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The profile which MTV made of us for the Get Seen Get Heard Competition will be shown on MTV2 from March 26.

You can view the interview here: http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/vid/222903 Necktie on TV beotchIf you would like to book us for a gig, please email us on [email protected] or send us a message on here .Video by MetalonRock Productions - us live at MTV's Oxjam at The Club With No Name last month

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Artwork designed by the brilliant Satveer Kaur and Stuart Littlewood. They will be setting up their own design company soon. To have a look at some more of Sat's work click here .

Photos by Leigh Gray at our Sue Ryder Charity gig at the NWCC.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/1/2005
Band Website: You're looking at it, bruv.
Band Members: Neil: guitar/vocalsoul
Tom: drums/backing vocals
Ben: bass/backing vocals
Influences: Police, Primus, thisGIRL, SOAD, Beck, Zappa, Soft Machine (McThing haha), Nick Cave, Cliffy Byro, Led Zeppelin, Captain Beefheart, Saved By The Bell...anything by Peter Engel
Sounds Like: "Columbian Necktie break the ice - it's a quirky, rythmical sound with beats jumping around and songs chopping and changing unpredictably. A heavy guitar sound is prominent, riffing out all kinds of strange lines in accompaniment to the manifold rythms. Bass is melodic, and intertwines nicely with drums. Vocal is wired, self propelling, spouting out infrequent lines inbetween the unpredictable musical diversions. There's a manic, jazzy feel that can be reminiscent of Stump or maybe SOAD at their craziest. It's their own unique, angular rock sound for sure. A mad, stunning act that deliver the goods." - Neon Promotions."One upon a time, not too many years ago, you could listen to any band on the UK rock scene and compare them to a band from the 60s or 70s...but UK rock has now developed its own sound and manifested itself in the form of Columbian Necktie who sound like everything and nothing that has gone before them."In 4D is a geniune rock experimentation...thrash metal, electronics, jazzy bass lines, Brit-pop melodies with a tinge of dark moodiness.In 4D is an out and out assault on the eardrums and this CD hasn't left my charger since it went in...fantastico!" Andy Whittaker ESP Magazine"All the stars in heaven began to glow as Columbian Necktie strutted the stage and regaled the audience with as fine a collection of vibrantly demanding - and yet playful and amusing - musical delights. If you haven't seen Columbian Necktie I urge you - I implore you - to do so at your first opportunity or else leave your life bereft of all the joys they have to offer.""If ever a band managed to combine darkness, humour, experimentation and just damn fine fun it must be Columbian Necktie.""Refreshingly different - a little bit Frank Zappa with the crazy time signatures and tempos shifting all over the shop""The Columbian ones are a delight of jagged demands upon the ear""The biggest pile of bollocks i've ever heard"
Record Label: Unsigned.

My Blog

Columbian Necktie on MTV2 from March 26

Hello peeps,MTV has told us the profile they filmed of us will be on MTV2 from this Wednesday (March 26). It will be played 10 times over the next six weeks so keep an eye out (Sky 345, Virgin Media 3...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:22:00 GMT

BBC live session

Yo everybody!We've just got back from Cambridge after doing a live acoustic session on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire which was pretty cool. We're not really an acoustic band but we had a pop. You can liste...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:00 GMT

MTV to film Met Lounge gig!

We've made it through to the next round of the Get Seen Get Heard competition thanks to your help gents and ladies. Thank you!Now, MTV are now heading to the Xoo Bar on Feb 23 to film us.The gig will ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:20:00 GMT

A&A featured on Blue Noise vol II: The Moon Origins

More good news,Starker Klang Records has featured Accidents and Allergies on a free for download compilation. Check it out via the link below and spot some other Peterborough favourites in the mix. ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:29:00 GMT

We’re playing the MET Lounge Feb 1, come on down

Hello young scallywags,We will be gracing the stage of the Met Lounge in Peterborough on Feb 1. Please please come along, we haven't played Peterborough in a while so now's the chance to fill up on a ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:22:00 GMT

Keep voting!!

Harrow everybuddy,We're still in the running for the MTV Get Seen Get Heard competition, voting ends Jan 27 so keep getting your friends and family to vote five stars! Here's the link: Here's the link...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:27:00 GMT

VOTE for us and we can do a live session on MTV

Yo froglits,Could you please please click on this link and vote for us? We got picked from thousands as one of the 25 bands in the alternative/rock catergory to play a live session on MTV's get seen g...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:07:00 GMT

Live video now on MTV Flux

Yo! Please check out our live video that we submitted to MTV Flux. Put some comments up, give it a good rating and who knows, we could be on MTV's Get Seen Get Heard feature next year. Here's the link...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:30:00 GMT

Classifieds

Roadies wanted for lazy local band. Heavy lifting and endurance needed. No questions, just carry our stuff to where we tell you. To apply, call 0800 U-R-A-MUG. :-) x
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:56:00 GMT

Order our new EP

POW!If you would like a copy of our new In 4D EP, please send a Paypal payment to [email protected] for £3.00. Remember to include you're postal address!If you would prefer to have the tracks an...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 13:17:00 GMT