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the Bends
Soul / Post punk / Indie

		"we're done" British Columbia Canada Profile Views: 5489 Last Login: 10/31/2008
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the Bends: General Info

Member Since	2/26/2007
Band Members	Brian Holt - Vocals, Guitar Heather Konkin - Vocals, Keys Andrew Gillott - Percussion Eugene Burton - Bass
Influences	Arctic Monkeys, B-52s, Babyshambles, Beatles, Beck, Bedouin Soundclash, Bloc Party, Blur, Clash, Coldplay, Dead 60s, Death From Above 1979, Doors, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Green Day, Harvey Danger, Hentchmen, Hives, Hot Hot Heat, Iggy Pop, Jet, Libertines, Modest Mouse, Rammones, Sam Roberts, Streets, Strokes, Sublime, Subways, Tokyo Police Club, Transplants, Vines, Violent Femmes, Von Bondies, White Stripes
Sounds Like	An eclectic combination of funk, rock, jazz, swing, punk, and a lot of SOUL. Sometimes, however, the entire band breaks out the dark, gritty sounds of pure TECHNO.
Type of Label	Indie

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Burst City	Aug 25 2008 5:02 PM To bad! Realy like your sound! Emanuel - Burst city
Danny Echo	Apr 15 2008 10:40 PM Thanks for the add! For that you get a...
GigDoggy	Apr 9 2008 2:49 AM This link is a blog for musicians written by musicians: www. gigdoggy. wordpress. com It's a place for bands to explain how they book shows. Regards, gigDoggy
Chris Parx-e Web Zine	Mar 31 2008 5:52 AM best band ever. love your music.
Clear Springs Entertainment	Mar 17 2008 1:06 AM Oh I did, I'm Chris Parke who also runs Parx-e Web Zine
HAWAIIAN BIBLES TONITE/EARLY/FREE@THE YALE	Nov 22 2007 7:57 PM Cant wait for tomorrow...and to meet you all...can you feel the excitement? hurrah..hurrah
Sylvain St-Amour	Oct 28 2007 12:40 PM Have a great sunday !!! AMITIÉ! SYLVAIN ;0)
Rags to Radio	Oct 4 2007 10:46 PM We heart the bends!!!!
Chelseylynn	Sep 30 2007 6:09 AM It is? I hope its not THAT strange, i mean, i could un-add myself...
Black City Lights	Sep 30 2007 3:07 AM Any dates at all. If you book one first we'll play it with you cats fo sho. + The painted cities... We're going to have a meeting with Tamara this friday and maybe try and organize something... I'll get back to you. Love Matt.
Between Xylem and Phloem	Sep 28 2007 6:19 PM Hey man that was a blast lets do it again soon!
Black City Lights	Sep 28 2007 9:01 AM Hiya cats and kittens. I really enjoyed your songs. An impressive set to say the least (even with the sound problems) I hope we can play again in the future. I'm thinking about putting on a show at the Turnstyle in Maple Ridge with you, us, Painted Cities, and maybe Familia...Whatcha think? Anyway. Good stuff. Matt.
Between Xylem and Phloem	Sep 25 2007 9:11 PM Hey guys and gal...looking forward to taking a ride on the Royal Unicorn...we are...Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! See ya on Thursday! Matt
Rags to Radio	Sep 24 2007 4:34 AM blaaaaarg!!!! how goes it?
Black City Lights	Sep 19 2007 4:26 AM Hey Hey! Digging the tunes! We're very excitied to be sharing a stage with you next thursday. Hope it's a good show. Love Matt.
Rags to Radio	Sep 13 2007 4:19 PM hahah true i donno any wants to try it i donno how the rest of the band feels it might help tho i just don't wanna loose our sound
Rags to Radio	Sep 13 2007 4:34 AM ya man true true i donno if i like the idea
Rags to Radio	Sep 12 2007 7:13 PM ya
