Artist Detailed Info: The Longshanks

Bio:
In 2009 four desperate musical veterans found themsleves thrown together to make a last stand in an isolated storage crate dumped by the canal. A cluttered history of guerilla gigs, motorcycle crashes and industrial accidents had left the members beaten, scarred and ready for the end. However, they persevered, searching for the sound of something different. Injury and boredom forced innovation, they swapped instruments, slack tuned everything, and began a relentless schedule of practising through the sub zero nights of the winter. This is the result, unique, raw, recorded as live and as analogue as possible in an old nuclear bunker. This is the sound of Crewe's Finest Boatshed Vermin. These are The Longshanks
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PREVIOUS GIG LIST

18th Dec 2009 - The Box, Crewe
21st Jan 2010 - Dee Bee's, Winsford
22nd Jan 2010 - The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
2nd Feb 2010 - The Winking Frog, Stoke on Trent
10th March 2010 - The Jolly Tar, Nantwich
12th March 2010 - The Box, Crewe
3rd July - Music Festival, Cheshire
24th July - Annual Boatshed Charity Festival
21st August - EP Launch The Box Crewe
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Members:
Julian Casewell - Vocals, Guitars
Barry Coast - Bass
Steve Wallace - Drums
Jon Chuter - Guitars

Influences:
Leonard Cohen, The Shins, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Love, Black Francis, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bright Eyes, Julian Cope, Daniel Johnston, The Buthole Surfers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, The Doors, Fugazi, Bert Jansch, The Dead Kennedy's, Buddy Rich, Gong, The Birthday Party, Monsters of Folk, The Small Faces, At the Drive In, Mogwai, Son House...

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thelongshanksband

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