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The Rigg

Free downloads at www.therigg.org.uk/songs

About Me


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Check out the new Rigg Video for The Girl Who Cried Wolf. This was done by the very talented LIFEFORMS, check his stuff out by looking him up in our top friends and please leave a comment if you like this video.Free songs...First things first, if you like our songs we want you to have them for free. We want as many people to hear them as possible, so visit our website www.therigg.org.uk/songs and help yourself. Please burn them to CD, copy them for friends, whatever you like. Now please enjoy some random waffle about us:Ground Zero for the City of Newcastle's music scene was to be the quayside's Cooperage pub, in whose dusty and crumbling confines the Rigg were unleashed upon an unsuspecting audience on the evening of 11th of November 2004. From that point onwards, the band were never to look back. Those fortunate enough to witness this event, and all those who were to experience subsequent performances, were destined immediately to become nothing less than enraptured into the Rigg's loving (and slightly sweaty) embrace. As the poet Laureate Yazz once famously wrote, the only way was up, as the dedication between band and followers grew exponentially, with new fans adhering like splattered flies to the Rigg collective's unstoppable bonnet. Moving from venue to venue like a marauding plague of highly motivated musical locusts, the Rigg family's rock'n'roll trail can easily be discerned in the devastation and utter ruination (well, slightly soiled tables usually) unleashed upon the unfortunate establishments. In fact, such is the impact of the band's entourage, that it's been said by none other than Professor Stephen Hawking himself that reading the Rigg's gigg history page on the internet reminds him quite a lot of the vast echoes of the birth of the Universe itself. Except on a much, much, smaller scale. So, attend a performance by the band if you will. But, upon leaving the venue afterwards with your head awash with new musical possibilities and your shirt stained with the kind of sweat only produced during those rare moments in life when the mind has been genuinely boggled, the band or any member of their following will remind you of these wise words, uttered in warning to all those who are unprepared for the enormity of what they are about to witness: "They're canny good, like". Kevin Rutherford. The Rigg - Live @ The Cavern Club - Liverpool April 2007.After supporting the likes of The Bishops and John Power in 2007, as well as a gig at Liverpool's Cavern Club, The Rigg are looking forward to much success in 2008. There are many gigs lined up already for the coming months, so get involved. We are The Rigg - If you want to offer us a gig, can help promote us, or have any Rigg related questions, please get in touch. Spread the word. Cheers

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Member Since: 10/26/2007
Band Website: therigg.org.uk
Band Members: James Redhead - Vocals Ben Steel - Guitar Simon Miller - Bass Rob Kidd - Drums
Influences: The hum drum of working 9-5. The wealth of terrible music in the charts. The desire to live a dream.
Sounds Like: You decide
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Post-Club Anthem!

A recent clip from the Metro newspaer went as follows;"The Rigg, meanwhile, offer a Britpop-inspired swagger. One track, Judgement Time, is a post-club anthem in the making, and The Girl Who Cried Wol...
Posted by The Rigg on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:36:00 PST

Free Rigg Songs For Download

Pretty much every song The Rigg have ever recorded can be downloaded for free by going to the following link...http://www.therigg.org.uk/songs/...and the clicking on the [mp3] box next to which...
Posted by The Rigg on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:23:00 PST

Evening Chronicle Review

The Rigg were featured in Newcastle's No.1 rag the Ronnie Gill, read what they had to say here; The Locals Jan 18 2007 By Gary Beckwith, The Evening Chronicle I love it when I hear from bands wh...
Posted by The Rigg on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:19:00 PST

BBC Review

Finally, a shout out goes to local minions, The Rigg who, awash with Joy Division vigour and Britpop clout, have been belting out their brand of grainy rock'n'roll for all and sunder. Certainly a ba...
Posted by The Rigg on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:16:00 PST

Rigging on your Radio

The Rigg have recently featured on the BBC Introducing with Tom Robinson show. The track played was Judgement Time, to have a listen click the link below and we'll be the second song on: http://www...
Posted by The Rigg on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:15:00 PST