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Blacktop Forward

On Hiatus. Check our blog.

About Me

Blacktop Forward are a 4-piece North London rock band based in Southgate. We've been going for quite a while, although have had many delays, which stopped us from practice and gigging. Now we're back on track and have had loads of gigs.
Since then we've played at some top London venues such as the Camden Barfly and the Kentish Town Bull and Gate, Camden Underworld and the Oxford Street Fly.
As of May 11th, 2007, Blacktop Forward have chose to go on hiatus, until early next year. But we'll keep the music alive. Read our blog for details.
If you want to keep in touch with us and all the latest Blacktop news such as gig dates, new releases etc., just go to our main website ( www.blacktopforward.com ) and sign up to the newsletter, or even create a login.
Contact Us
If there's any reason that you have to contact us outside MySpace, use the emails listed below. Both are very capable with your enquiries.
Tony - [email protected]
Sam - [email protected]
Band BIOs
To learn more about the band members themselves, then click on the names listed below to bring up their bios on the Main site.
Kyle - Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Tony - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Sam - Bass Guitar
Bryan - Drums
MySpace Profile Codes
Blacktop Forward Banners & Contact Box
Click Here for Codes to Banners.
Blacktop Forward Music Player
You can now have your very own Blacktop Forward music player. Which will update with the tracks featured on this page.
Note: The player above is just an image. The code below will bring up the actual player.
Applying the player is just the same as manually placing a Video, or a Picture to your profile.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/29/2005
Band Website: blacktopforward.com
Band Members:

Influences: Kyle - Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, Metallica and AC/DC.
Tony - Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jason Becker, Nuno Bettencourt, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joh. Seb. Bach, Steeleye Span and Megadeth.
Sam - Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Michael Manring, Billy Sheehan and Stu Hamm.
Bryan - Thin Lizzy, Metallica, Steve Vai, Brent Mason, Albert Lee, Paul Gilbert, Robben Ford, Dennis Chambers, Jason Becker, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, J.S Bach, W.A Mozart and Nicolo Paganini.

Sounds Like: In general we like a dirty, old, classic rock sound. We want to bring back the '60s, '70s and '80s, 'because everybody knows they were the best decades. But we don't want to forget this period in music, so we think we've found a comfortable niche somewhere in between. We all listen to such different styles of music and we try to incorporate this into our songwriting. Hope you enjoy it.

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ON HIATUS, possible change in line-up.

We didn't think we'd have to do this, but we've decided it would be easier for all of us if we just took a break for the next year. We're all going in separate directions at the moment, with Bryan goi...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:05:00 PST

Blacktop Forward profile codes.

Here is a list of Blacktop Forward banners and a contact box that you can put on your page to help show your support and spread the word. Just copy and paste the HTML onto your page where you want it ...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:21:00 PST

Last night's gig/General update

Last night's gig:Thanks to all those that came to our gig last night, it was fantastic. We all think it was our best gig yet in terms of performance and not mucking up.We got a few photos and small vi...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:09:00 PST

Help us play V Festival!

Help us on the Road to V, by simply going to this link and voting for us. Registering is not required, just rate the song (5 stars =D) in the designated area.It would also help us if you talk about us...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST

Temporary Drummer wanted

We're currently looking for a temporary drummer to play for us between May of this year and March 2008.The basic situation is that between May and September, our Bryan is going away to America to teac...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:34:00 PST

New recordings now up!

It's taken about 6 weeks, but they're finally here. A brand new set of recordings for you guys to enjoy. The whole Band At Work demo includes: Sleeping with the Devil (not on MySpace) Divorce Song (...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:22:00 PST

Recording began today

16:31We began recording today at about 11:15am. It was just me (Tony), Sam and Bryan, 'cause Kyle couldn't make it. So we decided on some songs to work on today. Then Kyle can come over another day an...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:35:00 PST

Recording in progress

Between now and the next month or so, we'll be recording our whole album length Demo.This will have between 12-14 songs. As we're still creating new songs, we can't be sure what the final number will ...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:46:00 PST

General Update!

This Saturday is going to be interesting. We are playing at the Underworld, Camden.This will be a good gig, because it will be. We will be throwing some free T-Shirts out to the crowd. So, if you...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:23:00 PST

Golders Green Gig/Underworld/Substitute Drummer/New Pictures

UnderworldWe are going to play the Camden Underworld on November 25th. The doors will open at 7:00PM and we will be on at 7:30 (time tbc). There will be 3 or 4 other bands on after us.Tickets are now ...
Posted by Blacktop Forward on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:34:00 PST