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Martin Wardley + the Choice of Kings

About Me

"Fine sounding record with interesting songs and some great performances’ .
- Jon Astley, Close to the Edge.
The Choice of Kings have been a long time a comin’. All have been wending their way through musical lives, other bands, solo projects, day jobs and extra-curricular activities for days, weeks, months and years.
Martins own journey started long ago and has travelled many a mile but found itself parked for a while in Bath at which point a little time was spent kicking back and writing and recording. Early in 2008 he finished recording the album “Into the Abyss”, with the help of Shorn Rah and other notables, which would become the bands initial vehicle. During the recording he was introduced to Sam who played drums on the album. And then back to the day job. In stepped Bruce (the 6th Choice – sextessential?) who helped with the ads and web stuff. Eventually the viral network reached Andy P.
Martin and Andy P started to rehearse with a view to an acoustic set to be used to entice band members. It wasn’t needed. Ben reached out through the web and with drums required Sam jumped aboard.
Rehearsing commenced in March and went well from the off. Most of the “Abyss” tracks were played with a couple of new tracks and the odd cover.
And now the tunes and others have been aired at Porter Cellar Bar, Bath, 23rd July. Looking for gigs. "Before the Ink Dries":
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Digital Abyss(UK) at:
iTunes - UK
Physical Abyss (UK) for £6.99 inc p&p at:
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My Interests

Music:

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

My Blog

New Video

Hi Folks,Please check out my fantastic new video on my FaceBook page. You can get to it through the FB link on my page and, while you're there, please join my page.TaMartinx
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:34:00 GMT

New Video Footage Coming Soon!!

Hi Guys and Gals,Hope you're all fine. Just a quick note to let you know that I've finished recording some new performance video and, once I've ironed out a few technical problems, I'll be posting it ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:18:00 GMT

Video on my new Facebook page

Hi folks,I'm currently working on performance videos to upload here on my page but, in the meantime, I've posted a couple of (rather rough) live performances from an open mic I did a while ago.ThanksM
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:09:00 GMT

New Facebook page

Please join my new Facebook page at the link below. I will soon be posting lots of new exclusive interactive goodies on there so it's deffo worth joining: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754453...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:50:00 GMT

Wanted - Cover Version Suggestions!

Hi folks, I'm hoping to record some tunes to paste on Youtube, MySpace and FB soon and I'm hoping that you guys might be able to help. I'm going to play a couple of my own songs but I'm also looking t...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:56:00 GMT

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hi folks, Just a quick message to everyone who has taken the time to listen to my music during 2008. Thanks for all the support people have given Into the Abyss which is still available both online or...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:15:00 GMT