Bands I have seen live

Dead Formats is Tim Harris. Currently based in London, dividing his time between studying sound, recording sound and experimenting with compositional techniques and processes. The idea behind the Dead Formats mantle is to experiment with formats, tools, sounds and noise often discarded by our fast moving society, to create pieces that, whilst retaining a musical and melodic value, are often made up from the imperfections and constraints of older, 'inferior', recording formats.

Ashley Bird - Ex-editor of Kerrang Linchpin are the most exciting young band in Britain. Fact. Their first video was downloaded 33,000 times. The first pressing sold out in 48 hours. Dave Grohl has proclaimed them to be ‘fucking awesome’. They’ve already been praised by Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and Rock Sound magazines. Even The independent has raved about them. And with the release of their fizzing debut mini-album ‘Small Town Theory’ they’ve just raised the bar for UK pop rock.

There is more than one band going by the moniker 'Rocket': (1) Rocket (all-girl rock band): When you think of Rocket, think of driving along an L.A. beach in an open-top, bright pink Cadillac. Rocket is a revolutionary concoction of fun, parties, bubblegum and beating hearts. Coquettishness-meets-bombast, kittens-meet-rattlesnakes; Rocket is the launching pad for a new generation of pop music. The all-girl band mixes 60's girl group innocence with 70's decibel-damaging boulevard beat...

Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian alternative rock group. Owing to their energetic live concerts and critically praised recordings, they are among the most popular and acclaimed musical acts in their homeland, and have also gained international renown; they are among the first Norwegian artists (outside the genre of black metal) to gain international recognition and popularity while singing in their native language.