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The Backyard Flames

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Get your layout at Myspace CodesFormed in early January 2006 after Mark got far too drunk after the FA Cup 3rd round and told a promoter that he had a new band and they were sounding cool. The morning after whilst nursing a horrible hangover he tried to figure out he was going to get away with it, he then remembered that he knew Tone and Steve (Drums and Bass respectively) and approached them both with the idea of putting something together.
After a few rehearsals it became quite clear that unless the PA was turned down real low they were never going to get away with one of them singing.
Steve knew Col, Col could sing. Col meets the rest of us and after approximately 34.8 seconds we asked him if he wanted in.
After a couple of months of the 4 of us knocking about everyone was getting ready to kill each other, not because we wern't getting on, far from it! We just kept having fights over who's round was next and thought that the best way to keep the unity within the band was to get another member to generally, well...get the next pint in.
We thought about 2 drummers, 2 bass players and 2 singers, but we opted on 2 guitarists as Col had this bloke that lived with him who could play rhythm, that bloke was Paul. Since then the band has gone from strength to strength, playing some of Londons finest venues and getting better and better with every show we play. The live shows are always explosive and with more recording on the horizon the band look to continue burning into 2008.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/03/2006
Band Website: www.thebackyardflames.co.uk
Band Members: Col - Vocals

Mark - Lead Guitar

Paul - Rhythm Guitar

Steve - Bass

Tone - Drums

Influences: Beer, women, various recreational drugs...that pretty much covers the inspiration for our songs. Musically, a little harder to define. Basically, 5 blokes with completely different outlooks on life and music got put in a room and told to play. If you think we sound like someone let us know and we'll put in here...
Sounds Like:"You lot sound like a cross between Blur and Led Zeppelin" - Some drunk bloke after one of our shows..
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FLAMES

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BACKYARD FLAMESfollow the link to read the full inteview for in-magazine may issuehttp://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c06897ee#/c068 97ee/26
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 12:25:00 GMT

Who is Scratch?

Who Is Scratch??? .. Who is Scratch? We got sent a video of scratch, but no one knows who the ruddy hell he is, apart from that he is an unstoppable ball of energy ready to burst! Check out...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Possibly The Best Gig Ever?? And the lucky "mother..." with the golden cd!

A massive thank you to everyone who came to The London Astoria 2, it was an amazing night, and fingers crossed we gave charing cross road a damn good night out....actually we know we did! From start t...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:47:00 GMT

tone's food pt..1

hello everyone!welcome back to tones food!sponsored by the backyard flamesive decided to start from pt 1 so noone gets left behind! PASTA CUCUZZIEL E PATAN (pasta courgettes and potatoes) ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:54:00 GMT

Reveiw of our last gig

We had a verbal review from our last gig from the bar manager of The Half Moon in Herne Hill. She said:'I see a hell of a lot of bands down here, and you guys are the best I've seen in a long time.'En...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:44:00 GMT

Well it was bound to come out....

So another day another dollar (or pound depending where your from)...actually it sounds rubbish with the pound in there! Anyway this blog is up just to inform you of all the amazing changes that have ...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:35:00 GMT

Italian Drummers and Newcastle Brown Ale...?

...what the fuck is that about? Tone for some reason has decided to get heavy into Newcastle Brown Ale (or Newky, to its mates), this isn't however the reason for this blog. The main reason for ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:50:00 GMT

Fucking Superheroes

If you thought that this blog was based on the Danish pop/rock called the Superheroes you would be wrong, WRONG I TELL YOU! This blog is a way for The Backyard Flames to say thanks to a bunch of peop...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:23:00 GMT

Porn mistakes

In a recent blog we told of a review we gained from a gig we once did in a magazine called 'in magazine'. In this blog we had a link for the mag in question, and apparantly it was for a hardcore porn ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:18:00 GMT

More space than Snow Patrol!!!

No disrespect to Snow Patrol watsoever, we like the music those fellas make! I'ts just we had a review of a gig we played in a magazine called 'In magazine' and we had about two lines more than them. ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:58:00 GMT