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About Me

Formed in 2006, Earth Calling Alice has already come a long way in its first year. 12,000 plays on MySpace, their first session for Kerrang! Radio, a gig at the prestigious Midlands Art Centre and their second EP well on the way. Things are looking good.It wasnâ€™t meant to be this way of course. In fact, there was never really a conscious decision to form a band. The original idea was conceived by two men: Jim Bryant, emotive singer, songwriter, pianist(ish) and lover of pink shirts and Alex Theay, multi-talented songwriter, pianist(not ish), guitarist, singer, trumpeter (really) and all round clever bugger. They would record some songs initially written three years ago in a drunken stupor. Then maybe do a gig. Obviously they needed a name too. That came to Jim and Alex in another drunken stupor at a pub in Solihull, completely whole. Where the idea came from no one knows. Or needs to find outâ€¦Then of course it all got out of hand. Mainly because people liked the music. Sometimes because people liked the name. It became clear that they could make something more from it.Andy Marshall joined fairly soon after the decision to get their arses into gear was made. An excellent guitarist, he brought a sense of where to take the music that would lift it from its original form. Not only that, he introduced more folk, more beard and more badger to the line up. Together, the three members of the Alice band proceeded to create the acousto-thrash-jazz-folk that we all know and love today.Part of the appeal is that not a single one of their number comes from a folk-music background. Jim had spent many years singing in alt-rock bands, Alex played (and still plays) keys in a variety of different styles and Andy destroyed young minds with thrash-metal. As such, influences come from far and wide. Nick Drake, Loudon Wainwright, Jackson C Frank, Neil Finn and Bert Jansch are obvious. Slayer, Pearl Jam, Iron Maiden and Alice In Chains arenâ€™t. You might hear the odd sprinkling of Jellyfish, Radiohead or Marillion too. Who can sayâ€¦And so here they are. At the beginning of year two, with even more excitement, wonder and trousers just waiting for them. More and more gigs are on the horizon. Theyâ€™re not in it for the money, nor the fame. Itâ€™s all for the music.Click here to download all our EPs and songs for free!!!Earth Calling Alice T-shirts, mugs and badges available here!

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Music:

Member Since: 8/20/2006
Band Website: earthcallingalice.com
Band Members: Jim Bryant (Lead Vocals) Current listening: Gay Dad, Orbital, The Hoosiers, Show of Hands, Fish, Mew, John Butler Trio, Crowded House, XTC, Seal Favourite Earth Calling Alice track - CasablancaAndy Marshall (Guitar) Current listening: Transglobal Underground, Train, Joni Mitchell, Portishead, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Andy McKee, Tommy Emmanuel, Don Ross, Nelly Furtardo Favourite Earth Calling Alice track - Scream & ShoutAlex Theay(Guitar/Vocals) Current listening: Finn Brothers, Marillion, Rush, Fish, Kevin Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Jellyfish, Jackson C Frank, Nick Drake, Ratt Favourite Earth Calling Alice track - Scream & Shout
Influences: Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Loudon Wainwright, Queen, Rush, Marillion, Francis Dunnery, Led Zeppelin, David Ford, Jellyfish, Tom McRae, Crowded House & Neil Finn, Bert Jansch, Jackson C Frank, R.E.M., Kate Rusby
Sounds Like: Earth Calling Alice!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The weekend that was...

Hi all, Yes, the weekend came, went and left a distinctly pleasant after-taste. Much like an After Eight Mint. Friday saw us play at the Sports and Social Club in Alvechurch. We were massively pleased...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:27:00 PST

Gig report - Katie Fitzgeralds - 28th Feb

Well, this is my first blog, as Jim still loves Tiscali so much (i'm sure if tiscali was a person Jim would have stabbed him by now).Where to begin.. hmm, Alex was late, but that will never be newswor...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:32:00 PST

The Soak, 7th Feb 2008

Peeps, Another fantastic Earth Calling Alice gig is now behind us. For our latest adventure in suburbia, we played at the Soak in Selly Oak (see what they've done there?) which is a lovely and big ven...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:39:00 PST

Upcoming Gigs, New songs!

Hi all,Just a quick message to remind you about some upcoming gigs, the dates for which can be viewed right here. The most upcoming of them is a show at the Soak in Selly Oak near the University of Bi...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:41:00 PST

Jim’s Diary - The Red Lion

19th January 2008 The day started out much as any other Saturday; watched a film (in this case, A Mighty Wind) and thought about what I was going to do with some rare free time. Pottered about an...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:04:00 PST

Lastminute.com

Peeps, We're very excited to announce that at very last minute, we'll be playing the Red Lion TONIGHT as support to the fantastic Little Johnny England. This has come rather out of the blue and normal...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:27:00 PST

Another year, another blog

Welcome to 2008! We hope your New Year's Eve hangovers are finally receding as fast as Jim's hairline and that you're all as happy as Larry, whomever he may be... 2008 has begun in usual style for the...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:58:00 PST

End of the Year!

Peeps! It's coming to the end of another busy year for the Alice band. We've released a new EP, recorded lots more, done a few shows, made a few friends and got the word around about our acousto-folk-...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:26:00 PST

Lyrics and Facebook

Hi peeps, Just a quick note to let you know that we've added lyrics to all the songs currently on MySpace (with the exception of Carnival - we didn't write that one...). We've also added a page on Fac...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:50:00 PST

Jim writes...

Hi all, By means of a brief update... We're taking a bit of a break for the rest of the year but will be confirming some new shows for 2008 ASAP. More news when we get it! The Woodworm Sessions EP has...
Posted by Earth Calling Alice on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:36:00 PST