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Get Frank

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorHey, we're Get Frank

Contact us at [email protected]

Book us: we sound better live!

All recordings on this site are performed and recorded by Frankie Ward but we play as a four - six piece.

This year we've had the good fortune to play at the following places and events in the Birmingham area:

The Victoria
The Yardbird
The Rainbow, Digbeth
The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath
The Bulls Head, (Part of Mosley Festival)
Birmingham University Fringe Festival
Vale Festival
02 Academy 3, Birmingham
The Bristol Pear, Selly Oak

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/06/2008
Band Website: www.getfrank.co.uk
Band Members: Frankie Ward (Vox, bits of plastic, all instruments on recordings)
James Chester (acoustic guitar)
Richard B Brookes (electric bass)
Desirée Benson (glock, keys)
Eve Hunt (Drums)
Influences: Kirsty Maccoll
Regina Spektor
Billy Bragg
Blur
Ryan Adams
Owen Pallett aka Final Fantasy - If only I bothered to play my violin!
Los Campesinos
The Horrors
Lady Ga Ga
Alex Buckmaster
Laura Marling
Mumford & Sons
Tuung
The Shins
Belle & Sebastian
mashed potatoes with cheese and round veggies (i.e peas)
Ellie Goulding
The Shins
Bjork
The Cranberries
Jeremy Warmsley
Ali M Forbes

Just realised I'm just listing things I love!
Sounds Like: Thats for you to decide!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

http://thehearingaid.blogspot.com

MAY 30, 2009Dan Smith / LP45 / Get Frank @ The Rainbow, Friday 29th May 2009The world just looks better in the summertime dont it? Looking back at my calendar I was surprised to discover that I was m...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Bedroom recordings will never get me by...

Myspace are good in the way that they have competitions to feature members' music.However...They will almost never ever choose something that isn't professionally produced.This is a shame as I have to...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:26:00 GMT

COMPARISONS

.....So comparisons are inevitable.I pick up inspirations and influences every day from what I listen to.The hardest thing however is being compared to just one person when there are so many to be cre...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:03:00 GMT

PLEASE BE AWARE Fake Joe Lean is just a joke....

I wrote it purely for the line 'you jing my jong' I have waited a long time to put that in a song!
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:40:00 GMT

GIGS and DEMOS

I'm playing bass for a band called Psychonaut in Jan and Feb for a couple of gigs...http://www.myspace.com/psychonautmusic I also have my first Get Frank gig on the 8th March although I'm gonna cram...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:46:00 GMT

The Arrangement E.P

Ok so there isn't one of course! But theres a few songs I group within a story I call 'The Arrangement EP'The first song is 'Arrangement', followed by 'Its Not You, It's Me', then a song called 'By My...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:38:00 GMT