Member Since: 10/6/2005
Band Website: This is it
Band Members:
Lee Normansell - Vocals
Chris Fuller - Guitar
Dave West- Drums
Grizzly T - Bass
Influences: An Eclectic taste in musical influences from Wilson Pickett to Rage Against The Machine, U.N.K.L.E to The Cooper Temple Clause.
Sounds Like: What the reviews say:
"In the dinginess of the Underworld, flags, T-shirts and rabid fans are hailing the onstage arrival of Southampton’s Echobeat. There is chanting, stomping, screaming and - later, when the band are actually playing – a mosh-pit to rival the ’Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video, and everywhere you turn is a shirt bearing the Echobeat symbol, urging you to “Join The Revolutionâ€. Considering that the band are unsigned, the near sold out status of the gig is impressive."
MISCHA PEARLMAN, KERRANG!
"Echobeat are an extremely competent band. A mishmash of genres – fusing metal with indie and adding a jagged, danceable, electronic edge to the equation – live, they are confident, ebullient and engaging. So much so, in fact, that when singer Lee Normansell addresses the audience, this subterranean venue feels almost like Wembley arena. On this showing, that could easily be where they’re headed."
MISCHA PEARLMAN, KERRANG!
"With the stage presence of behemoths and the sound to boot, they dazzled everybody with their dynamic, thunderous set."
AIDEN WILLIAMSON, STRANGE GLUE.COM
"Record execs, if you’re reading, send your A&R slaves down this way quick, cause there’s something exciting happening here – and it can’t be long before these guys are snapped up".
MAXINE GALLAGHER, SOUTHSCENE
"It’s knickers-tearing, lip-biting, warned-by-your-mum-to-leave-it-alone qualities are simply not to be ignored. Catch them at the Joiners next month. At your peril, of course… "
SOUTHSCENE DEMO REVIEW
"Dance-rock heaven".
MANIFESTO MAGAZINE
"These guys can really play".
ZANE LOWE, BBC RADIO ONE
"Tight sexed up rock'n'roll".
RETROSCENE MAGAZINE
"Echobeat blast through songs with the sort of confidence that can only be gained from knowing there’s more where that came from".
BLACK VELVET MAGAZINE
"This is a band with more then a little confidence in what they do, and it seems to be growing with each show they thunder through!"
THE BADGER, BRIGHTON UNIVERSITY PAPER
"Here's a band that really understands how to write a dynamic rock song".
PHIL JACKSON, BBC SOUTHERN COUNTIES RADIO
Record Label: Organic
Type of Label: Indie