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Make Good Your Escape

2004-2007 R.I.P.

About Me


**** OUR LAST SHOW EVER! ALL MUST ATTEND!!!. ****
After All This Time (live)
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Real (live)
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There's lots more videos on our YouTube page ____________________________________________________________ _______
MAKE GOOD YOUR ESCAPE are a rock band based in Brighton, England.
But we're originally from Chichester.
We have a bunch of records out and we're always on tour cos we love it..Apparently, this is what happens when we play live...
"What do you want from a band? Passion? Tons of it. Singer Mike is throwing his heart into every word like his life depends on it. Tunes? Every one a stormer. Think early teenage U2 fire, Chameleons soaring, echoes of 25 years ago, yeah, but shot through with 21st century spirit. Even a bit of Secret Machines power in there too. Energy? They're playing like they're in some rock'n'roll version of "Speed". And talent. Mike can swoop to a Smithsian falsetto and back in seconds. The guitars soar and dive. But most remarkable of all is drummer Steve. Crashing strength, complex fills, relentless pace, fuck, I'm no expert but this lad is extraordinary. When they finish I want to shake their hands." Manchestermusic.co.ukWe're pleased with the fact that our music exists outside of the popular mould because we're in it for the long run.
"A truly talented band that provide hope for people who are bored with today’s largely stagnant, bland and spineless music scene, void of quality musicians like Make Good Your Escape." Sandman Magazine____________________________________________________ _______________

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/26/2005
Band Website: makegoodyourescape.com
Band Members: Mike Yates: vocals/guitar
Tim Fleet: guitar
Tim Foreman: bass guitar
Steve Wattis: drums

Influences: Smashing Pumpkins, Pendulum, Radiohead, DJ Shadow, At the Drive-in, Tool, Blur, Sasha, Jeff Buckley, U2, FutureProof, Oceansize, DFA1979, The Cure, Kate Bush, Beastie Boys, Andy C, Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Skunk Anansie, Squarepusher, Slayer, Massive Attack, Mars Volta, Coldcut, Nirvana, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Miles Davis, Nectar International, Secret Machines, Pink Floyd(1969-1977), Dillinger Escape Plan, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yes, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Me Without You, Beatles, Plaid, The Police, Bjork, Led Zeppelin, The Bird, Holst, Rachmaninov, YCNI:M, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, RHCP, System of a Down, Roots Manuva, LTJ Bukem, NIN, Pixies, Pantera, Supergrass, Tori Amos, Muse, Bassment Jaxx, The Kinks, Mogwai, The Doors, Weezer, Chris Issac, Catherine Wheel, Stereolab, Lightning Bolt, Kill Kenada, Anotherstory, Early Morning Soundtrack, Live, Jane's Addiction, Aerogramme, PJ Harvey, Machina, Transfixion, King Crimson, Michael Jackson, Erasure, Helmet, REM, Shellac, Icarus Line, The Specials, Mr Scruff, John Coltrane, Pavement, Ben Folds Five, New Order, Substrata, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Bill Haley and the Comets, Fugazi, The Tea Party, The Smiths, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Interpol, The wedding Present, Meshuggah, Charlottefield, Ani DiFranco, Ghost Of A Thousand, Far, Deftones, Joy Division, Talvin Singh, Earthtone 9, Funkadelic, Green Day(early), The Bays, Four Tet, A Perfect Circle, Bloc Party, Electric Six, Chet, Mumrah, Chasing Ares, Korbin, Madonna(early), Rolling Stones, Incubus, Lamb, Goldfrapp, Lemonheads, Coldplay, Fugazi, Roni Size, Portishead, Johnny Cash, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Futureheads, Rage Against The Machine!
All this stuff is available from all good record stores and online at www.hmv.com and www.amazon.co.uk and of course www.fiercepanda.co.uk
Sounds Like: A mash up of rocking guitars, melodic vocals and drum & bass rhythms!
Record Label: Fierce Panda - UK/Canada
Fabtone -Japan
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MGYE - The Movie!

Check out our video diary of our last ever tour, shot by us on camera phones and lovingly edited by Fleet.Also co-starring Cahir, Dave, Caz and Kev from Seafood, Roadie extraordinaire Tom Shaw and Ben...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:30:00 PST

Two new tracks up and Stuff...

Hi!We've uploaded a couple more tracks for you to enjoy, 'My Destruction' from our Never Look Back Here Again album, and 'New Day' which was only h...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:34:00 PST

Our last show - THANK YOU!! and photos...

Wow!Massive thanks to everyone who came to our last show at the Concorde 2 on monday - it was about a million times better than we ever hoped it would be!Absolutely tons of you showed up and went ment...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:11:00 PST

OUR LAST SHOW EVER!

Yes, MGYE will be playing their last show EVER at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on Monday, September 17th 2007.Its an all-ages show (14+) and tickets...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:12:00 PST

A message from Steve....xxx

Wow!We have been totally overwhelmed by your comments and messages over the last few days. It means so much to us to know we really did have a small but perfec...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:04:00 PST

R.I.P MGYE.....

Make Good Your Escape have decided to call it a day.Its not you, its me.I'll call you sometime. I hope we can still be friends, I'd like that.Thanks for everything, anyone who bought our records/suppo...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

S I X new live videos up!!!

Our whole set we recorded for Channel M's 'City Centre Social Sessions' is up on our YouTube page.There's also a couple on our front page (incase you havn't noticed!) They look and sound pretty sweet ...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:00 PST

Gig Archive!

So here's a complete list of every show we've ever played and some of the bands we've played with...26 Aug 2004The LiftBRIGHTONWith Ikara Colt31 Sept 2004The FreebuttBRIGHTONWith Nectar International1...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Tue, 01 May 2007 03:00:00 PST

Interview w/ Jaded Expessions magazine

Last month, Steve was interviewed by canadian mag Jaded Expressions, check it out here
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:11:00 PST

New live videos!

Hope you enjoy the new videos taken from our performance at Channel M's City Centre Social last month. Sorry about the poor sound quality, that's Pootube for you! We'll upload a better quality version...
Posted by Make Good Your Escape on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:53:00 PST