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Want Take Have

Want Take Have

About Me

Andy quirk, TomM, Jackie and Meli (currently on sabbatical) met through a combination of good friendships, previous bands and the internet. Fusing strong britpop influences with punk, dance and rock we are in the business of making pop music for people who think they don't like pop. We also wear nothing but red and black - for no other reason than we like the colours.

The new demo (as of July '07) came about through various recording sessions in various places which were then cut and pasted together with Garageband. The demo tracks are just a taster for our debut album, released on Filthy Little Angels this autumn.

You can now find our infamous live favourite "Fascist Hairdresser" over at www.nme.com/newmusic/want-take-have

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Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Members: Jackie
She sings
Andy (quirk)
He plays guitar, shouts and programs
TomM
He plays twiddly guitar
Meli
She plays keyboard and percussion

Influences: Elastica, Sleeper, Bis, Disco Pistol, Satsuma, Come Out 2Nite, Aphasiac, Yummy Fur, Kraftwerk, Weezer, Linoleum, Symposium, Geneva, Angelica, Fanzines, 586, Shampoo, Steve Lamacq, John Peel, Lauren Laverne, Alcohol, Black Wire, Radio 4 , American Teen Movies, Foo Fighters, Blondie, Bennet, White Heat.
Sounds Like: The soundtrack to your favourite American teen movie with an awkward britpop edge.
Record Label: Filthy Little Angels
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Harrow rocks!

Who'd have thought a little pub in Harrow could have such a great indie rock night on a Tuesday! Thanks to the other bands and all the people who watched us. It was great to play to such a really enth...
Posted by Want Take Have on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:44:00 PST

Thanks for the support (The Comedy)

It was great to see some of you there last night. We really enjoyed it, The Comedy is a nice little venue even if the lights were truly blinding! new song, "Good to be Bad" went down well and we'll be...
Posted by Want Take Have on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:25:00 PST

August Update

The album is finally coming together and we can finally share some of the demos from it with you. The rest will be coming shortly. Leave comments, it would be great to know what you think. I'm half de...
Posted by Want Take Have on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:38:00 PST

good words indeed

well, someone who came to the Archway Tavern liked us enough to write this on their blog......in the end i was glad we'd gone, though, because Want Take Have are really great. they're not like all the...
Posted by Want Take Have on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:21:00 PST

Rocking Archway!

Thanks to those of you who made it, to those who didn't I guess the tube station being shut had quite a knock on effect. We enjoyed it anyway, a nice night even if the headline band were a bunch misog...
Posted by Want Take Have on Sun, 27 May 2007 09:48:00 PST

Gig at the Cross Kings

What a great night! Never before have we played support to an all girl recorder ensemble who cover the Kaiser Chiefs, but then again never before have people chanted our name inbetween songs and actua...
Posted by Want Take Have on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:34:00 PST

Download WTH as part of the Filthy Little Angels Xmas compilation!

Click The Ad To Download The Album For FREE!!! And Have Yourself Another Filthy Christmas...
Posted by Want Take Have on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:25:00 PST

Carla's houseparty (with video link)

Well what can I say, what a night! Playing a set to 50 total drunkards in fancy dress through a hi-fi and two smaller than small amps (my 10w Ibanez and TomM's 5w Cube) couldn't have been better if we...
Posted by Want Take Have on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:56:00 PST

Purple Turtle gig

Great fun had at CO2n! playing to an enthusiastic crowd, shame my dad couldn't understand what I was singing in Fascist Hairdresser. More gigs on the way...Andy
Posted by Want Take Have on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:18:00 PST

Belated thanks for Bar Monsta

Thanks to everyone who came down to Bar Monsta, we brought the biggest crowd so we're suitable smug about that. Link to photos in the guestbook.Sadly our Brighton gig has been postponed as the promote...
Posted by Want Take Have on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:36:00 PST