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First Offence

About Me

First Offence are a 3 piece blues/rock band; Jack Hammer - drums, Rob Hall - bass and vocals and Bumpy Rhoades - guitar. The Band was formed in 1984 releasing 3 albums and enjoyed numerous national radio plays including 2 half hour sessions on the famous Tommy Vance Friday Rock Show.

Although probably not enjoying the success others of the same era achieved, they remained undaunted and have continued to tour ever since and have now performed over 2000 gigs.

First Offence now perform classics by such artistes as Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, Cream, ZZ Top, Bad Company etc, all played First Offence style, sprinkled with a couple of tracks off their own albums.
2009 has been dubbed the 25 year anniversary tour and will take in more than 100 venues around the UK.


For booking information contact Jack Hammer on 07888 697190 or 01386 45544 or via the my space web page.


5 Jan 2009 14:19 Awesome Band Hope U Come Back Soon Take Care All x PS Bar, Bridgend


19 Dec 2008 1:24 THANKYOU ALL FOR A BRILL NIGHT WHAT A NIGHT LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME IF YOU HAVE NOT BOOKED THESE LADS YOU ARE MISSING ONE OF THE BEST LIVE BANDS IN THE MIDLANDS The Railway, Lye, Stourbridge


19 Dec 2008 8:57 WE CAN ONLY MIRROR THE RAILWAYS COMMENT. YOU LOT ARE DEFINATELY THE REAL DEAL....VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE MISSING OUT IF THEY DON'T GET TO HEAR YOU.....KEEP IT LIVE AND LOUD.... RESPECT TO YOU AND YOURS...PETE AND AMANDA Rubicon


Well done guys for last night, we all had a great time. Thanks, you were great. Hope to see you again. Miriam.xx The Church Tavern, Quarry Bank, 10th January 2009


10 Jan 2009 11:19 Thanks for the brilliant gig last night, u rock!!!, it would be a pleasure to act as your agent/promoter in the wiltshire area, will be touch with you soon for more gigs...status x


"I've never heard Crazy Horses played like that before! Awesome"


"Bumpy Rhoades plays moody guitar with bludgeoning riffs and soaring solos"


"Rob Hall attacked his bass guitar with relish and had the crowd singing like it was Wembley Stadium"


"Jack Hammer is a mixture of power and finesse drumming up a storm in a hail of sweat"



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Member Since: 7/6/2008
Band Website: www.firstoffence.com"

www.firstoffence.com


Band Members:

Jack Hammer - Drums,

Bumpy Rhoades - Guitar,

Rob Hall - Bass and Vocals



Jack Hammer can also be heard on www.realhitradio.com where he presents the Classic Rock Show.


Download our new album tracks at Amazon, Apple iTunes, Napster, Great Indie Music, Tradebit, Spotify and Lala

First Offence albums available from Amazon, ITunes, etc



Influences:

Free, Bad Company, Rory Gallagher, AC/DC, Y & T, Manowar, Saxon, Cinderella, Krokus, The Hamsters, Frank Zappa, Judas Priest, The Beatles, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis



Sounds Like:

A power blues/rock trio



Record Label:

Spiral Groove


Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

crown and cushion

the boys are playing the crown and cushion west bromwich sat 9th may before their spanish break ! si si senor tootay tootay !
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 08:14:00 GMT

First Offence - The Hand That Rocks

First Offence album, "The Hand That Rocks" is now available on cdbaby.com/cd/firstoffence and soon to be available on ITunes, Amazon, Napster etc.
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:10:00 GMT

First Offence

First Offence are playing at The Swan in Halesowen on Friday 20th February and also at The Swan, Port Street, Evesham on Saturday 21st February.  Come along and join us for our 25th anniversary tour! ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:44:00 GMT

First Offence

The First Offence train is pulling out of snowy Evesham tomorrow, Friday 6th February to the UBA Rooms, Burton on Trent and on Saturday 7th February to The Fox and Hounds, Wroughton, Swindon.All aboar...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:12:00 GMT

First Offence

Come on all you party people, First Offence are playing at Broadway Football Club on Saturday 13th December.  This is the official start to our 25th Anniversary Tour, all welcome.   
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:35:00 GMT

first offence

the first offence rock n roll train pulling in to tonyrefail wales today ! refuse imitations ! toot ! toot !
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:23:00 GMT

First Offence

First Offence playing at Tonyrefail Non Political Club on Sunday at 6.00pm.  Come and see us, great club, great people.
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:49:00 GMT

the bull crewshole rd bristol

the bull crewshole rd bristol is accepting  the first offence mothership on sat 15th november !
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:26:00 GMT

bromsgrove the black cross

hope to see a few new friends at the black cross bromsgrove on sat 8th nov  the start of the 25 year anniversary tour
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:27:00 GMT

first offence

the first offence rock n roll machine rolls into bromsgrove this sat at the black cross !
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:21:00 GMT