The Demise Of The Bassist By David Statter Illustrations by Sonia Whitehead The bass guitar has played a fairly pivotal role in popular music for decades, from the double bass in Elvis’ TCB band to the Gibson Thunderbird IV electric bass played by The Who’s John Entwhistle. Lately, however, Toast can’t be alone in noticing an increasing number of bands who no longer feel the need to have a low-end theorist among their number, which has led us to the question: Is the bassist no longer an essential element of a band’s musical...
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Hailing from Southampton, the hometown of Craig David and Scott Mills, Fly Frankie Fly join the long list of indie-electro club bands on the circuit. They have the dedication to produce a catalogue of songs long enough for a live set list but like so many before them, they lack the skill to produce an EP viable enough for a label to be interested. Having said this they have appeared on the ‘Radio One – Rob Da Bank show’ and have received a mixture...
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Our Time Down Here is a successful hardcore/pop-punk band from Southampton Solent University with two previous albums under their belt. With obvious links to the big names of pop punk such as Blink 182 and Sum 41, there is also the hardcore element where I think the band would be happy with the comparison to the Drop Kick Murphys. Having such a large following all over the country, the band have given themselves quite a challenge to keep their fans happy. In spite of this Last light, their latest EP to hit the streets is of the same high...
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Monday, 22 November 2010
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Chris “woody” Wood from the Hardcore/Metal band ‘Drowned with Oceans’ is a talented guitarist from Southampton Solent University. He is in his first year reading a Sound Technician degree where he has made great use of the studios and live sound equipment but finds a few of the units irrelevant to him as a musician as he said despite how “I can see why its useful but I'd rather focus more on the music side of the degree”. He’s been playing guitar...
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