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Chris Lockington

About Me

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Chris is a graduate from 'the guitar institute' in West London and has been playing for well over 10 years. His singing just goes hand-in-hand with his guitar work. All the songs come from personal experience, both good and bad...
Chris has played in numerous bands, in various genres, and worked as both a songwriter and music tutor. The recording session that became "The Four Tales E.P" came about when Chris picked up a guitar and strummed a few songs for Steve Mann (backwater records) in his living room. Now a few years on Chris is eager to push his music further and this desire has lead to the full band line-up.
Chris's debut record 'The Four Tales E.P' was released on monday 15th may 2006 and widely accepted as a very strong debut. it is available through www.backwaterrecords.com e-music, and at gigs.
click here to buy my debut record
download my debut from emusic here
The Chris Lockington Band met at Nexus (music / theology college) in Coventry during an internship with the charity. The band are currently on hiatus but hope to perform with each other again soon.
Chris is currently writing new material which he will be demoing over the coming months. Message from Chris;
"I know I've been a complete buggar and not played for a while. Guess I've kinda been on hiatus from myself. I'm gonna try a blend the folk of my solo stuff with the jazz funk of "The C L Band" whilst showing my skill on the guitar. There's a new storm brewing and I plan to p*** through a colander into the wind! GLORIOUS! Peace out!"
Check out Chris's solo on this song "New Day" performed at the Nexus graduation concert. Peter Crease (Chris's bassist is also performing)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/03/2006
Band Website: www.backwaterrecords.com
Band Members:
The Chris Lockington Band;
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chris lockington - guitar/vox
peter crease - bass
marius sterchi - percussion

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As heard on "The Four Tales E.P";
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christopher lockington - vocals, all guitars, piano, e-bow, synth and other noises.
laurie waller - percussion,
bella - cellos,
kate bannatyne - all female vox,
stuart ness - bass,
steve mann - bass and production,
joel rust - cello arrangements.
click here to buy "The Four Tales E.P"
click here to download my music from "emusic"

Influences: jeff & tim buckley, bob dylan, nick drake, leonard cohen, pj harvey, rufus wainwright, nick harper, the doors, radiohead, muse, q.o.t.s.a, bjork, imogen heap, damien rice, john smith, martin harley band, joni mitchell, martin taylor,
Sounds Like: me, damien rice, jeff buckley, tim buckley, nick drake, rufus wainwright, nick harper, john smith, delirious, thom yorke.
Record Label: Backwater Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Songs / New Direction!

hey eveyone, it's been seemingly quiet for me music wise...but i have been busy with so many things. just graduated from an internship with the Nexus Music Academy which meant concerts galore. i playe...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:39:00 GMT

new music, we call it newsic

hey all, the Chris Lockington Band have been in the studio all week, and i'm excited to say a five track record will be ready for consumption soon. we'll be setting up a new myspace page as i'm gonna...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:52:00 GMT

new band / new set

Just thought i'd say how things are going, The new band (featuring Marius Sterchi on drums and Peter Crease on bass, and upping the facial hair quotant of the band both are sporting great beards!) is ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:55:00 GMT

charity sponsorship

hey everyone, today (Wednesday 10th May) is a very special day, for upon such a day a world record is challenged! Nexus christian music/theology college is attempting to break yet another world r...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 23:19:00 GMT

another project completed

a big hug to every single one of you! i know i'm the quietest mouse on the whole of myspace...sorry for being so silent... but i formally anounce to one and all that Kate Bannatyne's 4 track debut e.p...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:51:00 GMT

another project

hey all, i kow its been a very long time since a lot of you last heard from me, sorry about that! (i am still alive and strumming) i've been extremely busy, i'm currently studing at nexus (academy of ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:58:00 GMT

myspace moozic

just to let you know whats going on... we had a discussion about what can and can't go on myspace music, because my label has a deal with emusic that prohibits certain things. the lead track (ninetee...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:48:00 GMT

a day in the life of....

urgh, woken up a silly-o-clock by a frantic lady who'd found a tame rabbit on my drive about to run into the road. this unearthly hour coupled with my very hungover state, due to watching the football...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:41:00 GMT

early demo tape re-surfaces!

i was in the studio this evening, good to be back...got lots of stuff planned (live dvd in the pipeline and i'll be demoing my new stuff which i'm really excited about.) 'the four tales e.p' is d...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:09:00 GMT

reviews

Name: gerald van waes textarea: new reviews on http://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-9.html : Backwater Rec.      Chris Lockington : The Four Tales EP (UK,2006)**** This...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 17:48:00 GMT