Pass The Peas (Formerly 'The Bear') are a Swansea based 5 piece Funk band featuring Wayne Davies (guitar and vocals), Jack Brown (drums), Alex Ainsworth (bass), Joel Morgan (guitar) and Jonathan Cole (percussion and vocals). Formed in 2006 They mostly play around south Wales and always get the crowd up on their feet like any good funk band should! Visit their website to hear a load of their songs http://www.thebearmusic.co.uk/
One of the UK's truly independent spirits" Guardian. Pianist and composer Huw Warren never ceases to amaze as an intriguing and thrilling musician and composer. The winner of the`highly coveted BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2005, Huw has established an international presence in recent years, as a musical director/pianist for contemporary folk singer June Tabor for well over a decade (they recently appeared to a full house at the Berlin Jazz Festival), and for his ongoing work with ex-Austrian Musican of the Year bassist Peter Herbert and NY violin virtuosio improviser Mark Feldman.
All girl 4 piece from London,UK. Members are:
Kim E. Leon – vox, guitar, synth
M'Alice – vox, bass
Emma – guitar
Linza – drums Emma is a new member from the starting line up. (following description taken from their website: www.thementalists.co.uk) The band, Kim E Leon, M'Alice, Emma, and Linza are influenced by bands such as MGMT, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Flaming Lips, and The Beatles.
We're No Heroes (often abbreviated WNH) are a three-piece band from Cardiff, United Kingdom, composed of Tom Collins, Michael 'Dewey' Owen, and Luke Llewellyn. They first formed in the summer of 2009 at a downtown South Side recording studio in Chicago, USA
Scorching vocals and melodies from this fantastic bunch of guys from South Wales!! Influences include: RHCP / Pearl Jam / Muse / Jimi Hendrix / Mars Volta / RATM / The Libertines / Smashing Pumpkins / Bloc Party
Martin Leamon and Sille Ilves formed their unique Welsh – Estonian collaboration shortly after the 2001 Viljandi Folkmusic Festival. Since then they have developed a truly original fusion of two different musical cultures, rooted in tradition yet thoroughly modern, they create timeless music. Sild website http://www.sildmusic.com
There are multiple bands with the name Desecration: 1) Desecration is a brutal death metal band from Wales. The band have been causing controversy since 1995 when their "Gore & Perversion" album was infamously seized and incinerated by the police due to it’s offensive content. The band was told to “tone right down”, but the band continued. Since then the band have gone from strength to strength with "Murder In Mind" in 1998, "Inhuman" in 2000 and "Pathway To Deviance" in 2002, all by the label Copro Records.
Gwenno Saunders is one third of The Pipettes, as well as a solo artist. To date she has released two EPs sung in Welsh, Cornish and English; Vodya and Môr Hud, with an English sung album and single said to be planned for the future. She released a free download-only mini-album via her MySpace blog on Saturday 6th October called U & I. See also Gwenno Saunders.
