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About Me

In late 2003, Damian C. put an advert in the laundrette of the renowned (although I'm not sure what for) Cardiff university halls Talybont. Gavin spied this advert, and on Halloween 2003 Gavin & Damian C. met for the first time in the Taf. Damian R. soon spotted the same advert and the first incarnation of the Rebecca Riots were formed, with Damian C. on guitar and vocals, Gavin on bass and Damian R. on drums. The debut gig took place in the Toucan bar in Cardiff, at a battle of the bands that scared the daylights out of every band member. Various gigs followed, from Cardiff Barfly (where they have supported The Subways, The Paddingtons and Kill City) to a gig in a tent made from Albanian beaver skin at Coed Hills commune outside Cardiff.
However, being musical pretentious types, the band soon became depressed at something or other, and decided to add another member, a drummer, with Damian R. moving to bass and Gavin to guitar. After a couple of auditions, the band settled on Tom, and have never once regretted their decision! Tom's drumming and the addition of an extra guitar has radically changed their music, and the Riots are now some sort of combination of metal, prog, rock and randomness. Recently they came second in the Cardiff uni LMS battle of the bands after not playing a gig for nine months, and now plan to gig much more regularly, starting September 2006.
Alas, in July of 2006 Damian R. departed for the sunnier climes of London. We wish him all the best, for he is legendary.
His replacement, Mr. Max A. Bailey of Tysoe, Warwickshire, (who won a postal competition by bribing us the most) is being trained as we speak. Soon he shall be ready, and unleash his bass "skillz" upon a world that frankly isn't ready for them.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/4/2006
Band Website: www.therebeccariots.com
Band Members:
Damian Cruse
Vocals, Guitars

Gavin Cleaver
Vocals, Guitars

Max A. Bailey
Bass Guitar, Vocals

Tom Poulton
Percussion

Influences: Kyuss, Tool, Mastodon, At The Drive-In, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, In Flames, Primus, The Clash, The Pixies, Tom Waits, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Sounds Like: Early Tool meets Kyuss in a dodgy bar.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Rebecca Riots EP

Oh yes, it's here! Many thanks to Mike and co. from Glamorgan Uni. and to Rob, Tim, and Chris from Offshore for helping us record our new EP. We're very proud of it! We're working on...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:42:00 GMT

The International Tour Of Death

Yes, we eventually settled on "The International Tour Of Death". Well I did really, but I'm the one writing this, so it's the same thing. Our epic journey began on Tuesday 28th, when we headlined Henr...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:39:00 GMT

Halloween Gig - Taking Metal to the Max (Bailey)

The gig was awesome, with the new songs getting a really good response. The crowd were fantastic as well, getting involved in the compulsory 'ghostbusters' cover and having a good dance and mosh...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:31:00 GMT

THE REBECCA RIOTS "OVER T'BRIDGE" INTERNATIONAL TOUR!

Yes, The Rebecca Riots would like to announce their first International Tour! Max has progressed so we're letting him loose to impose his mighty bass lines. The Rebecca Riots TRULY GARGANTUAN 2006 tou...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:07:00 GMT

Summertime, and Wales is ..... hot.

Well, spring finished and so did everyone's degrees (except Tom, he'll finish one day bless his cotton socks) so a period of uncertainty has come across the band, where we're not really sure what's go...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:11:00 GMT

Evolution, not revolution

Damian R.'s last gig has been and gone, and while his "inspirational" final speech (perhaps the first thing he has ever said at a gig) consisted of telling people to hurt each other, he will be sorely...
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 03:07:00 GMT

The LMS Battle of the Bands

Well the extent of my hangover proves the night went well! We finished 2nd which we're extremely proud of considering we played first and angry metal wasn't exactly the most popular genre on off...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:17:00 GMT

March 25th

So March 25th, the Riots are in the Battle of the Bands Final at Welsh club.We've fought through two other rounds to get there, leaving a trail of burst eardrums all over Cardiff.Everyone come along a...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:33:00 GMT