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The Council

The only band that matters in London

About Me



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2nd Best UK Band of 2006 as voted for by readers of The Mag
Gritty, meaty, rich and gravely, the sound is thick and satisfying like a chicken casserole on a cold day.. Catch them while you can.
(Sarah B, The Mag)
The Council are a Cream-meet-Led Zep combo for the rock god-deprived Noughties.....Tighter than Phil Lynott’s leather trousers and accompanied by a cracking Hammond-player..they deliver maximum wattage heavy rock that you, smalltown America and your dad could all lap up.
(Beatmag.net - independent music magazine)
The music is very immediate and instantly likeable, although at the same time quite laidback..This isn’t pre-packaged tripe, nor is it manufactured for money and greed, it’s purely about the music. Because of this fact The Council will never reach the heady heights of 24/7 fame, instead they’ll have to put up with respect from their peers and a few turns on ’Later with Jools Holland.’ ’Too good to be famous?’ possibly.
(Pete Worral, RoomThirteen.com)
THE COUNCIL are a young, three-piece acid blues rock band from London.Combining hard-hitting riffs and relevant lyrics as a backbone to their unique and exciting blend of the blues.They are described by many as "the only band that matters in London..."
Their intention;
"To make the best music we possibly can to the best of our ability and to reinstate the integrity once associated with British rock music. We maintain full artistic control of our output and only work with those who share our enthusiasm and views to insure our musics quality, beauty and innocence. We produce, pay for and own our music, always struggling against the climate of corporate control and oppression, to bring you what you know is missing - if it doesn’t work we’ve only ourselves to blame..."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/1/2005
Band Website: thecouncilband.com
Band Members: Derin Adebiyi:
guitars/vocals

John Edwards:
drums/vocals

Marcus Ramtohul:
bass/vocals

For more photos, info and free demo downloads visit the OFFICIAL Council website .

Buy the debut single If It Makes A Change from the iTunes music store.

Influences: The blues and everything since
Sounds Like: The blues on acid
Record Label: Empire Productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Video killed the radio star

Hey  yall  Derin  here,  I  know  its  been  a  while  but  we  have  been  really  busy,  as  you  can  ...
Posted by The Council on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:53:00 PST

NEW VIDEO UP NOW!!

be one of the first to check out the new single and video on you tube it has only gone up today and we have put something very special together for you to get your hands on.check it out now and feel f...
Posted by The Council on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:43:00 PST

Schools out for summer

Hey yall Derin here, we played at 93 feet east on monday night, and as I remarked on the show that occured a week proir, this recent gig was also a great sucsess. I say this because it occured once ag...
Posted by The Council on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:40:00 PST

I was alone, I took a ride I didnt know what i would find there

Hey yall Derin here, As the beer drinkers and hell raisers gathered before us, arms folded in the manner that ozzed 'go on fucka impress me' and their girlfriends  stood cross leged, with glasse...
Posted by The Council on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:12:00 PST

Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg

Hey yall Derin here,As I stood gazing at what I can only describe as the finest dancefloor that Essex could provide, and as I watched the newly weds dance or the first time as Mr and Mrs to the sounds...
Posted by The Council on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:15:00 PST

Street fighting man

Hey yall Derin here, I had a very interesting weekend and I will like to share some of those moments with you. On Friday night we got together as a band to discuss certain things. Not all of which wer...
Posted by The Council on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:28:00 PST

Why dont we do it in the road

Hey yall Derin here, It has occured to me that amongst the midst of a progressive society, a counter culture once thought to have been rendered obsolete, was infact always with us and has spent the l...
Posted by The Council on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:43:00 PST

My favourite mistake (Wake goodbye to them high heel boys)

Hey yall Derin here, I have decided to take this week easy and just work on Derin the musician (wow, I just referred to myself in the third person; I must be believe the hype). So I have basically bee...
Posted by The Council on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

Instant Karmas gonna get you

Hey yall Derin here, We had a meeting last night to start throwing ideas around for our US tour next year amd Marcus and I came up with an ingenius name for the tour. So from this moment onwards the n...
Posted by The Council on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:58:00 PST

Youve gotta go there to come back

Hey yall Derin here, well it looks like we are going back to the US of A in March, preparations have already began to take shape and we are just deciding where abouts to go. I have heard that Boston a...
Posted by The Council on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:32:00 PST