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The Alter Echo

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THE ALTER ECHO.
DRY WHITE ACID CLARITY.
The Alter Echo began in 2006 on the periphery of London, fuelled by Ollie Hancock and Sam Cook, two ardent teenage boys raised on the finest elements of the last fifty years of popular music. These boys, driven by a perpetual desire to make music and say ‘fuck’, teamed up with the incredible duo James Cooney and Tom Herbert, giving birth to a band that would someday shake the world of popular culture to its very foundations. If this was a revolution, then it was the decaying ruins of a once fruitful music scene that was to be overthrown. The boys aimed to take all their diverse influences, from Metallica to the Beatles, Camus to Plath, and condense them into several three minute bursts of distorted chaos and lyrical angst, taking their revenge on the world that once resigned them to a fate of mediocrity. Yes, this truly is youth at its most iconoclastic.
‘Innocent as homemade napalm’
View For a Machine
At a glance this may seem just another pretentious band looking for an audience to share their disillusionment. Yet, from their first releases: ‘Cigarettes on the Cherubim’ (a debate on the association between fame and suicide), ‘Times New Roman’ (a caricature of English Literature) and ‘Under the Influence’ (fuck knows what that’s about) it is clear to see that The Alter Echo are no ordinary band. The fortunate few who were present at the band’s greatest performance to date at London venue ‘Dirty South’ were blown away by the ‘fucking mayhem’ that greeted them, the frantic musical insanity of a seemingly intellectual group. And just how good they looked. Damn.
‘Tonight is just a compromise’
Main Impact of Attack
During their wanton 3 years together, The Alter Echo have written all of their own material, culminating in the impending release of ‘Dry White Acid Clarity’, featuring all of the songs above. This EP will be the first in a line of undeniable masterpieces from the band, who will be touring its release from September.
SFD x
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Member Since: 05/01/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/thealterechouk
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Record Label: Unsigned
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My Blog

New Songs Are Now Online!!

Hey everybody, 363 days ago we were in the studio recording 'Cigarettes on the Cherubim' and 'Times New Roman' and we've just emerged back out the recording studio nearly a year later with 3 new songs...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:41:00 GMT

New Studio Date

We're pleased to announce that on the 18th of April, we are going back to City Studios in order to record some new songs that we've been playing live which you should be able to find on our myspace so...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Merry X-Mas

The Alter Echo would like to wish everybody a very merry christmas and a happy new year. Sam xxx
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:28:00 GMT

Join Our Mailing List

If anybody's interested we now have a mailing list up and running so sign up to it and we'll give any info of gigs, studio bookings, new songs etc. Thanks .. The Alter Echo xxxxx
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:49:00 GMT

Dirty South Gig

Anybody coming to this gig without a way of getting up there, we are going to meet at Chelmsford station on Sunday with Sam and Tom and we'll all go up together on the trains. Time is tbc but if you w...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:57:00 GMT

New material

We have written some new songs, including 'Kill Transmission' which we will intend to demo at Brixton Jamm...even more reason to buy tickets! Hope to see you there, AE xxx Swaggerfuckingdagger P.S che...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:37:00 GMT

Subways DJ Support Gig

Charlotte Cooper of 'The Subways', visits Brixton Jamm tonight in mist of The Subways world tour.. Charlotte will be putting down her bass guitar and taking sometime out of touring to spin indie rock ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:46:00 GMT

Camden Bullet Bar Gig

Unfortunately the gig at camden bullet bar was cancelled, we hope to see you another time and we will let people know of upcoming gigs CheersThe Alter Echo
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:46:00 GMT

More Songs Up

Just to let everybody know, the new songs 'times new roman' and ' cigarettes on the cherubim' are now available to listen to on our myspace player both of which were recorded at City Studios and produ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:48:00 GMT

Back in the studio

Hello again, on the 20th of April we will be going back to City Studios to record some new songs. As soon as they are recorded we will post them and send a bulletin to let everybody know. The Alter E...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:46:00 GMT