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Sub-Opt R.I.P.

About Me

SUB-OPT HAVE DISBANDED
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sad to say that after many years of joyous rocking in Edinburgh, Rod, Dave, Ant and Tony have gone their separate ways.David Weigl finally succumbed to the call of the Black Forrest and set sail to seek his brethren for muchos mayhem proliferationTony Higgins was offered £10m to play for Aberdeen FC under 18s and decided now was the time to leave the drugs, women and partying and settle down to a quiet life in the Granite City.Ant Law jogged all the way to London citing his reasons as, quote, "I just felt like runnin'." He now runs a bakery and massage parlour in the Docklands.Rodrigo Braga found success as a male nurse and ran a teaching seminar on the wonders of viral prevention therapy on the micro-cosmal space array dimension converter gland.The last recordings of Sub-Opt will be released by the pirate band Kobaya who hijacked the studio and claimed the tracks as their own. If you'd like to hear it, please visit their myspace .to everyone who's supported us in the last 6 years - thank you all for the memories! Keep rockin!ps: if you'd like to read a less dramatised version of what happened, click here .
'DIONYSUS' LIVE AT KING TUT'S

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CANARY YELLOW MUSIC VIDEO

Courtesy of Tom Janson Esq.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/9/2006
Band Website: www.sub-opt.com
Sounds Like: REVIEWS Live:"Would make Slash take to his knees and beg for mercy" The JournalReviews of our debut album "My Magnificent Octopus":"An ambitious and melodious statement of intent" * * * * The List"An outstanding debut" MUSIC NEWS "Plenty to get your teeth into, to make you scratch your head, but also a decent amount of good solid riffing and grooves which insist you nod your head forthwith - 7/10" THE MAG "Despite some highly elaborate time and key changes, stacks of rock and jazz signatures and wave after wave of harmonies and melodies the album avoids falling into the abyss of self-indulgence, which in the wrong hands would be a real possibility." Fuse Magazine Reviews of our first single, 'The Point of Realization':"Exceptional Musicianship" Record Collector"Reminds us it's possible to work complex harmonies into your music while still sounding sexy" Splendid ezine"Highly Original" IMG music Promotions

We have also been nominated Best New Band 2005 by Fresh Air FM and 1st Prize Winners 2006 at the Untapped Talent battle of the bands.

To read those reviews in full just head down to our website: www.sub-opt.com .
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Whatever happened to Sub-Opt?

Taken from Rodrigo Braga's Blog:"The past two years have been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster.  In 2007 the band I'd been in since 2002, Sub-Opt, released it's first album, My Magnificent Octopus....
Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:26:00 GMT

Awesome review in The Journal

  In The Journal, 1st April 2008. By Chris McCall http://www.journal-online.co.uk/articles/show/3080   Sub-Opt are an international band with a truly international sound. Fronted by Rodrigo ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:06:00 GMT

New album’s first outing!

Sub-Opt played a secret gig in Edinburgh last night to try out their new material on an unknown crowd. It's the first time that they have played it outside of the studio and the audience were presente...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:12:00 GMT

ALBUM, DEAL AND TOUR

DUDES! Sub-Opt Album 2 is almost complete recording-wise!  Summer release is planned so keep an eye on our myspace for samples in the spring months... We also have a few gigs planned to celebra...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:41:00 GMT

Chanter Gig Review

Hey all, here is is a review written for the Edinburgh University Student paper of a recent gig at The Chanter -I did not know what to expect from Sub-Opt when I went to see them. After all, there are...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:10:00 GMT