Silent Smile
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EP RECORDED 9TH MAY RELEASE DAY NOT YET SET
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HI we are silent smile, we are a 5 piece garage rock band. We try to have a great contrast in our music, melodic ballardsm to hard hitting anthems. the chunky bass and guitar lines go hand in hand with the melodic vocals
We couldnt really decided on a genre that we fit, so jus' have a listen.
We couldnt really decided on a genre that we fit, so jus' have a listen.
Why this name?
it was purely a case of it just slipped into the guitarsits head when we were thinking abou them. It also may have come from the start a of a computer game that has a great big smile and a "sshhingg" sound in the background. We duno but we liked it and i
Do you play live?
We play anywhere we can as around our area spots to play are few and ar between. so any potential gig venue owners give us alisten and ask us to play.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Of course it has changed the music indusrty, i mean to a certain degree i disagreee with the ethics involved in downlaoding whole albums. however if i kept to that i would be a hypocrit, i think downaloding (kazzza etc) is a great source to scoop out new bands or check a band out before you buy the whole album specially when an album nowadays is knocking on £15
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
yea, would sign to a major label but only on the stipualtion that more people would hear our music if a smaller label could get our music out more than a major lebel BUT pay us less then money would always be second choice.
Band History:
Myself (aaron, lead guitar), ben (drums) and sam(bass) have been in bands together with different people for years. only recently has the line up clicked with the addition of esther (vocals) and jonny (second guitar)
Your influences?
all of us in the band have differnet style and genre of music
Esther - the distillers, hole bands with strong female voacls
Aaron - post hardcore - ffaf, thrice, thursday phat guitar lines and intense emotion
Jonny - NIRVANA all the way, complete nirvana geek
Sam - simplistic rock blink, greenday etc
Ben - indie in the froms of i am klooot and the coral starting to turn to Bob Marley
Esther - the distillers, hole bands with strong female voacls
Aaron - post hardcore - ffaf, thrice, thursday phat guitar lines and intense emotion
Jonny - NIRVANA all the way, complete nirvana geek
Sam - simplistic rock blink, greenday etc
Ben - indie in the froms of i am klooot and the coral starting to turn to Bob Marley
Favorite spot?
Gotta be manchester, whree else
Equipment used:
Aaron - Gibson Epiphone SG Gothic
Jonny - Gibson Epiphone SG Cherry red
Sam - Gibson Epiphone flyig V bass
Jonny - Gibson Epiphone SG Cherry red
Sam - Gibson Epiphone flyig V bass