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The Silver Wizard Project

fairytale rock collective proudly presents..

About Me

The Silver Wizard recruited this mob of minstrels and vagabonds at the tail end of 2006. One year, and countless real ales later and the merry crew are adding the finishing touches to their demo and begining to perform in pubs and clubs around Hitchin, London and greater Avalon.

Key to the band sound are boy and girl vocal harmonies, haunting and downright weird violin and theremins, and a tight, danceable rhythm section.

The Silver Wizard Project’s music is complimented by their fantastical artwork, surreal short stories and unique live show (including strange costumes, narrations and all kinds of unearthly sounds).


The merry people of Shot By Both Sides described them as:Armed with a fantastically opulent name and a natty line in stage attire, The Silver Wizard Project are the most admirably unfashionable group in existence. Their girl/boy vocals and ’fairytale rock’ sound has roots in the prog-folk of early Hawkwind, short stories and narrations are a regular feature of their set, and they have a theremin. Frankly, otherworldly.
The Silver Wizard Project can also be found on and

To book the band or for more information send an email to: [email protected]


The Silver Wizard Project played the following places...
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2005
Band Members:

* david - plays drums, drum machines and guitar, drinks tea
* gemma - sings songs, plays bass, kicks arse
* ittai - is an internet whore, tells stories and speaks profound wisdom, plays the theremin and keyboard
* jon - sings songs, plays guitars, thinks he is a pirate
* liz - plays the violin, does the art, picks up dead things

Thanks be to
* tom - borrowed from the excellent little hands clapping (see landscape with figures), production and lead guitar

Influences:

michael moorcock, mervyn peake, neil gaiman,
any wierd fantasy or sci fi,
fairies, alcohol.
more fairies.
pulp, hawkwind, led zeppelin, opeth, tyrannousarus rex, the incredible string band, high tide, mansun, the cure, malice mizer, the pentangle, pure reason revolution, tricky, steeleye span, thee silver mount zion, nick drake, aqua, bowie, pink floyd, wolfsheim, the god machine, garbage, natalie merchant, the chameleons, metallica, the wicker man, muse, circulus, psyKo mozKeeto, the veils, anne clark, current 93, patrik fitzgerald, the orbital, pink fairies, bright eyes, the mars volta, and long forgotten bands that have been sucked into the shadows of time
anti-capitalism, tree hugging, ratfucking, train poetry, pirates, poverty, protests, the dispossessed...


Sounds Like:

hawkwind, blondie, patrick wolf, the cure, portishead, circulus


Record Label:

fairytale rock collective


Type of Label: None

My Blog

TSM Radio Playlist

We've had our song 'She Lives in Trees' playlisted on TSM Radio (http://www. tsmradio. net/). You can request the song by going to the playlist and searching for us. A direct link to the play list is:...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:18:00 PST

Wednesday 16th April

Just a quick blog to let you know that we’re playing a gig Wednesday, 16th April at Lark in the Park, Islington. So if you’re in London come along and say hi to us. Details in the poster b...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:04:00 PST

Where did I put my sleeping pills?

Sometimes you wake up too early, when you don’t need to get out of bed for hours, and you can’t get back to sleep... yet you are still tired and sleep is needed... but certain words keep s...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:59:00 PST

Our next gig...

We will be playing an event organised by Shot By Both Sides, on 25th March 2008, at the Old Queens Head, Islington. Lots of great bands..Giveaways: Fanzines, cakes, mixtapes and more... Free entry......
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:58:00 PST

Photos

We've put up some photos from our gig last week at the Dry Bar, which can be found here.Thanks go to Tom for taking them....
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:11:00 PST

Updates and Gig News...

Thanks to all who came to our gig last night, it was great to have you there! Also a special mention to all the other bands that played, who were fantastic. Hopefully we'll be able catch more of your ...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:24:00 PST

Gig Flyer - 21st Feb

Here's the flyer for our gig on the 21st Feb....
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:18:00 PST

Gig!

The Silver Wizard Project 21 Feb 2008, 20:00 13 Long Lane, London, London and So...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:31:00 PST

drink drink drink drink

Hope you have enjoyed are enjoying the Winter Solstice/ Saturnalia/ Christmas/ Hanukkah. Have a happy New Year.We will all be down the pub drinking some fine ales and cidersHooray !Jon...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:40:00 PST

our utopia - more scrubby ideas

each morning i wake upand pick my suit from off the floormy dreams left, behind mei log on to my blackberryi work for - shareholdersi hope they - are happyas happy - as i amas happy - as i amFo...
Posted by The Silver Wizard Project on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:00:00 PST