Rags to Radio	Sep 12 2007 3:01 PM ill prolly buy it at the show the tunes sound grrrreat hey did u guys ever bring in a music teacher to help u with stuff in some practices?
Rags to Radio	Sep 12 2007 5:48 AM how much are they dude ill prolly just buy it at the show we should jam again sometime dude!!!
sound and silence	Sep 11 2007 6:35 AM
MAXINE	Sep 3 2007 7:54 AM ZOMG I GET THE FIRST COPY!!!!!!!!!!
Rags to Radio	Aug 31 2007 5:14 PM new songs are awesome they are very sexual i feel them they are sick show soooooon yay?
An-an-a	Aug 30 2007 2:51 AM Yeah, the music is good. Haven't been able to tell Eugene that yet. Probably should. (he's my cousin)
Retro Sex Explosion	Aug 29 2007 12:48 PM hahahahah what the hell hahaha i like the pic for Pin-Striped Suits... google image search?
Rags to Radio	Aug 28 2007 11:45 PM this means the cd release party is gonna be soooon yay!!! hip hip hurray!!!!
The Rights	Aug 15 2007 4:40 PM thanx for the add, dig your tunes, really the keys sound awesome, see you play the roses when it was still open, peace
HAWAIIAN BIBLES TONITE/EARLY/FREE@THE YALE	Aug 13 2007 9:24 PM SHAH!! Cant wait cant wait! Nice tunages here...yum
Dream Pirates	Aug 11 2007 8:58 PM it rocks! cool tunes! all the best!
Stolen Bicycles Gang	Aug 4 2007 1:48 AM august 10th!?!
Rags to Radio	Jul 21 2007 10:09 PM we gotta all do a show sooon mang!!
Rags to Radio	Jul 21 2007 6:55 PM new song bends check it out and tell me wat u think its only a demo no drums or bass in it yet
sound and silence	Jul 3 2007 11:30 PM i recorded a new song!
Ryan Keating and The Sons of Kain	Jun 27 2007 5:29 PM F***! Never mind; I'm in the studio all day on Sunday working on the next 3 songs for the new record. cheers, rk
Ryan Keating and The Sons of Kain	Jun 27 2007 5:27 PM Thanks for the comment. A show in Abby? Is that your girlfriend Abigail or did you mean Abbottsford? If you're talking about a show in Abigail then I'm in. If Abbottsford, we'll just have to see about that. Sunday is a good day to drive out to the boonies! cheers, rk
Brother Nature	Jun 24 2007 7:39 PM yeah that was a fun show, hopefully we can play together again. il need someone to pick up my pics when i drop them. -adam
Three Chord Rebel Productions	Jun 16 2007 4:45 AM ITS GONNA BE A BLAST!!
The Havingas	Jun 4 2007 3:03 PM Hi theBends!, Hey just wanna thank you again for being our friends on myspace. We wanna mention a few things. For all the locals in the valley, check out our schedule, we got a few gigs happening in the Abbotsford area. We'd love to meet yeah. For those outside the valley and also as a thank you, we've got two free downloads for the next month. 'Not Much Time' and 'Call of Chrysalids'. Finally we do have a new video coming out soon and don't forget, you can buy our cd through our myspace. Keep in touch. Rick - The Havingas
Three Chord Rebel Productions	Jun 4 2007 1:19 AM Cool songs!
The Havingas	May 30 2007 5:24 PM Hey, thanks so much for accepting the add, Great sounding stuff too. Chat with us anytime and make sure to get your free downloads. Cheers, The Havingas
sound and silence	May 29 2007 6:18 AM
Rags to Radio	May 11 2007 9:58 PM Your love is killing me!!!! yeeeeeee love it -Layton
MAXINE	May 11 2007 7:56 AM OMG PICTURES!!!!! YAY THEY LOOK AWESOME :D
Rags to Radio	May 9 2007 12:40 PM thanks guys!! hahahaha sooooo wen is the next show??
MAXINE	May 9 2007 12:03 AM

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