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About Me

Rick Oliver and The Noise are a twenty-something, six foot-something four piece straight out of Essex. Having honed his song writing craft with a variety of bands throughout the years Rick finally emerged with a signature sound, melding infectious melodies with intelligent 'mature beyond his years' lyrics, their hearts along with their influences are definitely worn on their sleeves.It was these qualities which led to Rick's signing with London based indie publishers, Bucks Music in 2003, and subsequently Rick and brother Nick recording a faithful rendition of the Flying Burrito Brothers' classic 'Christine's Tune' for the 2004 soundtrack to the movie Grand Theft Parsons, joining tracks by Starsailor, Gillian Welch, Wilco & Evan Dando.Having recorded his own songs at home studio, Longhole Studios, utilising his multi instrumentalist skills, his debut album Continual Battle Of Thoughts was the first release through the newly resurrected Fly Records in February 2006, and received favourable press attention from both Uncut and Classic Rock magazines and The Sunday Times.Singles 'Could It Be That Bad?' and 'Recurring Song' both received airplay on Xfm and Arrow DAB radio and a short promotional radio tour followed with sessions recorded for Xfm, Kerrang! and BBC radio.Live, they exude passion and energy for their craft, whilst maintaining the sound which led to The Sunday Times' Stewart Lee proclaiming that the album will "become a quietly acclaimed classic".Their latest independently recorded and released EP 'The War That Won You Back' is available from Zingg Records (www.zingg.co.uk)

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Member Since: 9/4/2005
Band Website: rickolivermusic.com
Band Members: Rick Oliver - Vocals & Guitars Tim Sandiford - Guitars & B/Vox Luke Price - Bass Guitar Nick Oliver - Drums & B/Vox
Influences: Jon Brion, Elliott Smith, Grant Lee Phillips, Jellyfish, Enuff Z Nuff, Wilco, The Apples in Stereo, Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith, Luke Doucet, Lilys, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Bread, The Zombies, The Eels, The Kinks, Tom Petty, The Turtles, Redd Kross, Teenage Fanclub, Mansun, The Jayhawks, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Jason Falkner, Imperial Drag, Ben Folds, Hot Hot Heat, Howling Bells, Oranger, Phoenix
Sounds Like: Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Jon Brion, The Beatles, Cotton Mather, Enuff Z Nuff
Record Label: We are currently looking for a new deal
Type of Label: None

My Blog

200 Club 6th MARCH - Enfield

Tim and I will be performing classic hits and new songs in an acoustic type way. More the merrier so pop down!!!!!
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:22:00 PST

Joseph Luke Oliver

Rick's girlfriend Emma, has given birth to their first son, Joseph Luke Oliver born on 7th September 2007 weighing in at 8lb 1oz.
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:03:00 PST

MOBILE ACT UNSIGNED

Rick Oliver and The Noise have been put forward on Channel 4's Mobile Act Unsigned project. The top 50 bands will be invited to audition in front of a panel of judges, a TV Programme will then f...
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:08:00 PST

RICK AVAILABLE IN PORTUGAL

On 30th April 2007, Rick's EP 'The War That Won You Back' will be available to buy in Portugal, so if you are over there, please pick up a copy.
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:22:00 PST

Industry 10th Jan Cancelled

Due to some unforseen circumstances, the gig on january 10th jan at The Industry has been cancelled, please note that The Riga on Friday night is still going ahead.
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:30:00 PST

Photos from The Queens Theatre 27/11/06 by R. James

A very talented photographer (R.James) was there to catch all the action at The Queens Theatre in Hornchurch last night, as Rick Oliver and The Noise took the stage alongside Dave McPhearson (InMe) an...
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:31:00 PST

NEW SONGS TO DOWNLOAD

As you may have noticed, we've put up some free songs to download, One is from The War That Won You Back EP 'Bring You Down' and another is Stop! Live at the Water Rats earlier this year. This i...
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:51:00 PST

New dates, Cusack and Luminaire

After a short summer of hardly playing any gigs, The Rick Oliver and The Noise bandwagon are planning some dates for the winter (we can't play in the summer we don't look good in shorts!) Lu...
Posted by Rick Oliver and The Noise on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:08:00 PST