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The Zetland Players
Swing / Folk / Pop

"Fling open your windows its spring!"

London,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  5/14/2008
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   The Zetland Players: General Info
Member Since8/29/2005
Band Websitezetlandplayers.com
Band Members Brother Michael Wiper, Tobias George Silvester, Adrian Zookrow, Tom Hartley Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
InfluencesPhil Wiper, Tim Silvester, Bootsy Collins and Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
Sounds LikeFinding a tenner on the way home from work
Record LabelUgly Nephew Records
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 21 2008 8:00P
Club Ugly @ The Luminaire London

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Recording our album this summer!  (view more)

TUCKSHOP COMMUNITY RADIO - Living Room Session 1  (view more)

The Notting Hill Arts-Club Gig- Review  (view more)

LOSING TODAY MAGAZINE ’Strongmen and Sailors’ Review!  (view more)

GIGS NEWS AND REVIEWS ’Strongmen and Sailors’ review  (view more)

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   About The Zetland Players



THE ZETLAND PLAYERS NEXT GIG!

RECENT GIG REVIEWS:

"The Zetland Players do something with music that other bands are finding harder and harder to do. They make you dream and move to the music. In the venue, I saw an old couple waltz and a pirate applaud a ship captain. Others danced a jig and ate strawberries from champagne flutes. Even I, usually dead on my feet, began tapping my toes, and didn’t wake up until the music had stopped."
***** (five stars) MUSIC-NEWS; Live Gig Review


"They inject their usual rampant energy into every song and, I think the mass turn out would agree, style oozes from their every chord."
HUB LISTINGS



RELEASES:
Oct 2007 SPLIT SINGLE ’Strongmen & Sailors’
’Split’ Single with THE SLIDING RULE (Nima from HUSH THE MANY) Available on 7 inch vinyl!
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"a rollicking press ganged rum soaked stirring shanty of some measure borne out of a rampantly energised acoustically strummed swing-tastic toe tapping saga from the high seas braided by deliciously decoded flotillas of hauntingly shimmering jangles to deliver a homely brew of chest beating goo that catapults you through a myriad of emotions while it freewheels through an eye pokingly ramshackle and finitely crooked fun filled sidestepping haze of furious folk and moments of tranquil mellowness."
LOSING TODAY

"it makes me want to throw my computer out the window and jump on the next slow-boat to the South Pacific."
LOBSTER QUADRILLE MAGAZINE

"the lyrics conjure jungle creatures, striped men with handlebar moustaches, ladies with parasols and adventures on the high seas"
GIGSREVIEWSNEWS.COM

"if every song The Zetland Players produce is as confident and engaging as Sailors and Strongmen, gig goers will be in for a real treat."
HIDDEN FRUIT

"Wouldn’t it be great if you could pull these gents out of your pocket to resurrect your dwindling birthday party?"
DOGS CAN DRIVE


FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT:
mainline@uglynephew.com

Jan 2007 DEBUT E.P ’Making Friends With...’

"Songs as perfect as Staten Island Serenade defy comparisons to other bands, and as stated earlier, the music has such a crisp, defined sound, and it’s so pleasurable to listen, to that you forget about all your minor troubles, like writing semi-readable reviews...There really aren’t any weak tracks on this (thankfully) very long EP" Lobster Quadrille Magazine

"Swinging like a world war to big band and happier than a barrel full of cockatoos." Alex Gale, New-Noise.net

"This collection of songs is an excitable and contemporary mixture of folk and pop. The Zetland Players are filled with potential." Obscure Sound

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The new EP from
The Zetland Players
Free sample mp3: Jack’s Little Zoo.


The CD is also available to buy in:
-iTunes online store
-Rough Trade online store
-Pure Groove shop and online store
-Selectadisc (Berwick St shop)
-plus many other good indie shops


Enough shameless self promotion, you wanted to know about the band, didn’t you?

History lesson: Boy, have we got a story for you! Well, a fairly good one. Our band is the oldest pop group in the UK, dating back to 1947, and our average age is 25. How do you like that? Wipers Grandad started the Zetland Players in ’47 after the great war and the band legacy has been handed down the bass playing generations ever since, taking it’s most recent form as original swing pop strange acoustic stuff. Tobias and Wiper went to America and wasted loads of money. Then they came to London and met Adrian and eventually became good. Now they have long time friend Tom playing superfine swinging percussion. Tom has a moustache, but he wears it well. They’re a great set of good-lads and like Big and Rich they love everyone*

*Nearly


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The Zetland Players's Friends Comments
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LikeThat





May 2 2008 5:36 PM

Hey The Zetland Players !

Come to our next party on Saturday May 10th in an amazing new warehouse space in Limehouse. (Not Unit7 nor Cable Studios)


Send an email to likethat@london.com with your name to be on the £8 concesion list :)





We'll carry on at public life on sunday opening at 11am.


LikeThat Likes You!
ætherbee





Apr 30 2008 1:16 PM

... Like Prozac for women in their 30s ... lol ... and probably those in their 20s too ;)

xx
A Boy Called Doris





Apr 29 2008 3:54 PM

hello!!

