!A A ATHE AUTOMATICS DERBY!
Punk, Rock, Indie
From: DERBY, United Kingdom
Band Members
- PETE ARMES - GUITAR/FRONTMAN
- STUART ANGUISH - BASS GUITAR
- CHRIS MCHALE - DRUMS /VOCAL
About Band
THE AUTOMATICS WHERE FORMED IN HILTON DERBY IN 2002 IN A LOCAL PUB (SUPRISE SUPRISE) PETE AND STU HAD PLAYED IN NUMEROUS BANDS TOGETHER AND WHERE LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER TO MAKE UP A THREE PIECE BAND.
THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONE IN THE BAR WHO WAS APPROACHED AND GRUNTED HIS APPROVAL GUARDING HIS PINT AND WE ORGANISED A JAM SESSION.
IT DIDNT TAKE TOO LONG TO GET A SET TOGETHER OF SONGS THAT PETE HAD WRITTEN PLUS A FEW COVERS AND WE PLAYED OUR FIRST GIG AT THE VIC INN DERBY SUPPORTING DEADLINE.
WE PLAYED QUITE A FEW LOCAL GIGS BUT WORK COMMITMENTS GOT IN THE WAY OF PROMOTING THE BAND AND WE DIDNT GIG AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.
IN JANUARY OF 2005 WE WHERE INVITED TO APPEAR ON A CHARITY SINGLE ORGANISED BY BIFF BANG POW RECORDS MEETING RONNIE WOOD/ STEVE CRADDOCK/STEVE MARRIOT TO NAME BUT A FEW DOING A RE-RECORDED VERSION OF AFTERGLOW / WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT BY THE SMALL FACES FOR MOD AID 20 .
BIFF BANG POW ALSO PUT US ON COMPILATION ALBUMS OF BANDS THEY HAD SUPPORTED.
AGAIN BACK TOO THE LOCAL SCENE AGAIN WE ALWAYS SEEM TO ENTERTAIN THE CROWD AND WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE GIGS SO IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR CONTACT US A FESTIVAL WOULD BE NICE BIG OR SMALL.
OUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE ANYTHING THATS GOOD:
PETE : THE JAM / THE WHO / NORTHEN SOUL /REGGAE /ROCK HA HA NOT AHA
STU: NEARLY ANYTHING INCLUDING AHA
CHRIS:IF THEY CAN DO IT LIVE ITS GOOD FOR HIM EXCEPT AHA
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT TAKES THE TIME TO COME AND WATCH US AND HOPE U CARRY ON SUPPORTING US HOPEFULLY MEETING NEW PEOPLE ON THE WAY.
CHEERS.
YOU CAN FIND VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE AND MY SPACE THE AUTOMATICS MOD ROCK
