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The Unwanted

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About Me

Operating in their current form since 2008, The Unwanted are an exciting two-piece band hailing from Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Combining powerful guitars with mellow pianos, electronic dance beats with vocal lines befitting of the west end, The Unwanted create a unique sound that instantly hooks, and very rarely lets go.

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Member Since: 10/28/2005
Band Website: theunwanted.org
Band Members: Sarah Bamford
Vocals, Bass, Synths

Mark Grainger
Guitar, Keyboard, Programming, Backing Vocals

Influences: Shiny Toy Guns, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mylene Klass (honestly), Manic Street Preachers, U2, Gary Go, The Killers, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morrissette, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Queen, Muse, Evanescence, Radiohead, Delays.
Sounds Like: "Considering we are influenced by all of the above, we try to take inspiration from all of them, and turn it into our own unique sound. The Shiny Toy Guns influence being evident in our use of synthesisers. The Andrew Lloyd Webber influence in our interacting vocal arangments. The Muse influence from our desire to construct a live show of epic proportions.

We don't concentrate on being genre-specific. We just concentrate on making music which feels right at the time, and hopefully, will feel right for years to come. Not following any particular genre allows us to be as creative as we wish." - Mark

I LIKE YOUR MUSIC, BUT I DON'T LIKE YOU - Live acoustic
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Gig and Christmas Song

Hello all. Well, we've finally gone and booked ourselves a gig. It's on Monday 17th November at The Venue in Derby. We're supporting a band from Denmark called Kind Of Girl. From what I've heard of th...
Posted by The Unwanted on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:07:00 PST

New masters

After having the new songs up for just over a week, I decided I didn't like the mastering job I had done on them, so I've put re-mastered versions up. Enjoy. Videos of practices coming soon. Maybe. Ma...
Posted by The Unwanted on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:21:00 PST

After eight months away, we have returned

Not much time for an update as I'm currently internet-less at my new house, and using borrowed bandwidth from Mum and Dad. However, I do have time to tell you that after a few months in the studio, we...
Posted by The Unwanted on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:27:00 PST

The Unwanted in new songs shocker!

Take That did it, the Spice Girls tried it, even Boyzone are having a go...I'm talking about a big comeback. And now it's our turn. After being out of action since 19th December, we've finally go...
Posted by The Unwanted on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:35:00 PST

Where have The Unwanted gone?!?

Just in case you were all wondering, we are currently taking a bit of a break. Me and Sarah want to buy a house! Hopefully we will come back in a few months, with a bunch of new songs and haircuts, an...
Posted by The Unwanted on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:11:00 PST

Band Reconstruction: The build up to November 9th - Part 3

Hello all, welcome to my third update of our reconstruction. Since the last update we've had a practice...and that's it. Maybe not as much as I'd hoped we'd do, but I must say that the practice went a...
Posted by The Unwanted on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:49:00 PST

Band Reconstruction: The build up to November 9th - Part 2

Hello all, and welcome to the second of my updates on the band reconstuction, eventually leading us all upto the comback gig at the Vic on 9th November. We pretty much have backing tracks made for&nbs...
Posted by The Unwanted on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:13:00 PST

Band Reconstruction: The build up to November 9th - Part 1

Hello there all, and welcome to the first part of what I hope will become a regular update on how our 'reconstruction' as a two piece is going, and how preparations for our comeback gig at The Vic on ...
Posted by The Unwanted on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:24:00 PST

Leons left!

After one and a half years with The Unwanted, Leon has decided to leave. No bad blood between anyone or anything, we're all still mates. In fact, I believe I'm playing 5-a-side with him this Sunday. A...
Posted by The Unwanted on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:52:00 PST

Recording and video and gig

Just a quick update here to let you know what we're up to lately. Last week, we came out of Dubrek Studios in Derby with a lovely new recording of "Infinity? Impossibility". As we speak, I am trying t...
Posted by The Unwanted on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:16:00 PST