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The birth of BrabazoN began when two old school friends Stu Harris (Stoo) and Mike Griffiths got together to form a band that was influenced by the sounds of 80's Thrash. Stoo and Mike stayed together jamming away in Mike's parents garage, so with Mike on drums, Stoo on vocals and guitar they needed to bring in a bass guitarist and the person to answer the ad would be Sam Jones who's musical tastes differed from Mike and Stoo's. Sam was more influenced by punk at the time rather than Heavy Metal so his enthusiasm and energy for the tasks ahead soon came to the fore.
March 2005 sees the very beginning of the three piece that is BrabazoN. Heavily influenced by Metallica, Testament, Pantera, Sepultura and Soulfly, they would practice for 3 months solid until they found what is now their own unique sound with Mike's engine like drumming, Stoo's powerful chugging and beasty vocals and Sam's energetic deep bass, they felt the time was right for the local music scene to stand, watch and listen.
Late June 2005 Chepstow 'Rock in the Dell' battle of the bands 'Brabazons' first ever gig. Early that evening people were asking who is this band 'Brabazon' by the end of the night they knew, they had witnessed something special taking first prize and the honour of opening The Rock in The Dell Festival in front of an estimated 3000 audience. Since then they have gone from strength to strength building up a large fan base in South Wales and West England playing Cardiff, Swansea and Bristol as well as sticking with their roots in Newport, Caldicot and Chepstow.
In July 2006 they were voted Best Unsigned Band in Wales in a competition run by Virtual Festivals, Bandwagon and Yamaha. They went on to represent Wales in the final at the Carling Academy London, although they didn't win, they got an official commendation from Yamaha and Virtual Festivals saying...
"BrabazoN were a live act not be missed and good enough to play the Download Festival in the near future".
In October 2007 it was confirmed that they would play the aftershow party at ‘Hard Rock Hell’ Minehead with such distinguished bands as ‘Twisted Sister’, ’Saxon’ and ‘UFO’.
2008 promises to be another year of hard work and determination by the band, in May 2008 they embark on a tour of England and Wales.
Unfortunately after ‘Hard Rock Hell’ Mike decided he wanted to leave, we would like to wish him well for the future. We now welcome on board Jack Rake former drummer of ‘ASUNDA’.
ROCKOFF FESTIVAL REVIEW:
Stage 2 of Rock Off 2008 kicked off with this trio of Welsh thrashers. Brabazon sound similar to early Testament, with a smidgen of Hetfield thrown in the vocals for good measure. Nothing new in their sound, but who needs innovation when you have a pint in hand listening to some good solid riffing that is rammed down your throat whether you want it or not.
Reviewer: Pete West (PLANET LOUD)
Management team.
Dale Harris (Manager) [email protected]
Matt (Pr/Press) [email protected]
..Best Unsigned Welsh Band (Live in London 2005)
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