Riding The Low, The Roads, The Original Dave B at The Old Bell Hotel in Derby tickets and event info

 

Riding The Low - http://www.myspace.com/ridingthelow

Page 44 - http://www.myspace.com/page44
The Roads - http://www.myspace.com/theroadsband
The Original Dave Band – http://www.myspace.com/theoriginaldaveband

 

Riding The Low
Five piece twin guitar indie/rock outfit hailing from Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire featuring actor Paddy Considine, (Dead Man’s Shoes, A Room for Romeo Brass etc.) on vocals. Since forming, the band have played several ‘local’ gigs and also in London at the Carling Academy in Islington. Their lo-fi rock sound is influenced by Robert Pollard’s ‘Guided by Voices who just happen to be Paddy’s all time favourite band. The band also cite The Smiths, Sparklehorse, Radiohead, The Pixies and The Smashing Pumpkins among their influences.

 

A Pop/rock 4 piece hailing from Redditch. They are renound for Catchy melodic tunes and entertaining live shows bursting with energy and charisma on stage. Oustanding song-smithery, dedication and hard-work have contributed to the Page 44 Story thus far. Television and Radio have fallen in love with the band. in summer 2006 they performed on Channel 4's "Popworld", sparking local and national press, as well as being interviewed by Alex Zane and a popworld tour backed and promoted by the channel. The bands other achievements include being crowned Champions of the midlands Emergenza Live Band competition 2006 and going on to finish Second in the Emergenza UK National Final. The competition, judged by Sony, Universal, Interscope, NME and plenty more big names, took place in front of a packed house at Londons Mean Fiddler. More Recently the band were once again crowned the best Unsigned band in the midlands after being hand picked through Hundreds of bands to play a showcase at Carling Academy 2 in Birmingham. The Band's music spans many genres from alternative rock to indie, stopping off, and giving a quick bow to almost every style in-between and this has enabled them to play alongside many top bands of all genres some of the bands Page 44 have shared the stage with are . Boy Kill Boy, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Haunts, Captain Phoenix, The Standards as well as hundreds of amazing unsigned bands

 

Simple, to the point and noisy to boot, its over before you've really taken it all in, which means you'll listen to it again

 

The Original Dave Band are not your traditional rock band. They draw upon diverse musical influences from the psychedelic era of Pink Floyd through to the hard rock of AC/DC, their original song writing continues to impress and surprise onlookers in equal measures.