'Progressive punk' band seek GUITARIST and VOCALIST or preferably GUITAR-PLAYING VOCALIST
The Display Team will soon be short of a singing guitarist. We're looking for a new one, ideally someone who likes musical experimentation, the power and vigour of punk, and the homemade vegan cakes my mum keeps giving me when we go on tour. We're also not averse to the cream of metal, funk, jazz, whatever - but this isn't one of those 'look what we can play' bands.
We rehearse in London (Deptford), play around the UK and across Europe (so far) on a DIY basis. We're almost ready to record our second album (the first, 'Drones', came out on independent label Genin Records) and are itching to do more!
Do you like
CARDIACS
SPARKS
OINGO BOINGO
THE DEAD KENNEDYS
MESHUGGAH
THUMPERMONKEY
XTC
THE BEACH BOYS (for the harmonies, kaftans and key changes)
or, indeed, anything at all, you SWINE?
Well, get in touch. It would be advantageous to have your own gear, ideas, a good ear, enthusiasm and no egotistical designs on being 'the frontman' - we're all the frontman. A driving licence would also be a boon but is by no means essential. Age, 'image', gender etc. are irrelevant; we want to make music with you, not babies.
You can hear us here:
www.thedisplayteam.com
www.myspace.com/thedisplayteam
www.facebook.com/thedisplayteam
and then contact us here:
Thanks for reading.
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So far...
...not looking promising. Anyone?
I'm determined not to go out of my mind this time.
And singing guitarists in London must surely be everywhere, right? So: the quest is ON now, people!
Please write to me; I cry when you don't write to me.
Come on.
I thought guitarists in London were like actors in Hollywood - every roadsweeper, waiter and chemistry cover teacher has a portfolio and a headshot, or in London, a demo and a 'bandolier'-print guitar strap. So I know you exist. I'm prepared to accept that you hate all music that has existed longer than a week (you're on Drowned In Sound, after all), but in case you have moderate guitar skills, moderate singing skills and the taste for things like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5W43wFreRU
then please get in touch. I can poke a bradawl up yer hooter and dislodge your short attention span and we can make magical noises together FOREVER.
Still looking...
...unsurprisingly.
Ace-O drummer?
I'm not a guitarist and my vox probably veer more Mark E Smith than Scott Walker
but I've quite liked your music ever since you were referenced on the Cardiacs messageboard, so good luck and all
(Thumpermonkey are pretty much my favourite currently-active British band, btw)
Thanks, matey.
If you know anyone who might be up for having a stab at playing guitar and singing for us, please put them in touch.
Thumpermonkey are brilliant. Did you see them at RoastFest? Just fantastic.
I was right at the front throwing shapes!
If you noticed a guy in glasses acting the loon during Thumpermonkey's set, that was I
Can't wait for their album...
you
.. guyss are awesome.
Seen you play at the Steamboat in Ipswich a few times.
Hope you find what // who you're looking for.
I SMELL LIKE AN OLD MAN!
Haha.
Thankyou, Mick. I have fond memories of the Steamboat (and Val's stupendous feasts in particular). We're still looking for a guitarist/singer-type-thing - get the word out there, friend! I don't care if they have to commute from Ipswich - if they're the right person, they're in!
My door remains open, folks.
That is not a veiled invitation to casual bumsex (although if I were a private detective in 'Swinging London', I'd consider 'Casual Bumsex' as a professional pseudonym). Are there any prog/punk/pop fans out there who play the guitar in London and/or its environs?
Join my band
NOW
Come to think of it...
...you can check us out, a sort of 'try before you buy, by which I mean audition, because there's no actual buying involved' by coming to see us play (as a five-piece, desperate for YOU to JOIN THE BAND) at The Miller (near London Bridge) on Saturday the 31st of March. See here for details: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4330846
What a thoroughly splendid idea.
Someone join this band
Yes, please do.
We love you lots
another guthrie classic.
Cheers, Hal.
I'm beginning to think it's me, you know. The way people are avoiding me in this thread is much like 'real life'.
UPDATE!
We still need a new guitarist, singer, or singing guitarist. If you feel you could fill any of these roles, and would like to join a band in London in the vein of Cardiacs/Oingo Boingo/XTC/circus music/The Futureheads, please get in touch, with me, on here:
thedisplayteam@hotmail.com
NOW. Because we're about to jump into a manhole and never come out. Thankyou.
Seriously...
...no-one plays the guitar?!
Stop dicking around
and join my band. Only a modest degree of guitar-playing and vocalising prowess is required:
http://thedisplayteam.bandcamp.com/album/drones
See?
Hello again.
Still here. Still looking. Still desperate.
Come on, now.
I'll give you a biscuit if you join my band.
Back on top, where this post belongs...
Harumph. Where the hell are you guys?
I'm still looking...
...albeit with an ebbing enthusiasm that dwindles further daily. Come on, now - guitarists in London? They must be more common than rats.
I can play guitar
I'm in London
I don't sing.
That's your sticking point.
Well, like it says at the top,
a guitarist who can sing would be ideal, but you need only see how desperate my pleas have become to estimate how much success we've had with that particular tranche of the musical community. So, invoking the rest of the topic title, non-singing guitarists and non-guitaring singists remain welcome, and are, in fact, more welcome than ever. If you're interested, moker, give me your e-mail address and I'll clue you in on the sort of thing we do and what we're after.
Well it's tempting
but I've just quit a pretty intense band and I'm currently enjoying a personal arab spring style feeling of emancipation.
So alas, I'll decline. Cheers though.
I have perhaps never been more keen
to find a new guitarist. If you can sing, that's a bonus. Please, get in touch if you in or near London and are interested in playing interesting, wonky stuff like Cardiacs, XTC, NoMeansNo and the like (and the unlike). Thanks.
Right, well, sweaty balls to you lot.
We've only gone and got someone, ain't we? Hurrah, and goodbye.
finally
i mean congrats
yeaaaaahhhhh!
And it was no thanks to this thread, as a matter of fact.
If I should find myself in need of a band member again, I'll remember not to bother posting here, but to simply save a lot of time and cut my head off immediately.
Thanks, Amrk and Dr. Quittington - see you down the front:
http://www.facebook.com/events/242481452541215/?fref=ts
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/189794
If you can sing and play guitar
you'd be mad not to join this band.
Amazing set at Rhythms Of The World, from what I can recall!
that took a while.
Hope he/she is right for the band!