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DILE

Next gig, Academy 2 with The Alarm

About Me

Hyde. The town that spawned Hyndley and Brady, the place where Dr Shipman had his practice...Even the BBC time travelling cop show "Life on Mars" is based in Hyde. With credentials like these, you just know this is a town like no other.
Nothing ordinary about Hyde.
Nothing ordinary about DILE either.
Originally hailing from Hyde, DILE was the brainchild of lead singer Dennis Matthews and comprised of customers who used to come into his record shop to buy the sort of music that just wasn’t available in the other stores. Armed with people of a similarly eclectic taste in music, the first DILE CD was born and the first gigs took place.
From that first CD, the standout track “Garstang” was soon picked up on by local radio stations and quickly became a cult favourite with listeners helping the band win a huge army of fans drawn in by the bizarre but amusing imagery created by its lyrics.
A few line up changes later and another CD in the bag, the band line up has now settled into its present state earning a reputation as a live act to look out for. Support slots with the likes of The Fall, The Undertones, Half Man-Half Biscuit, Hugh Cornwell and soon, Fishbone mean that the Ska-tinged pop/punk/indie/rock mix that is DILE is set to get more and more popular with the masses.
Having SOLD OUT their own headline show at Manchester’s Academy 3, organising the recent “Song’s in the Key of Life” charity event at the 1200 seater Hippodrome this year and being picked as one of the final 7 bands from over 500 demos submitted to Unknown Pleasures for the Manchester International Festival, it looks like you are going to be hearing a LOT more DILE in the future. Best keep ‘em peeled!!
.. CLICK ABOVE TO WATCH THE VIDEO FOR OUR SINGLE "GARSTANG" CLICK BELOW TO SEE US PLAY 24 Hrs from Delph at the Witchwood dile - 24 hours from delph

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Member Since: 2/7/2006
Band Website: dile.co.uk
Band Members: Essentially a 5 Piece comprising;
Dennis-Vocals
Louisa -Vocals
Adam -Drums
Chris -Guitar
Dave -Bass

but the live experience can be also augmented with
Simon - Guitars
Woody - Bongos
April- Keys
Dyson -Sax
TommyT and Spanner - rappers
BAND MEMBERS CAN BE CONTACTED VIA THEIR MYSPACE LINKS BELOW.

Send Pics, videos, audio, money etc to [email protected]
Sounds Like: "Liked it a lot, alright by me! Best of luck!" Peter Hook, New Order
"Seriously Good" BBC Online
"THE Greatest live band you've never seen!" - Manchestermusic.co.uk.
"Brilliant live band" Phil Beckett(Revolution 96.2Fm)
"One of the two best unsigned bands, I've heard in the past three years" Clint Boon Xfm
"I've learnt some new swear words" James Mankey(Sparks, Concrete Blonde Guitarist)
"What a treat.....what a band what a band what a BAND.."George Burowski (Guitar George of Dire Straits fame) And to all of you that want to download Garstang, cheeky sods!! Visit our website or come to a gig and buy the Album!!
Record Label: DTM Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Undertones gig OFF, Undertones gig ON....

The BAD news..... Undertones Support gig in Leeds is now off :( The venue had a 10 o'clock curfew so the support bands were bumped off......alas.... The GOOD news..... The Undertones themselves checke...
Posted by DILE on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:03:00 PST

DILE at In The City, this Sunday

We have been asked to play at In The City (frankly, the organisers were bemused as to why we didn't apply in the first place) So here are the details This Sunday 21st Oct The Music Box, Oxford Rd, Man...
Posted by DILE on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:24:00 PST

Supporting The Alarm at Academy 2

On Dec 1st, tickets available soon, how good are we? Bloody good thats what!   DILE ;)
Posted by DILE on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:54:00 PST

Cheers to all that came last night

...and saw us play a gig to raise money for The Prnices Trust at the Witchwood, and thanks to all of you who came to see the other bands and enjoyed us while you were at it.   Don't forget We are...
Posted by DILE on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:33:00 PST

Back in action and ready to go!

Ok, we are ready to start up again after our short summer break and things are already looking hectic!   First up this Friday we are playing the MASSIVE "Run to the Shires" Scooter rally at Catto...
Posted by DILE on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:27:00 PST

2 more DILE vids up on youtube

here's the link http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dile+stockport go on, 'ave a look, you know you want to :)...
Posted by DILE on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:06:00 PST

SLF gig OFF!!!! Undertones gig ON !!!!!

 Hi y'all,    Sorry to tell you that the support slot for Stiff Little Fingers, won't now be happening for reasons beyond our control, serious bummer :(   BUT.... we have just conf...
Posted by DILE on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:25:00 PST

New song on our profile..

Yep, managed to get Attitude up and running at last, It's a bit punky so go take a listen and let us know watcha think ;) DILE
Posted by DILE on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:36:00 PST

Hippodrome video now up

whizz on over to http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dileband and you shall find some top footage for your eyes to feast upon, or something :)   Cheers DILE...
Posted by DILE on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:54:00 PST

Hippodrome gig pictures

go see them all at http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u99/CARLONUNN/DILE/ Cheers CArl!
Posted by DILE on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:48:00 PST