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the Smokestacks

" the Smokestacks wa maji YABAI!!!"

About Me



To book the Smokestacks please contact Soundpeople Records via Nelson - 07904 142595 / [email protected]

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Member Since: 5/18/2005
Band Website: thesmokestacks.co.uk
Band Members:

Gellsy Boy


The Scene


Tommy Drums


Billy Gray


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Sounds Like:

"twanging guitars; a good, steady beat; bluesy and fast paced basslines; magical keyboards and a healthy dose of cowbell to boot, the sound is full and powerful............

as the last vocals die and the band break it down into the whirring and magical wall of sound that they finish with, a progressive feel sweeps over the room........ its fast, fun and the set feels like a little party, leaving us gagging for more when they wave us goodbye."

Rozie Abbott,
www.studentguru.co.uk/musicguru



"Smokestacks are a different blend; in parts Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Kings Of Leon and at times drifting into intricate guitar laced

improvisations....... let yourself get swept away in the ambience and youll become lost in it."

www.thisisfakediy.co.uk



"So while it was teaming down with rain last night and people's fences were being blown down it was up to The Smokestacks to kick things off. The band's bright and breezy performance did wonders to distract me from the misery outside. They were almost like a faint

ray of sunshine with their upbeat bluesy guitar based pop which was laidback and at times delivered almost effortlessly."

www.leedsmusicscene.net



"The Smokestacks are probably weary of receiving lazy comparisons with Kings of Leon. And rightly so, as while they clearly share some influences, the Smokestacks decide to go beyond the two-chord-slop-rock of the aforementioned, and craft instead songs which are


sharp and intelligent but also at once familiar and memorable. This is more Steely Dan and Procol Harum than it is K.o.L."Richard Ferrand,

www.studentguru.co.uk/musicguru



"A quality band from Leeds who could have easily held the crowd if

headlining, due to there funky/rocky sound, if you ever get the chance to catch these do,"

(Supporting The Paddingtons)www.undershot.co.uk



"Blending rock, funk and blues in a proggy outer coating, and with the previously elusive keyboard player present throughout the set, the band rocked harder and with more energy than ever........We can drink our way through this is a demonical, monumental, booze-inspired crowd-pleasing testament to the holy genius of this band. I urge you to grow a beard, grab your sandles and two litres of homemade moonshine and follow this band wherever they go."

Ivan Mack,
www.studentguru.co.uk/musicguru



Record Label: Engine Room Records, SoundPeople
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Smokestack Frightening

Here's an update on our tour happenings   Without warning, our bassist quit right before the tour started. I found this initially a wee bit scary but it made us pull together and it galvanised us...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:01:00 PST

New recordings

Well we're a tired bunch of 'stacks and this has resulted in some basic schoolboy errors recently which I really don't want to go into because they scare me. Suffice to say we'd be better renamed Smok...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:48:00 PST

The Forty Faces of Farah Fawcett (NEW VIDEOS)

We're mysterious. We're like the wind. We're inside your house, right now.And we have not one, but TWO music videos currently in production, greedy little fuckers that we are. The first is for 'Holes ...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:53:00 PST

Snap, crack up and pop!

Just wanted to draw your attention to this lovely little review which should serve as enough of a taster to leave you positively salivating over our future release. http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:32:00 PST

Busy Little Bees

Guten tag mein kinder.We've been busy making songs......songs you should now be able to hear through the miracle of electricity. We done it ouselves in the soon-to-be empty studio we built with our ow...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Thu, 03 May 2007 03:44:00 PST

ENGINE ROOM COMPILATION

The third volume of The Engine Room compilation is out and we're on it. Not many bands are lucky enough to have been on every compilation to date but, putting aside the desire to blow our own collecti...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:58:00 PST

Mess with my instrument

'Axe for the little guy appeal' Hello there. I'm Joel. I sing, play guitar and, when no-one's looking, help the disenfranchised without asking anything in return.  I need your help. Let m...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:16:00 PST

Musings from the drummer

 'Looking Forward (from the back): My Perspective' by Tommy Blyth, a Drummer   From my position as drummer, I thought you may be interested to see - through my eyes - a lesser known side...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:06:00 PST

Tour Diary 3: Epilogue

14th November - Leeds - Al Khadeems (?) And so the tour officially winds to a curried close. Sadly Spenceless, the Smokestacks and Vatican Jet were brought together 'encore une fois' in a Hyde Park ...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:07:00 PST

Tour Diary 2: Hey it's a kind of magic!!

October 27th @ Casbah Sheffield Again a venue in easy post dinner travelling time from Leeds. Joel, however, found himself wanting and indulged in yet another chicken kebab. I'm told there was plentif...
Posted by the Smokestacks on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 07:15:00 PST