Midget

About Me

The band formed in 1993 whilst still at school. Played pubs and clubs across the land before signing to Radar in 1996. Toured with bands such as Reef, Feeder, Carter USM, Redd Kross, Idlewild, Bennet, China Drum and played festivals in UK and Japan. Released first mini-album "Alcopop" in Nov 97. Albums Jukebox, Lost World (B-sides album Japan only), Individual Inconsistent, and The Milgram Experiment were released between 98-2001 on Radar, Warner and Pet Sounds labels. At the end of 2001, after 8 years of constant touring and recording the band decided to take a long break to pursue other commitments.After playing a selection of gigs over the summer, the band decided to spend a few months writing and recording new material.Watch this space for the latest news!To be added to the Midget Email list, send an email to [email protected] you can also MSN us using this email address. The band have a FORUM , go and join it, you know you want to. See you at the front!

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Member Since: 1/24/2006
Band Website: insall.co.uk/midget
Band Members: Richard Gombault :- Vocals/Guitar Andy Hawkins :- Bass/Vocals Lee Major :- Drums
Influences: Ben Folds Five, XTC, Jellyfish, Weezer, The Pixies, Nirvana
Sounds Like: melodies you'd kill for and harmonies you'd die for.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Our First New Material In Six Years To Be Released

Well, we've escaped from the studio with a big bag full of new songs, the first of which will be released as part of a compilation in February...here come the details...The track is called "My Infatua...
Posted by Midget on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:01:00 PST

Videos

Hello! After weeks of trying and failing, the video to Invisible Balloon has been added to the videos section of the profile. More videos will be added over the next few weeks, hopefully containing&n...
Posted by Midget on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:32:00 PST

The Reflection Stared Added To Profile Songs

Hello. We've been playing The Reflection Stared at our gigs over the summer and had quite a few requests from people for it to appear on the Myspace page as it's taken from The Milgram Experiment, whi...
Posted by Midget on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:40:00 PST

The Social.

Thanks very much to everyone who turned up at The Social in London last night, we had an amazing night! It was great to be back in London after 6 years. Andy deserves an especially big pat on the back...
Posted by Midget on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:41:00 PST

WE'RE PLAYING IN LONDON!!!

That's right. On Monday 18th September, we're playing our first London gig in nearly six years, at the launch night of Alcopop (great name!), a new club night held at the Social, W1. Tickets are...
Posted by Midget on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:07:00 PST

Riverside Photos 1

Here's some of the photos we've been sent so far from the Riverside Festival. A massive thankyou to Susanna Benn, Frog, Ali Rigby and Becca Greenaway for sending them to us and letting us put them on...
Posted by Midget on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:28:00 PST

After The Riverside

Hello!First of all a massive thankyou to everyone that made the effort to come and see us play on Saturday. We were totally blown away by the reception we received.We had a great night and it was real...
Posted by Midget on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:59:00 PST

Rehearsal....

We've finally done it!! We had our first rehearsal in five years today, in preparation for the Riverside festival on 1st July.Two thirds of the band (namely Richard and Lee) did their best to shake of...
Posted by Midget on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:28:00 PST

Midget to play Crossfest 2006

We're pleased to announce that we've been booked to play at Crossfest 06 in Redditch on Saturday 2nd September. We're headlining the Evening Stage, time tbc. It's an all day festival in a...
Posted by Midget on Sat, 27 May 2006 03:40:00 PST

New song, "My Infatuation" added!!!!!!!!!!!!!