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Heroes of Switzerland

About Me


Order Comfort in Fear, £9 delivered in the UK or £10 delivered to the rest of the world.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/02/2006
Band Website: www.heroesofswitzerland.com
Band Members: Ian Lockwood - Vocals/Guitars
Jon Crannage - Bass
Matt Power - Drums

Influences: Far too many to mention... but we'll give it a go!
Swervedriver
My Bloody Valentine
Ride
The Verve (early!)
Dinosaur Jr
Bowery Electric
Queens of the Stone Age
Luna
Jetplane Landing
Experimental Aircraft
The Cure
Biffy Clyro
The Clash
PIL
Death Cab For Cutie
Manic Street Preachers
Smashing Pumpkins
REM

Sounds Like: "HoS take the shoegaze sound and channel it through some rock n' roll machine. Unlike so many bands that gaze to the pedals - HoS don't forget about the songs. The band have a rock n' roll backbone that is a joy to hear. They take their rock n' roll and then they shower it with noise - slightly underpowered vocals and layers of guitars literally come at you. Wave after wave of them." - Lostmusic.co.uk
Record Label: Music To Bleed To
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

HoS Soundtrack Nottingham Forest advert

The last track on our album, Why, has just been used as a soundtrack to the Nottingham Forest season ticket advert. Have a look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsOKDjmITuA
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:13:00 GMT

Guitarist/vocalist required!

We're looking for a new guitarist/vocalist people, someone who has the right style to fit our sound - nothing too metal, nothing too limp-wristed. Needs to be based in Nottingham or nearby.You can hea...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT

One of the top 10 albums of the year!

Well, according to Mr Moffatt of Rock Sound and various other publications/websites, Comfort in Fear is one of the top 10 albums of the year. Who are we to disagree?http://thequietus.com/articles/0090...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:28:00 GMT

Last Minute gig at the Social THis Sunday 26th Oct!!!!

Suprise! We are gonna support Red Light Company at the Bodega Social this Sunday the 26th October, I know I said we were'nt doing anymore gigs this year,but they asked and we dont like to dissapo...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:35:00 GMT

All Quiet on the Western Front...

Just an update for anyone who scans this page regulaly and thinks its gone quiet. We've done 25 dates since Feb 2007, released Comfort in Fear, had some airplay on BBC6 (Lamacq/Tom Robi...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:24:00 GMT

Thursday Gig: Venue Change

Hey everyone, just to let you know that the venue for Thursday's gig has been upgraded to The Unicorn, 227 Camden High Street, London NW1 9AA. See you down the front!
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Live review in The Fly

Somehow we missed this before, but here it is: our Bull & Gate gig from a couple of months ago reviewed in The Fly: http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/live-reviews/1584/her oes-of-switzerland N...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:23:00 GMT

HoS on We Take No Requests radio

You can here us live and on this week's podcast at http://www.wtnrradio.com/ The show goes out 2pm-10pm Sundays. :)
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 10:50:00 GMT

Comfort in Fear now available on Northern Star

Hey everyone, our album Comfort in Fear is now available to buy (CD or download) from Northern Star records: http://www.northernstarrecords.co.uk/productDetails.cfm?Prod uctID=377 UK-based, Northern St...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:31:00 GMT

Vote for us on BBC 6 Music!

Well, after being played on Tom Robinson's show, we have the opportunity to be played again - but it's down to you! Go to the following page and vote Heroes of Switzerland! http://www.bbc.co.uk/6musi...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:45:00 GMT