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THE STORIES ARE :SID:lead vocals& lights/percussionGIZ:lead guitarï¿½DAVE DRUMMER:drumsï¿½FINCHY:bass & backing vocals :THE HISTORY OF THE STORIES........ THE STORIES(NEWWAVE,SKA/MOD TRIBUTE BAND)were formed in august 2005 from the remnants of 2 chorley bands ..mod band "MODIFY" & hard core punk band "NAMELESS".gareth(giz),darren & andy(sid) of the band "modify" had parted with thier bass player simon (now of "ONE MIGHTY FALL")due to internal differences but still wanted to carry on as a band & a mate suggested asking finchy from "nameless" if he fancied joining as "nameless" had all but quit the scene,to the bands delight finchy said yes. the band practiced hard for a few months before the debut gig on november 14th 2005 at "the railway pub" in chorley creating a mod/punk crossover,the reaction of the crowd proved "the stories" was on to a winner ,a few sucessfull gigs were played to packed houses and then early feb 2006ï¿½ darren decided to leave the band due to personal reasons,with a string of gigs lined up there was a rush to find a suitable drummer to cope with this high octains band work load...in steps dave(drummer)jones (at very short notice) formerly of "nameless",next pistols" & "pop idols".ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ With the now classic stories line up complete it was time to carry on with the show...around april of 2006 we set about recording a 2track demo "eton rifles"& god save the queen" (also a live in the studio "love will tear us apart" (never released) which although sounding ok was not really to the bands liking as it didnt capture the bands live attitude as this is when they really shine through...this is the demo that appears on our "my space"....lots of gigs later and around oct-nov 2006 carl our sound engineer/manager/driver and his son rob (jnr sound engineer, roadie ) decided to leave the band due to life changes ,they were soon to be replaced by our old friend and old drummer darren ,darren left the band early in march 2008 due to work commitments and was replaced by another mate karl wilkie guitarist and former band member of daves band "pop idol" so the band rolled on ,"WITH OVER 300 GIGS" under their belt the band can be found gigging most of the time around the northwest of england ,their gigs are mentioned frequently on rock fm & chorley fm ,to get in touch with "the stories" log into their mail site atï¿½ [email protected] or just leave us a message on our "my space

My Blog

pogue mahone scooter rally /salmesbury (gig review)

tonight for the stories was something special ..our 1st stories gig where we"ve felt like this is it, this is where we belong ..ok we"ve played a hell of a lot of rallies scooter & bikers & at all the...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:38:00 GMT

the king edward /blackpool (gig review )

2 bands tonight ,us & our mates "englands dreaming"& its a very warm one ....nice to see our mates from blackpool at the gig chike & co ....ok so its e. dreamin 1st then us then e. dreaming then us to...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:31:00 GMT

hope & anchor /accrington

all we can say is "WHAT A FANTASTIC NIGHT" from the start the place was bouncing .....a really good reception & it as really nice to see so many faces in the audience from our previous gigs there by t...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:23:00 GMT

the railway /chorley (gig review)

bit late with this blog ....many thanks once again for all our friends,fans & family for coming along to "the railway" ,we played in the beer garden which made a change ...great atmosphere....lots of ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:21:00 GMT

the pub /lancaster (bax rafter tribute gig review lol! )

words cannot express the fantastic support from our lancaster based fans ....the pub is always a pleasure to play at and tonight was no exception ...another packed house lots of cheers etc ....tonight...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:21:00 GMT

the wheatsheaf/coppull (gig review)

1st gig at "the wheatsheaf" & a great night was had by all ....great atmosphere ,great barstaff ......if you ever get the chance of a friday night off & you wanna catch a band this venue is well worth...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:13:00 GMT

the hindley arms /hindley (gig review)

what a brilliant venue to play at ...usually a rock venue but tonight was a bit different as its a "stories night" and plenty of people are in to watch the gig ...tonight was special for us as we had...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 09:46:00 GMT

the talbot hotel/burnley (gig review)

a lot to look forward to tonight & all was in good spirits after burnleys win ...tonight we are up against our mates the awesome "riff raff " who are playing across the road at "the white heart"....bu...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 12:26:00 GMT

the derby arms /colne (gig review)

all we can say about this gig is awesome ..a really great friendly crowd & even a mosh pit ...lots of singing ,dancing & jumping about just what a stories gig is all about HAVING FUN!....thanks to al...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 12:18:00 GMT

bike & hound /hyde ( gig revue)

another great night at "the bike & hound" lots of dancing and singing & a bloody massive encore not bad seeing as we"ve been off the rd for a few weekd ...the land lady was suprised with our long enco...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 12:09:00 GMT