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FREE ARFA

About Me

Free Arfa are a 3 piece band from Berwick-upon-Tweed in the North-East of England.
Free Arfa started life as a 4 piece band in 2007 and the tracks on our profile feature our former vocalist Cam Cheek. We gigged successfully throughout Newcastle, Edinburgh, Sunderland, Bishop Auckland and of course our hometown Berwick until Cam decided to move to London to pursue a career as a stage actor in 2008.
The band are currently on a break to write some new material and consider our options with a new singer.
In case you wondered, we're named after Arthur Fowler from Eastenders, he was Pauline's husband and was jailed for embezzlement. You can find out more in our blog or on wikipedia!
We're not shy and we like to chat to our myspace friends so leave us comments and we'll get back to you.Oh aye, we don't like myspace whores who add us just to bump up their numbers so if we've nothing in common, don't try to add us.
Cheers
Free Arfa.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/05/2007
Band Website: http://www.freearfa.bebo.com
Band Members:

Alan Turnbull - Drums

Daniel Sweryda - Guitar

Cameron Cheek - Former Vocalist until August 2008

Glynn Dixon - Bass & Vocals



Influences: We're a bit random:

ledd zeppelin, bad company, queen, jimi hendrix, fall out boy, bloc party, artic monkeys, ocean colour scene, the jam, all the old Northern Soul artists, The Funk Brothers, Jeff Buckley, Jilted John, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, biffy clyro, Blink 182, +44, Greenday, Foo Fighters, 100 Reasons, Jimmy Eat World, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Cold War Kids, Free, Hello Goodbye, My Chemical Romance, Motorhead, Avenged Sevenfold, Skunk Anansie, Rage Against the Machine, 2 Tone Ska.
Sounds Like:

Our music video for Cillit Bang:


Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Pauline Fowler upsets the Orientals!!

Wendy apologises for Kat commentsThe 65-year-old actress - who appeared as a guest on offshoot talk show Big Brother's Little Brother - sparked a 'racism' row with a remark she made about Thai-born ho...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:57:00 GMT

No much on like....

Well it's been a while since we've had much crack on here so just a quick post to say what we've been up to.After all our gigs around the North East and makin a demo etc in April we figured we'd spend...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:22:00 GMT

Free Arfa on Radio Lionheart tonight (Wednesday 23/04/08)

Well, well, it turns out that only a few days after recording our demo we're getting airplay on Alnwick based radio 'Lionheart FM' we're not on for an interview or anything tonight but they are playin...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:18:00 GMT

This weekend we have been mostly......

..TR> Well, this has been a cool weekend, we had a barey gig with Moira Stewart on Friday night - Thanks to everyone who came along to support us - it was brilliant to see everyone bouncing about ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Just an April update really...

Well, I notice it's been around a month since we last posted a blog so I figured I'd better stick something up to say what the band has been up to.  April has been a crazy month, we started off ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:07:00 GMT

Band Nights!!!

Well, we’re a step closer - I have finally spoken to the owner of the venue and they’ve agreed that having band nights shouldn’t be a problem - all we need to do now is discuss dates...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:58:00 GMT

Free Arfa playing at the Skins Party in Newcaste - April 2008

Well, we aren’t actually booked to play yet, but we have entered the competition - all you need to do is vote for us and we’ll be able to play!!! It only takes a minute - have a look here ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Metronomes, studio set lists and open mic nights..

Blog 3 - moving on?? Free Arfa appeared at the Maltings open mic night last night, quite an ecclectic mix of people but a really good night.  Tobias the band were a highlight along with the sets ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:16:00 GMT

More new tunes...

Regular Blog 2 in the Free Arfa house. All of the band mates are very busy and very tired!!  Cam is starring in two separate drama productions for two separate theatre groups through -out th...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Gigs, recordings, general update and blah blah blah

Hey Everyone, Just a quick blog to keep you all in the loop of what is happening in the land of FREE ARFA. GIGS We've booked a few gigs around the North East for April and May so have a loo...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:29:00 GMT