Weve got our first gig in ages coming up - with a pletherer of new songs!!

this is the (rather classy, by doris standards) flyer for a discount entry





please print him out and come along - were on at ten-ish

apologies if you dont allow html in your comments - visit ourprofile and its there on the left hand side - down abit

lots of hugs

doris

xx
Miss Jo Williams





Apr 28 2008 12:16 PM

Yes very much like steak! Cheers me hearty.
Hope you're all very very well : )
dunndotta





Apr 25 2008 9:40 AM

Dunndotta's coming to London! Don't miss them!
www. dunndotta. com
Megan





Apr 23 2008 9:49 AM

hi ya Belinda

been ages , what you been doing with yourself?

well since last time me and Lisa started with
that website. we both made like $500 last week :)

dont sign up with the other one , they were rubbish.
They never paid us.

This one is great, we're both going shopping with our money.

you can sign up here:

C A S H S I T E C I T Y . C O M

let me know how if you have any problems.

are you going to the party next week?


speak soon, missing you :)

A85887752
LET'S GET LOST





Apr 21 2008 8:48 AM



Bruce Weber’s film about Chet Baker LET’S GET LOST comes to UK cinemas on June 6th. Become a friend to watch the trailer and unseen footage of Chet.
Off Ground Touch





Apr 21 2008 3:44 AM

Off Ground Touch Live - Message Us For Cheap Entry


Bones at the Bottom of the Barrel





Apr 16 2008 11:36 AM

postcard
Songwriters Anonymous





Apr 13 2008 11:54 AM

Indy Showcase poster

After 18 months of songwriting thrills, spills, chilled drinks and temperamental strange beautiful mentalist Shelley like waif and stray musicians baring their warm hearted souls at weekly music night ’Myspace or Yours’. The folks from SONGWRITERS ANONYMOUS are kickstarting a monthly residency at The Vibe Live with a showcase for the acts they’ve nominated for this years Indy Music Awards.


SONGWRITERS ANONYMOUS PRESENTS

LIVE @ THE VIBE LIVE

INDY MUSIC AWARDS 2008 SHOWCASE

Featuring:

KAL LAVELLE


JENNY-LYNN SMITH


GRIZLA


Hosted by NEV HAWKINS


Doors Open 7. PM TILL 11PM
£4 On door/£3 for past performers

’songwriters anonymous changed my life...’ Anon
TuckShop community radio





Apr 11 2008 6:57 AM

Yo
Tuckshop community radio played you on this weeks show (wooooooooohooooooooo)
Its a beauty!!!!!!!



love Tuckshop xxx
Lobster Quadrille Magazine





Apr 8 2008 9:09 AM

You are still my favorite band!
sHe S a bOy





Apr 8 2008 5:56 AM

wOuLd yOu lEt yOuR dAuGhTeR kIsS a sHe S a bOy?
Nikkiii =)





Apr 7 2008 1:40 PM

Hellloooo from across the pond
sharan..//





Apr 7 2008 6:42 AM

HELLO!
Function of Orgasm





Apr 5 2008 5:15 PM

thanks for the add !
In Your Bass





Apr 5 2008 3:29 AM

more photos of your lovely UGLY faces can be found by clicking on TB's "visage"...ooooh.
TB player
Imo x
Scruffy Bird





Apr 4 2008 8:49 AM

Scruffy Bird (Live)
Left With Pictures





Apr 2 2008 8:34 AM

...come to this after your show on sunday tobias...you know it makes sense! Good to see you last night pal.



stu
Beggin’ Your Pardon Miss Joan





Mar 26 2008 2:56 PM

wonderful music...

thank you for your friendship
Lobster Quadrille Magazine





Mar 26 2008 9:49 AM

Tonight! Free entry!
xx
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

make do and mend





Mar 22 2008 7:15 AM

Word!!

You coming to the next Make do and Mend?



Its Try Harder, they're dope!
YouwhaL





Mar 17 2008 8:34 AM

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man and the vertebrates





Mar 16 2008 4:43 AM

went to your gig at the enterprise last night (and i've got the stamp to prove it) only to find out you'd gone and played on friday night. serves me right for not reading flyers.
TuckShop community radio





Mar 15 2008 1:36 AM

Yo,

Hope last night was a good un...

your live session of black cap and boots got aired again on this weeks show!

Keep it real...



Love Tuckshop x
man and the vertebrates





Mar 13 2008 9:55 AM

i couldn't've lived with myself if i was infringing on matters of the heart, tobias, dear - hope you had a smashing evening! hoping to make it down at the weekend...
kelsey





Mar 7 2008 1:07 AM

sure why not. im sure one of u taste good....
70SIX*MUSIC presents ESCALATOR*CLUB





Mar 6 2008 5:07 AM

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melo felo





Mar 4 2008 3:32 PM

no problem!
these guys will probably be able to help you out for sure
hope to see you guy's soon

Hugh@fabpromotions.co.uk
Frank@fabpromotions.co.uk

x3
melo felo





Mar 4 2008 12:12 PM

thanks for the add!
why dont you guys come down to lovly oxford

http://thejerichotavern. co. uk

x3
kelsey





Mar 3 2008 10:41 PM

if i had two grand, id be out of the hole i live in, and living in london ha ha. sorry guys
kelsey





Feb 28 2008 10:54 PM

COME TO AUSTRALIA..............please
smood&cornsen





Feb 28 2008 2:29 AM

we welcome our new artwork artist. her name is moon!
take a look at her works!

*
smood&cornsen
Handshake





Feb 26 2008 3:28 PM

Hi folkies,

thanks for the add, your stuff is really great.

Maybe try and catc you at your next london date.

Handshake -Xx-
Mor Karbasi





Feb 26 2008 8:07 AM