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Blu Lightning

Not If We Are.. Always When We Are.

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WANT A BL TEE? GUYS AND GURLS?
We have: Large Mens Size/ Medium Mens (Modelled by Me. Ellis wilde)/ Skinny Fit Girls Size 10 (Modelled by Liv Price).
Message us and with your name and full address and for
£11.50
Incl. P&P.
I'll also leave my address too so you can send the money to me. We'll put you on our mailing list and you'll have one with you ASAP. We wont send the Tee until we receive the money in the post. You can also buy one for £10 if you come fetch it yourself from our gigs. SO COME TO THEM! harrr.
CHEERS Mord for Bannerness.
REAL ROCK IS RETURNING!
...We'll Make Sure of That.
Hailing from the Wolverhampton Area, Welcome the Sound of the West Midlands, After all...we all know this is where the RAWEST ROCK is. Fronted by the Charismatic Black Country Boys, Ellis 'Fackin' Piss Taking Wilde (Bilston) and Chris 'Fucking' Silent Psycho Beck (Featherstone). Backed by the killer Drum beats of Sweaty, Odd Face pulling John(we) Groves (Wombourne) and the Tom Foolery of Cheeky Faced Tom Miller (Gornal) OW AM YOW COCKER. Cheers M'dears!
"Aspiring to Ressurect Classic Rock and Roll in the face of a wave of Indie and and Death Metal, Blu Lightning not only achieve this but go a long way Fuckin' further too" - Ryans Gig Guide/ Surge Music.
Started by the thought of Ellis Wilde (Yes thats me so sit back and shush for a bit). After Ellis played in a previous band he decided he wanted a little more than what he was in right now, something a little bit more....'special'. The idea then came to form a band that would actually have a stab at becoming the next big thing. Ellis, The youngest member of the band, knew of two people already Up and Ready for the job....John Groves and Andrew Stockdale who all go to the same school.
John would usually be the drummer for main school music events and was seen by the school as the best drummer they had, with his killer drum solo's and original charisma. Andy used to jam with Ellis and John a year prior to this idea. Stockers was the available bassist at that time.
Ellis approached the two with his idea and the two were more than up for it, all being big headed mofo's ! The last thing to sort was the lead guitarist. This was more than a problem due to no-one in school really having the sound we wanted. Ellis then took action and put an ad in the paper. The first person that called back was Chris. Ellis instantly liked the sound of Chris and upon hearing him at an audition, Ellis knew that this is what they wanted. Chris had the same dream and charisma as the rest of the band and everyone fitted well together. They Practiced at the Beat Foundry for the first time (Stockers not being there, probably working in areally good job) And when they all got together. They loved and humped the sound they had just made. They never thought they would be where they are today following.
The Story continues on....
This was but a tiny step into where they were to go next. The 4 then looked into local gigs and played a few places and even entered the Ultimate Live Band competetion at the Robin 2 in Bilston (Ellis: Rock On). The band came 3rd as some...skeptical ideas came about. They were invited back for a headlining Night at the Robin which was quite a first for an unsigned band - the night was a success. The band have performed in other venues, such as the Beacon Radio gig and The Varsity.
All our Recorded TUNES (Our Newer Extended EP Recorded at 'The Building' in Stafford), available for listening on this site, and available to BUY. Our New Logos, Drum Skins, Cover Art All now here. Merch to come VERY soon. Keep your Eyes open AY. You big Blu Lightning Rabble You.
Soon after. The Band put another ad in the paper searching for a new bassist to fill in upcoming gigs with amazing talent and charisma. Low and Behold they found Tom Miller. New member of Blu Lightning. His quick ass reflexes and rhythm styles just blowing our minds maaan. The 4 now are close as ever and have been friends for nearly a year and involved in each otehrs social lives a great deal. Band isnt just work. Its being BUDS aswell. We stick to this alot and write out some killer tunes cause of it. Being on the circuit for a while now Makes us all quite experienced. You'll usually find us criticizing many musical relating things while trying to do business haha.

Stay Chilled and ROCK ON.
www.seancounley.com
Sean is the Guy who Designed our CIRCULAR Band Logo. Check out his Site and help for some top quality designs. SOUND AS A POOUUUND. Obviously.
If you'd like to buy our FUCKIN Tracks. Here we go. All Courtesy of the Drummer!
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Or Go check out the band site where you can download them from. Only Pennies. COME ON.
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Member Since: 8/31/2005
Band Website: You're on it dumbass...
Band Members: Ellis Facking Wilde : Anthemic Vocals/Acoustic Guitar Chris Beck : Epic Guitar John Groves : Big Beating Drums Tom Miller : Entancing Bass
Influences: Ellis Wilde: - Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder
- AC/DC
- Soundgarden
- Soul Music
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Many other Talented Vocalists and bands (See my own Myspace?)

Chris Beck: - Zakk Wylde
- Randy Rhodes
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Dio
- ..Myself

John Groves: - Rage Against the Machine
- Dream Theatre
- Lamb of God
- Trivium
- Classic Rock/ 80's Rap/ Metal (All Bloody Sorts)

Tom Miller: - Pearl Jam
- Alice In Chains
- Nirvana
- Soundgarden
- Grunge Ass Music in general.
Sounds Like: Blu Lightning are the sound of the nation. Bringing Real ROCK back to the masses. We have our own unique BL sound that mixes all aspects of GOOD ROCK.

If You like Anthemic Vocals that fill you up with pride
If You like Righteous Epic Guitaring that makes your ears bleed
If You like the sheer fast paced insanity of some skins on wood that makes you go "...woah."
If You like the entrancing rhythm of a pure bass sound that bops your head back and forth

...then here we ARE. ROCK ON.
Type of Label: None

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FAN REVIEWS. POST ONE!

If you love us or hate us. Give us your best review on BL. The liveness, The songs, the critiques. All welcome here. Leave us what you will. :]   Ellis.
Posted by Blu Lightning on Thu, 10 May 2007 07:03:00 PST

Looong Awaited Return for BL.

Its been a while but yes were back! After a Very well polished gig (In our opinion and a fair few others, lols) at the Varsity, were back ontop and have many gigs to come. Some are still unlisted in ...
Posted by Blu Lightning on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:13:00 PST

BL Hits Chronicle, Adnews and Express and Star

Article from the Chronicle with picture. We had a fuller length review and Arrticle with the Adnews and Express and star posted up and decent article too on our win. TA VERY MUCH COCKER....
Posted by Blu Lightning on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:41:00 PST

Beacon Contest! We WON.

WE WON. Did anyone hear me live on air?! haha. NIIIICE. Back to the robin tonight. And im well looking forward to the beacon royalties. ROCK ON. Thanks Beacon. Fresh and Jo = Legends. Ellis. :P...
Posted by Blu Lightning on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:45:00 PST

New Lightning Stuff

Right. Lemme think about this. We have loadsa new things to come really. Successful Gigs at the Robin recently. Too bad about the hostility felt from staff that night. Wasnt pleasent. BUT our cheering...
Posted by Blu Lightning on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:09:00 PST