Member Since: 28/03/2008
Band Website: martinwardley.com
Band Members: Experienced drummer Sam Selby has worked both around the UK and in France with artists as diverse as dirty rockers Oedipus and Disco Inane through to electro punk outfit You Love Her Coz She’s Dead.
Versatile Ben Hartley plays both bass and double bass and his eclectic musical taste is reflected in his ability to switch between a wide variety of styles.
Andy Pyatt served his musical apprenticeship playing guitar in rock bands before developing a passion for the blues and it’s the combination of the two influences which make his style so distinctive.
Looking for keyboard player... get in touch if you like the style and think you fit the bill.
Influences: non-exhaustive and in no particular order: Bolan; Bragg; Clash; Crass; Conflict; Slade; Presley; Waits; Springsteen; Young; Pixies; Smiths; Cave; Cash; PJ Harvey; Zeppelin; Jack White Stone Roses; Weller; Patti, Robert and Mark E Smith; 60’s Girl bands; Surf genre; Beach Boys; Tunng; Wainwright, R and M; Aphex Twin; Bill Drummond; Reid/Reid/Gillespie; Ramones; Dusty Springfield; Trojan; big bits of Motown; JL Hooker; Joy Division; Killing Joke; Evan Dando; Pavement; Roddy Frame; Scott Walker; Steve Earle; VU; Mike Scott; Bob Dylan; Woody Guthrie; Maurice Herzog; Ranulph Fiennes; Chuck Palahniuk; Al Hayes. .. and the likes..
Sounds Like: Dark Anglicised Americana
Record Label: Unsigned