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The Mothers

About Me

The Mothers - 3 mums, 2 guitars and 1 drumkit, play songs about motherhood, from everyday tales of nits, pregnancy, school run dilemmas, and the comuter game obsessions of their kids. You can download our cd 'Ovulation' on i-tunes or cd-baby . eMusic We went to New York City in 2005 to play at Mamapalooza - a festival celebrating motherhood through art. This year we are bringing Mamapalooza to the UK for the second time, in May - in BrightonHere is an ace animation of one of our tunes by the amazing animator Eclectic. See more of her animations at http://www.eclectic.co.uk

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Member Since: 11/30/2005
Band Website: www.themothers.co.uk
Band Members: Izzy - Drumkit (mother of Floyd, and twins Louis and Frances Nicci - vocals (step-mum to Talissa and mother of Elvin) Beth - guitar and vocals (Olly's mum)
Influences: Our main influence and inspiration is our kids. John Peel was also an inspiration.... we only wish that he could have heard us - home truths and all that.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Nose bleed

Our gig for the Therapeutic Drumming Foundation ended with a spectacular nosebleed incident. Jasmine, aged 4,  very excited at being at mummy's gig, was doing handstands, and after our second son...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:16:00 GMT

new school term, new songs

Ahhh....It was the first day of school t'other day, and Claire rang me up, having dropped Callum at his new Junior school for the day with a new song.... "he's gone to school, he's under their rule an...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:54:00 GMT

Mamafest in the Arboretum Park

Our mamapalooza fest in the Arboretum Park went really well...we reckon more than 300 people came to the event. We played a whole bunch of new songs, and were very pleased with the response from the c...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:08:00 GMT

The Mothers are looking for mum artists based in UK and Europe

Are you a mum? Are you based in the UK or Europe? Are you in a band? singer/song-writer? an artist? a dancer? a comedian? We are interested in any genre... hope to start up a little mother-fest thing,...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:41:00 GMT