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The Risks

About Me

Kick ass band from Burton on Trent, music style is summed up as 'danceable indie' with a more recent spin on dance music and funky house.

What you hear with The Risks is pounding drums, rippling subsonic bass, solid rhythm guitar topped with a lightning fast lead guitar all held together with unforgettable melodic vocals. The Tracks you hear on this myspace were recorded with the old band line-up with Sean on lead guitar and Rob on drums, there'll be new tunes coming very soon!

The Risks have supported some of the freshest acts and also some of the more legendary artists, including;

The Future Heads

The Rascals

The Airbourne Toxic Event

Little Man Tate

The Beat

Northside

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/12/2005
Band Members: Phil Fitton; Lead Vox/Rhythm Guitar: Phil's solid guitar playing and immense vocal talent are second to none, this guy is one of the best frontmen on the scene by far, seeing this guy in action shows you a person who is totally involved in music and everything involved therein.

David Holmes; Bass: What Dave brings to the table is a blend of low down funk and just downright astounding slap bass, Dave is the one that vibrates the walls at a gig with his sub-sonic assault, Dave's clinical precision on Bass is something you can't learn, it's something you're born with.

Scott Fowler; Lead Guitar: Scott's contribution to The Risks are solid rhythms to compliment phil's playing (with a cheeky hint of heavy rock), tearjerking guitar harmonies and guitar solos that are out of this world, the speed and precision Scott demonstrates when he's let loose is absoloutely out of this world.

Mike Duddy; Drums and Catering! The newest member of The Risks who has made an instant impact. Mike's ability to adapt and his wide range of styles make him the perfect addition to this ever evolving band. Dance? Funk? Rock? Not a problem, this lad has it all!!!!
Influences: Far too many influences to possibly list and remember, but here is just a taster of the artists who have helped shape our music;

The Beatles/The Strokes/RHCP/Rage Against The Machine/Metallica/Simon And Garfunkel/Bob Marley/Death From Above 1979/The Pixies/Bloc Party/Mario Picotto/and the lists goes on.......................and on...........................and on....................

You are what you take - we are what we take
Sounds Like: Theres only one true way to find out, thats to come see us!

But failing that, we are a mix between; The Strokes, The RHCP and Bloc Party
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Risks are back!!

Hello one and all! Welcome back. This is a blog to let everyone know we've got an amazing new drummer; his name's Mike. He'll be playing his first gig with us on the 8th of July at the Maze in Notting...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:08:00 GMT

LATEST BLOG! EVERYONE PLEASE READ!

Firstly, Hello, hope you're all well, Secondly, down to business lol, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! as some of you may know and all of you will shortly know, we're currently seeking out a new drummer, so if an...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:04:00 GMT