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About

We only have a few copies of "A dance to half death" left so if you'd like one, please get it at a gig. It will be up for download soon.

The second hand marching band are a group of 16-22 musicians who play mainly in Scotland. They play folk music which a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influence.

The SHMB started performing in December 2007 and have in the last year been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals and fields. They have an EP coming out on Chaffinch Records called "A dance to half death".

Check out our other bands on myspace: House Mouse, Lula Maes, Frieght Logistics, Dananananaykroyd, Thing!, How to Swim, The Occasional Flickers, Eagleowl, Q without U, The Martial Arts, Brighter Better Days, Wall Street Ammunition Hero, The Just Joans, Tangles...

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Member Since: 08/09/2007
Band Website: http://www.thesecondhandmarchingband.co.uk/
Band Members: alistair beith (guitar), alasdair mackenzie (saxophone), andy bonar (violin), bartholemew owl (mandolin), david mclintock (ukulele), fraser hughes (bass), iain mcdonald (ukulele), jamie cocozza (guitar), jen livingstone (glockenspiel), liam greenshaw (accordion), morgen anderson (guitar), paul carlin (drums), peter liddle (accordion, tenor horn), ross mccrae (bass trombone), rowan smith (drums), sophie conaghan-sexon (flute), steff allan (glockenspiel) stewart cook (melodica), and jen sinclair (clarinet).

Coming soon are james swinburne (sax), and brendan o'hare (drums).
Influences: indie music of all kinds, post-rock, chanson, balkan, scottish, home recording, ensemble madness.
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Record Label: Chaffinch Records
Type of Label: Unsigned

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TWITTER IS IT

er, yes.http://www.twitter.com/shmbcheers big earz
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:30:00 GMT

Plans and stuff

Well all is well in the SHMB camp with busies aplenty for all. People and their many bands have been playing gigs all over t'shop including a first outing by al in his solo band thing called Pratfalls...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:11:00 GMT

5th of february, Oran Mor

We're playing in Oran Mor on the 5th of February with the wonderful Beerjacket We'll be playing a few songs with him hopefully which should be most fun!you can get tickets from ticketweb:http://www.ti...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:36:00 GMT

Single of the week...

http://normanrecords.com/records/104797 we are single of the week here, hurrah!
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:06:00 GMT

our record is out!

100 copies of it! You can get it from our myspace page by clicking BUY NOW, or come to a gig, or get in touch. For some reason I can't press space on this, so I'll just keep typing. Yes come and liste...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:18:00 GMT

year one

One year oldI've been around you know, here and there and everywhere, in bands of a hardcore nature, of bands of a post rock nature, of a dress up and pop nature. I've been around. Our band, The Secon...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:38:00 GMT

one two three one two three

Eight gigs gone, and 9,10,11,12,13 and 14 ready to go. All is well.The West End Festival gigs were great. One we were squeezed into the front of a barOne we were squeezed onto a stage in Gibson street...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:36:00 GMT

west end festivalllll

HiyasWe played our first of three west end festival gigs yesterday. It was cool. We had to stand in front of a bar though, which was nervewracking. I'm glad to have done it but. Great fun.next week is...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:33:00 GMT

4 gigs down oh me oh my

That's us played four gigs now, hooee. The last one was in Edinburgh, with two lovely bands. Skeleton Bob sounded most excellently strange, and i liked the stuff by the other band wooden box muchly. I...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 14:29:00 GMT

gigs and stuffs

    Not that I've got round to informing the other members yet, but there are three gigs on the way:23rd March in Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, GlasgowWith Rob St John and Tisso Lake which so...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:16:00 GMT