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The Essentials

where sexual harrassment is king

About Me

We're a four piece indie rock sort of thing from Glenrothes (the place "Ghost Town" by The Specials was written about).
Ollie and Tom started off by knocking out shaky Libertines and Strokes covers. After a while they started to write their own tunes; with Ollie's rhythmic chord patterns and Tom's catchy guitar riffs they got better and better. (no joke). To solve this, along came Jess – the woman with all their low frequency needs. Things were complete! Describing our sound is hard. A myriad of bands and artists influence all out members yet our sound remains refreshingly original and unique. Hints of the Hammond Jnr/ Velensi (of the Strokes) guitar accents can be picked up in Tom’s nifty fingers whereas tones of early Oasis are audible in many of our songs.
It’s a sound you’ve just got to hear!
Recently we have fallen in love with That White Hat. Maybe one day we’ll have a musical love child. We’ll keep dreaming…xx The Essentials MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 4/14/2007
Influences: Many and numerous the folk of grothes if anything
Sounds Like: drinking poison then eating glass
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

More greenside banter!

Sergeant-endorsed four piece The Essentials are the latest in a long line of young bands who have apparently spent their formative years with "Up the Bracket" permanently on their stereos. Not that th...
Posted by The Essentials on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:29:00 PST

Essentials review

     First up are youthfully handsome support band The Essentials.  Any ageist preconceptions are immediately dispelled as they churn out one energetic gem after another,...
Posted by The Essentials on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:16:00 PST