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The Hand-Me-Down Y’s

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About Me

Born in 1754, The Hand-Me-Down Y's spent 109 years trying to learn the difference between "up" & "wrong." The riddle was solved in 1863 with the discovery of the concepts of "down" & "right."

Among the achievements of The Hand-Me-Down Y's are: 1st band to eat cheese underwater, inventors of the ballpoint pencil, the 1st band to cross the Alps on trained owls & Best Shoe-Wearers of 1992. They do not wear shoes. The band are strong advocates of the phrase "Don't believe everything you read, as a lot of it is bollocks!!"


Also, listen to The Hand-Me-Down Y's song on www.myspace.com/iamnotarealband

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Member Since: 8/11/2006
Band Members: I do every damn thing...
Influences: BLURTHEBEATLESTHEKINKSTHESMITHSGRAHAMCOXON THEGOODTHEBAD&THEQUEENDAVIDBOWIE CURBYOURENTHUSIASMARCADEFIRETHEJAMARCTICMONKEYS THEPRETTYTHINGSPINKFLOYDNICKDRAKELIFEONMARS THECLASHRICKYGERVAISTHEVELVETUNDERGROUND BLACKADDERPEEPSHOWDOCTORWHOTALKINGHEADS THEFLAMINGLIPSRADIOHEADTHEMIGHTYBOOSH NICKCAVE&THEBADSEEDSBOBDYLANWILCOROBGRANT BATMANEELSTHEWHITESTRIPESMODESTMOUSETELEVISION SUPERFURRYANIMALSR.E.M.ARTHURCONANDOYLE JOHNDICKSONCARRANTHONYBURGESSGOODFELLASTHELA'S MAGAZINETHEZOMBIESLOVETHELIBERTINESELBOW CAPTAINBEEFHEART&HISMAGICBANDBERTJANSCHCOFFEE THESOPRANOSGUINESSTHESIMPSONSDONOVANHATS SIMON&GARFUNKELBRENDANBENSONPULP
Sounds Like: Slightly scratchy demos made in a bedroom on cassette tapes. Funny that...
Record Label: NONE
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"Loose limbed and charming"

Well, they did it. My fears of a phish based hoax notwithstanding, The Hand-Me-Down Y's got their first radio play ever on the illustrious BBC. Mr Grey was the lucky track and the track and the surrou...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:43:00 PST

Wow!

Hello all,I've just been left a comment by the Bristol Uncovered show on BBC Radio Bristol. Apparently my song Mr Grey is going to be played on the...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:29:00 PST

Getting Christmassy

Advent calendars, fairy lights, presents, mince pies and a massively  reduced bank balance. It's December, everyone. Hooray!We went into town the other day, only to discover that November isn't e...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:34:00 PST

Very short blog...

Different songs up now!!Told you it was short....
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:54:00 PST

Thank-you, blog fans!

Thanks for subscribing to my (lets face it) self indulgent, meandering, nonsensical... Thanks.Well, here goes! The Blur reunion. I love Blur. So it's good that the four of them MAY be going back into...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:08:00 PST

3 songs & some dots!

There have been many, many errors whilst trying to upload new songs to my page. I've given up trying for the moment. That's why I only have three songs at the moment.In other news of the Y's: my visit...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:41:00 PST

New song coming.... and other such waffle

Instrumental called Coffee Morning, for want of a better working title. Recorded in the "lets see whether this keyboard does anything interesting" phase. No words because I can't make any fit. That sa...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:27:00 PST

You lucky ****ers!

New Songs Coming Soon:-Mortgages & Mars BarsRaving (Lunatic Not Glowstick)The Stuntman's BeardI've got me some time for recording coming up. Hopefully these songs will get done, but I'm not noted ...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:35:00 PST

I don't know anyone called Jeff

As promised in the last blog, Jeff's Song has been posted, partially renamed Myself in accordance with the lyrics. The name came from the instrumental demo, which was inspired by listening to ALOT of ...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:23:00 PST

Dead End

AGAIN? Twice in two days I have blogged. I am guilty of rampant over-bloggery. Anyway, to business. I have just this second posted a new song called "Dead End". Well, not really new. It was actually t...
Posted by The Hand-Me-Down Y’s on Fri, 11 May 2007 08:40:00 PST