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THE STORY SO FAR...
Many years ago (about 3 and a half), three people of a similar disposition were brought together by the love of music. But, as is always the case with musicians when they reach a certain age, they were all fed up with playing music that they didn't particularly like, or were getting fed up with taking orders from control freaks in their respective bands. Their names were Tommy Bee, Hilary Fox and Andrew Morgan.
Being nice fellows, they all got on together like a mouse on fire. They all had different tastes in music, but enough similarities to appreciate each others taste. Between them, an idea swam of creating a band that embraces all of their different tastes, and combine them into a satisfying whole. The idea was an incredibly appealing one, but hit a stumbling block. Although they had two guitarists and a bassist, the outfit was missing one key piece: a drummer.
This was not to hold them back for long. During a birthday party of Tommys then girlfriend Carly, they were introduced to her cousin, Sam Winterton, a lapsed drummer who had picked that particular day to move back to Leicester from Bridgend, South Wales. Also fed up of taking orders from over-zealous band mates and chomping at the bit to play the drums again, they asked if he would be willing to join. The answer was a sharp yes.
With all the components in place, the band locked themselves away in a rehearsal room for about a year and a half, building up songs. This paid off in their first ever gig, a battle of the bands competition which they won. Having a great confidence boost from that, the band flung themselves into Leicesters music scene, making quite a name for themselves. To date, the band have recorded two EPs (Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud, recorded by Paul Ayriss and Its Easy When You Know Who, recorded by Peri Birtles), are putting the finishing touches to their as yet untitled album, have played with bands like British underground punk mainstays the Uk Subs and a memorable gig with Ed Tudor Pole (of Ten Pole Tudor and Crystal Maze fame) which erupted in violence when the band played Sword of a Thousand Men for him, as well as rocking Glastonbudget festival (which they are returning to this year). Just last year, they came joint third in the Pavilions Battle of the Bands competition, held by Get Your Band On.com. Now , the band is looking to head to the next level by recruiting the talents of Peri Birtles ..board and samples, putting the final seal of awesomness onto Smokin' The Profit.
Fully armed, and more awesome than ever, the band are ready to go, confident 2009 will be their year.
TO BE CONTINUED....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/02/2007
Band Members:

Influences: Rancid, RX bandits, The Clash, Cat Empire, Smashing Pumpkins, Suicide Machines, Soundgarden, The English Beat, The Specials, Incubus, AFI Ramones, Sex Pistols, Anti-Flag ,Tim Armstrong , The Pink Spiders, Propagandhi........
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

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Facebook

Just a quick one.. me and Tommy have just sorted out a facebook account so if anyone’s also on there, add us? Just do a search for Smokin’ The Profit, as I’m still trying to figure o...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:01:00 GMT

Ed Tudor Pole!

New year, new gig, new blog. This is 1st blog in awhile from me. On with it.. this Saturday 16th of February, Smokin' The Profit is playing with punk legend (and, of course, Crystal Maze present...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:39:00 GMT

New gig!

Heya we're playing tomorrow at the Firefly(bug) tomorrow with Grace Petrie, Projekt Mayhem and No Friend Of Mine. It's for charity and it's kicks off at 7.30pm! S'T.P. will take to the stage at 8.15pm...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:49:00 GMT

news

smokin' the profit is glad to say we are getting posters, t-shirts and video with new song recordings. we will keep ya posted will be ready for the 7th june at the shed. cheerspeace tommyb (S.T.P)..
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 23:02:00 GMT

S'T.P. Live!

Hi all,If you didn't get the bulletin, Smokin' The Profit's live debut is finally happening!It will occur at The Shed on Thursday 7th June.We're playing with Divine Image, Minus Sam, No Opinion (...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:02:00 GMT

Mixing and Mastering!

Heyo to anyone reading this.Smokin' The Profit are officially heading back into the studio to finish off our Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud EP (maybe I could shorten it to ESLHAC EP) with Paul at the...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:32:00 GMT

Scorpion!

Hurrah and rejoice! New track uploaded and the final song off our debut demo EP. Our producer, Paul commented on the catchy quality of the riff from this track and he knows music so we must be doing s...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:14:00 GMT

The Used!

The Used's new album is gonna be called 'Lies For The Liars' and it's out on the 8th of May! wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,andy,S'T.P./x
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:53:00 GMT