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Hope for the Addict

About Me


Hope For The Addict are a Carlisle based band who bring unique alternative rock to the stages of Northern England and Southern Scotland. The band started as a four piece in May 2005 with Olly Shiach, Joe Bolger, Anthony Codd and Tom Tringham earning acclaim with songwriting and performances more mature than their counterparts at the time.
In summer 2006 Joe left the band to pursue a composition course at Oxford University making him unable to continue his commitment to the band. We continued as a three-piece and it was then that we decided to get together more frequently - leading to a studio demo in December 2006. We feel the songs are stronger and tighter now because we are a trio and so we are more open to each others suggestions and ideas.
Now aged 18 and 19, we aim towards an alternative rock sound - a sound that has a lot of energy to it but is also fresh and innovative. At the moment we are playing gigs around Carlisle, Appleby and Dumfries and focusing on writing new songs for a second studio demo.
“Hope For The Addict proved that our local scene is extremely promising indeed” Sat Patel, Sonic Monkeys Promotions.

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Member Since: 01/11/2005
Band Website: Under Construction
Band Members: Olly Shiach: Vocals/Guitar
Ant Codd: Bass
Tom Tringham: Drums/Backing Vocals

Influences: Hell is for Heroes, Incubus, InMe, Glassjaw, Thursday, Lostprophets, 30 Seconds to Mars, Dream Theatre.
Sounds Like: Teen Spirit
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

End of the Road for Addict

Because we are all at Uni now its become too difficult for us to make time for gigs and keep a commiment to the band. We've not said we're breaking up but it'll be a long time before we get ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:35:00 GMT

Brickyard Gig Review

Heres the link to the Sonice Monkeys Myspace who reviewed our gig at the Brickyard with The Xcerts, Pickled Dick and Host check it out   http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&.. .
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:35:00 GMT

VOTE for H4TA!

Heys guys We've been voted for Best Rock Band in the Tough Guy Music awards Be good if you voted for us! ----- cheers www.toughguysmusic.cjb.net Don't forget to vote for other bands in other catorgor...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:17:00 GMT

New E.P complete

We have just finished recording our 8 track E.P which is currently untitled. We are very pleased with the results. At the moment we are working on Designs for the E.P and should have it available...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:57:00 GMT

Band Update

So, just a couple of new things from the land of Hope for the Addict... The new LP is on its way and will be out during the summer, We have some new photos up from recent gigs so get commenting, and ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 May 2006 23:19:00 GMT

Live CD!!!

We have just finished making a live cd and will be giving it away free to anyone who wants one so if you want to get your hands on it then come along to one of our gigs and we'll sort you out.
Posted by on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:21:00 GMT

Contact Information

Website: www.hopefortheaddict.cjb.net - Visit the website for lots more pictures and info about the band. Check out future gigs and news about the band or go and sign the guestbook. E-m...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:41:00 GMT