, premier noise-mongers from Lansing, Michigan on "80s", with a lyric written by Ed Rowe. More info is here: DeathStab'sMyspace

2008: Radio broadcast on WFMU, in the USA. 5-song session played on Ergo Phizmiz's show, the "Phuj Phactory". More about the splendid Mr Phizmiz is here

2008: Open mic appearance on April 16th at the Magpie's Nest folk club, London. "The Murderologist" is played, and brings a room of Islington sofa-loungers to a chilly halt.

2008: August 18th, concert for the Alternative Music Network at the Poetry Society, London. We share a bill with the mighty BirdEngine, and consider it to be our proudest moment.

2008: First live appearance as a trio in the Autumn, at the open mic evening, Queen Boadicea pub, London. "The Murderologist", and nothing else, gets played.

2007 and 2008: Three DJ gigs by M and J Worm, at the Potion nightclub for Querida's parties.

2009: First concert as a trio, at the Big Untidy, Reading, January 9th

2009: May 24th, concert at the 'Sunday Roast' night at the Ralph Abercrombie pub, Manchester, as a duo with the mp3 player.

2009: Concert at the Big Untidy, Reading as a duo with the mp3 player.

2009: Radio broadcast on Resonance FM. "Cherries" played on Dexter Bentley's show, themed with the Pestival event at London's South Bank. MoreAboutResonanceIsHere

2009: Unamplified concert at the Hall Of Sound, Pangbourne, Berkshire, as a duo.

Member Since:

September 12, 2006

Members:

Jonathan Dowman (music, instruments and singing)

Mark Foulkes (lyrics and singing)

Chris Steward (music and programming)


You may also know us as J Worm, M Worm, and C Worm. Everything you hear and see here is by us, except where credited otherwise.


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Influences:

Influential artists of all kinds. Only the ones we like, mind you.

Sounds Like:

Us. Who else would we sound like?

Record Label:

Unsigned.