Rising from the ashes of a hideously named band Push to open (told you it was shit), Nick, Jim and Smithy joined forces with local idiots Craig and Luke who could be seen regularly sleazing on any women they could and propping up bars telling anyone who would listen about this imaginary band they were in and how they would get snapped up any day now by a major record label.
That of course my friends, was complete shite! So when the chance came to start an actual real band, they got to work straight away. Well after a few bonding binge drinking sessions anyway!!
Like most bands, the sound was deliberated over for quite some time, that again is complete shite! It was Rock from day one!
Now, so many people think that Harken are Classic Rock, some think its cock rock, others think they are just posing twats, but the beauty of the music is that it draws so many influences from so many genres, but has an injection of testosterone that could only come from five young men whose only interest in life is chasing the ever elusive female form!
However, like the titanic, its not been all plain sailing since then, the first major setback was when Young Tommy Smith left the band to go to University. It seemed like our heroes had a problem, which was the case until Phil Collins stepped in and agreed to join the band, at least thats how I remember it!
Phil must have left the band at some point because the mercurial curly haired legend of a man Tom Sherwood then took up residence on the stool and continues to bother sheep to this day, while this was all happening, the sound of the band kept evolving and becoming tighter and the live show was starting to raise a few sweaty eyebrows.
Not wishing to dwell over the departure of Jim, all that will be said on that is that sometimes things just dont work, although Im guessing a vast amount of females were very happy to hear of his new found spare time!!
In stepped laid back music prodigy Joey Young whose band Toyshelf were becoming good friends with the band, possibly because the boys in Harken wanted to try and sleep with the lead singer Hannah!! His main instrument is guitar but had no problem adapting to bass and introduced a funk element to the overall sound of the music.
The unspoken agreement was that Joey was helping the band out and did not really want to become a permanent member as his own band were gaining momentum as well , who are genuinely an awesome band so everything worked out ok.
Anyway, to bring this already far too long story to the present, I introduce the latest sonic thespian to the stage, being a fine figure of a man who goes by the name of Tim, or Timmy or Teeps and probably many more an alias he responds to.
Low slung bass and a curled up lip, he now takes to the stage as Harkens mighty four string warrior, pounding through sets like a sailor with a whore.
So this is now and great things beckon.Just probably not for Harken.
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