Indie_Rock_Punk_Rock
444 Club present The Motive + Geezer + The Leonards
The Motive:
Formed from the ashes of various West Midlands punk bands, The Motive began to develop their 21st Century take on punk rock in 2004 when Add Jones found himself kicked out of his own band! Not for the last time, it was for his refusal to compromise.
The rest of em just wanted a quiet life in Dudley I guess Im not made that way! remembers Add, when reminded of the roots of The Motive.
Add quickly found a like minded ally in Paul Bradley (Biff) a Birmingham bassist with a deep love of classic punk rock and a legendary refusal to know when to quit.
Paul takes up the story; I knew Add, wed run into each other a few times and Id always thought it would be good if we could work together. So when he told me his old band was falling apart we both knew that wed put something together.
That something started to become The Motive when guitarist Rob Bamber was recruited by a strange twist of fate. Paul; Rob just turned up in the office I was working in as a temp, just at the time we needed a guitarist no need to advertise or audition. The agency just sent him!
To outsiders Rob is seen as the quiet man of The Motive, but with a classical music background, its just a case of give that man a guitar and he will say everything you need to know.
With the line up almost complete The Motive again ignored convention, as Add explains; I knew a drummer from a previous band, hes a cool guy with a unique style so he was the obvious choice
That man was Chris Green and The Motive were born.
The band quickly got to work developing a set of short, sharp songs delivered with razor-edged riffs bringing the band comparisons with early Buzzcocks and the Stooges at one end of the spectrum and The Rakes and Ordinary Boys being cited as current reference points.
Last year saw the band develop a steadily growing fanbase across the Midlands with gigs at Birminghams Artsfest, JBs in Dudley, the Varsity in Wolverhampton and Birminghams Academy 2, among the highlights, along with coverage on Kerrang 105.2 and the BBC TVs new interactive service.
This year the band are set to release a second demo CD, called Pay Attention which sets a new standard for the band as the growing interest from fans, promoters and record companies alike is already proving. With a harder, tighter sound that is the result of the bands dedication and determination fused with their own growing reputation for unmatched adrenalin fuelled live performances.
Get used to it The Motive are coming through get on board or get out of their way. Its gonna be a hell of a ride!
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Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Cost: £5 / £4 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/themotiveuk
http://www.myspace.com/thisisgeezer
Coming Up ..... Friday 12th September
Indie_Rock_Alt_Acoustic_Electronica_Pop-Punk
Freakin Legend Music Co-op present The Shore Affliction + Jimm Zombie + Echolounge + Jackpot Bandits.
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 8.30pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/freakinlegendpromotions
http://www.myspace.com/wearetheshoreuk
http://www.myspace.com/jmmzmb
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=67388050 (Echolounge)
http://www.myspace.com/jackpotbandits
Coming Up ..... Friday 12th September
Acoustic_Pop_Folk_Rock
Platform Promotions present Chris Tye + The Musgraves (fka Mathhew Bennett Band) + Jodie Lawrence Band + Aaron Yorke
Chris Tye:
love this city / I met a lot of nice people here
So sings CHRIS TYE on his debut album SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. The city in question is Birmingham, guardian of the Midlands, Englands proud second city and Chris home town. The song is Come Undone, one of eight tracks on what is a startlingly honest offering from a young man who is both shy and confident in equal measures; who smiles yet who holds back, and a man with a lot to say yet preferring and indeed able to convey his thoughts with words so carefully thought out you wonder if every conversation is scripted in his head far in advance. When he does speak you feel drawn to listen. Its a talent that translates well to his songwriting, as people who have heard the record are starting to attest. I love the strings on this track, says Tye thoughtfully as Come Undone plays in the background. I recorded the guitar and vocal live and we added the viola and cello afterwards. He pauses. The song is about reaching a point where change is the only thing that can save you in this case a change of town going home. We all need to go home from time to time. Its probably the most straightforward emotionally raw track on the album…more on his Myspace.
(link below)
The Musgraves:
Fresh out of the Midlands with members hailing from Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Hull The Musgraves are a folk inspired pop five piece.
Formed in 2007 they have already played gigs all over the UK, everywhere from the Birmingham Academy to The Monto Water Rats in London, and their energy fuelled live shows are already making waves in music industry circles, along with snippets in The Birmingham News, Hull Daily Mail and Birmingham Post.
With tracks being championed by the likes of Tom Robinson on BBC 6Music and gaining further airplay across the BBC network the band have recently been invited to play a series of live sessions for BBC Raw Talent.
It won’t be too long before you start hearing more about these guys, but in the meantime the band are focused on completing tracks for their debut album and gearing up for the imminent release of the infectious ‘So Sofia’.
Jodie Lawrence Band:
The Jodi Lawrence Band have a lot to look forward to, Less than a year after forming , they are beginning to intrigue record labels with their combination of original writing and complex musicianship. Drawing in a range of influences, including jeff buckley, A perfect circle and Fleetwood Mac, it is almost too easy to describe their sound as beautiful. Beautiful it certainly is, but also emotionally resonant and often wonderfully unpredictable. Live, may represent something of an experience, fronted by the unashamedly jodi Lawrence who never fails to give her audience the best live performance and a voice that should be heard and definitely will be. Currently based between Birmingham and london this band should be caught now while still playing the smaller intimate venues.
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8pm
Cost: £4 / £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/christyemusic
http://www.myspace.com/themusgraves
