The Light Divided is a four piece metal band originating from Southampton. It seems like Southampton has recently had an increase in its musical uprising as this band is looking to accompany great bands like Kids Can’t Fly, New Riot and Not Advised to the path of steady recognition.
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I Am Freddie Mays are a 5 piece outfit from Bournemouth and Southampton who started kicking ideas about back in November 2010, before coming together in February of this year to form the current band. The line up consists of vocalist Danger, bassist Mike, guitarists Mart and Alex and drummer Crackerz and this is their first CD release.
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This young 5 piece band from Bournemouth have the claim to having three brothers all in the same band, the Jenkins Brothers Sparky, Matt & Ash recruited Josh and Steve in 2010 , where their adventures with Mothership started. Their first CD release ‘Landed and Loaded’ is a six track affair that shows a good deal of promise with lots of rock influences from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Queen.
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Paint it Blue came out as out right winners of the Cooltura Music Awards 2011 after taking the title at a sold out Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London in May this year, the band took home the coveted trophy along with, studio recording time and a £1000 printing Voucher. The band formed in 2008 and have been gigging consistently since with them thrilling audiences in and around the local area, their roots are firmly set within the British blues sound with further gospel and funk influences revealing themselves within their sound. The five piece band are fronted by three young multi-talented musicians Hannah Robinson (vocals, guitar and percussion), Peter “Pedro” Quintin (Guitar) and Ed Fish (Harmonica). They are backed by a solid mature rhythm section of- Ian Walker (Bass) and Marcin Dyba (Drums).
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The Push are a four piece Bournemouth band who have been making quite a name for themselves by performing at a whole host of live music venues around the Dorset and Hampshire areas, unlike most local bands just starting out the band have already recorded and released the debut self titled album. The band travelled down the coast to the Ivy Arch studios in Worthing West Sussex www.ivyarchstudios.com where they recorded nine of their own tracks along with a bonus cover of “I Fought The Law” by The Clash. This has all been done and the band are not even a year old yet, you have to give a big thumbs up to their drive and determination.
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On a chilled Sunday night when the weather has been poor all day, you wouldn’t really expect there to be much of a buzz in Bournemouth, and to be honest there wasn’t really a buzz as I rocked up to Champions with a few friends. There were only about twenty people in the venue so I was slightly concerned, especially as most of these people were band members.
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22nd July 2011
After a long hiatus from the stage founder member of Stiff Little Fingers Henry Cluney joined up for a tour of the UK with The Alarm and The Damned in 2009. It all started in 1974 when Henry’s parents bought him a guitar for Christmas, he then formed a band at school in Northern Ireland with Jake Burns called ‘Highway Star’ which later became legendary punk band Stiff Little Fingers in 1977.
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These guys could have easily jumped in to a Tardis and travelled into 2011 from 1977, a time when Joe Strummer and Johnny Rotten were the kings of the punk music scene. The band clearly wear their influence on their sleeve and are very honest about what they are all about.
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Over the past few weeks people have been emailing in to Rock Regeneration with their answer in the hope of winning two tickets to see the mighty Judas Priest in concert!
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