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Smerins Anti-Social Club

About Me


"The last couple of years have seen the welcome return of live music to the dance scene and club-goers have found the added presence of real musicians behind the grooving rhythms a real bonus. The ingredients are fairly straightforwards - tight and punchy playing, perhaps some blaring brass, a bit of showmanship, energy and taste. There's an emerging scene of bands that get the recipe just right and Bristol-based Smerins Anti-Social Club are one of the finest. Originally launched by a residency at Southampton's Talking Heads club, their big band format developed a sound that pulled ska, funk, reggae and drum'n'bass together into a seriously hip-shaking fusion delivered relentlessly to a very crowded dancefloor. It was too big a sound to stay local, however, and the last two years saw them move to Bristol and begin touring nationally and doing the festival circuit ..... They're heading for Fiddlers right now - and they definitely mean business!"
Venue Magazine (November 2006)
Dr Who - 5th Birthday Weekender, Southampton
Fiddlers, Bristol - February 2007
Persian Perversion - 5th Birthday Weekender, Southampton
Ashton Court Festival, Bristol - July 2006

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: antisocialclub.co.uk
Band Members: Tom Wilding [Trumpet] Netty Hawker [Trumpet] Nic Bailey [Baritone & Alto Sax] Toby Riches [Trombone & Tuba] Tom Arnold [Violin] Humprey Roberts-Powell [Keyboards & Alto Sax] George Smerin [Guitar] Steve Banting [Bass] Pedro Bushell [Drums]
Influences: The JBs, Cinematic Orchestra, DJ Shadow, King Tubby, Nirvana, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Deodato, Nina Simone, Buena Vista Social Club, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sly and the Family Stone, Radiohead, The Meters, Louis Armstrong, Lalo Schifrin, Led Zeppelin, The Cat Empire, Ozomatli, Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Youngblood Brass Band, Bob Marley, Madness, The Skatalites, Sex Pistols, Ojos de Brujo, Miles Davis, Oi Va Voi, Ernest Ranglin, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Skeewiff, Rage Against the Machine, David Bowie, Jazz Jamaica All Stars, Metallica, The Clash, Thelonius Monk, The Cure, Bjork, Tom Waits, Motorhead, Gong, Coldcut, Janes Addiction, Dizzy GillespieAnd all the amazing people we've gigged with...Bad Science, Glitzy Baghags, Los Albertos, Babyhead, Cantaloop, Zen Hussies, UK Players, Dub Dadda, The Egg, THiNK, Jaberwok, Realife, Girls Aloud, Mankala, Kitachi, Onega Sound System, Six Nation State, Big Bud, The Vogue Gyratory, Bat2K, Samuel Oyediji, Dr Yoshi,
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tour Dates Announced

Word up! We have a very exciting tour coming up in May, to coincide with our first studio recorded EP. We will be touring with our fabulous new singer, Miss Nuala Honan, who will also be bringing her ...
Posted by Smerins Anti-Social Club on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:24:00 PST

Mmmmm..... mud mud glorious mud!!!

Well we're half way through this rainy and somewhat soggy festival season. So far we have waded through the muddy goo at Sunrise, Bath Fringe, Larmer Tree, Trowbridge and Sheep Music. Each one has bee...
Posted by Smerins Anti-Social Club on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:45:00 PST

Smerin presents... OI VA VOI

Wow our first blog, how exciting!?!We've been asked to put on a one-off gig for the amazing Oi Va Voi to prepare them for their tour of Europe and the Middle East. If you know about them already you'l...
Posted by Smerins Anti-Social Club on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:47:00 PST