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How BLUE MOJO were born Dave Birch (bass/backing vox) had previously been in a number of bands including 'The Winders' who supported such bands as the legendary 'Motorhead' on their first UK tour. He then played bass with '720' who supported 'Black Sabbath' on the 'Mob Rules Tour' with guitarists Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, (Bad Company etc) and Andy Barnet, (FM). Then, having met Phil Lewis (LA Guns) they put together 'The New Torpedos' as '720' and Phil's band 'Girl' had both recently split. The band was received very well and went from strength to strength building an exceptional reputation around the country.When Phil went to start the 'LA Guns', new recruit Misty was brought in on vocals as well as old '720' band mates Dave 'Bucket' Colwell and Andy Barnet. The band appeared on Channel 4 TV show ECT' (when a punter at the front grabbed Misty's skirt on live TV and pulled it off!). 'The Torpedos' played gigs all over the UK with rave reviews.Having spent several years on the management side, Dave decided to blow the dust off the bass and got in touch with singer Simon Rimmer who had been singing with 'The Local Heros'. They formed 'The Screemin Ab-Dabs' playing a lot of gigs in London and the Home CountiesAfter various line-up changes they met Christian Arcucci (Guitar). They then decided to write their own material and at the same time brought in new drummer Rudy DeGiorgio. Rudy studied percussion at 'The Academy of Modern Music' in Milan, and had played with Christian back home in Italy. There band 'Gran'ma Monkey' were very popular in Italy, touring all over the country and released a CD 'Roots' which sold successfully.Blue Mojo was born. The band have done extensive live shows and have currently released two CD's.

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Member Since: 2/5/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/bluemojo1
Band Members: Vocals- Simon RimmerGuitar- Christain ArcucciBass Guitar- Dave BirchDrums- Rudy De Giorgio
Influences: Hmm now where would we begin...its been a long time in the making so maybe it would be easier to say Too many to mention but there are a lot of them and they all deserve credit where it's due. So we thank you.
Sounds Like: We sound like no other band. We groove like no other band. We rock like no other band. We are blue mojo and that is what we do. Come and see us sometime and then you'll understand.We are always popular with 'real' music fans and get comments like:"Get wasted My youthful mantra. Really guys you sound great. I like the voice and guitar together. Both very distinctive""the singing i like as well it doesn't remind me of anything i can yet think of which also is a good thing you sound like you and that some times is the hardest thing to pull off "originality" something even some great bands lack."" The drummer knows how to provide the power with heavily compressed drums that cause that "pow" affect to burst in your ears. I believe blue mojo has a hit hear, but I think they are already aware of that."
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

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VENUE/PROMOTER WANTING TO BOOK OUR BAND?

We play an awesome live set. So if you are interested in booking us for your venue/bar/club/pub/local festival then get in touch through myspace and we'll see what we can sort out! Or if you dont have...
Posted by blue mojo on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:57:00 PST

why no gigs?

Ok so first thanx to all those who have come to see us throughout this year. Your support has been great and much appreciated. We currently have no gigs for 3 main reasons: 1) We are finishing our new...
Posted by blue mojo on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:36:00 PST

2 old fellas and 2 italian's

Well here we are. Did a great gig last night at The Green Dragon with 2 other great bands (durban poison and the haze). We al had a lot of fun. we have a few gigs coming up in the next few months so c...
Posted by blue mojo on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:29:00 PST

Roehampton uni gig

Hi All, just to give a brief overview on the gig at roehampton uni on thursday 9th feb. Well what a great night we had! there were tears, laughter, fun and games, but thats just a normal night t...
Posted by blue mojo on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:53:00 PST

The story so far

For those of you who dont know us we are Blue Mojo. We are a rock/funk/blues band with oodles of talent, its is literally coming out of every pore. We have all have experience behind us doing various ...
Posted by blue mojo on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:06:00 PST