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Antique Seeking Nuns

Antique Seeking Nuns

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ANTIQUE SEEKING NUNS - a mild history

In so much as a band is or can purport to be a reasoned collective, on account and in retrospect does only then occur, almost knowingly, the same response. Antique seeking Nuns is that band! But they are more than that (obviously) this is their history.Nuns Joff and Matt formed a band that they hoped would sore higher than any band south Oxfordshire had ever known before. Who knows, they might even get a gig in Berkshire. But for now all they had was a drum kit, a painfully cheap Casio Keyboard that had a row of green triangular buttons that vanished inside the casing if you pressed them too hard, plus an acoustic guitar. At no time did they ever own a digital delay pedal, a fact that haunts them to this day. The painful realisation that they were never going to be Pink Floyd was thankfully avoided by the limp finger of fate that flung Nun Matt into the furthest reaches of rain drenched solitude (Bury, North Lancashire). 300 miles now separated the duo who watched aghast as music was viciously raped by the likes of Oasis and Avant-Garde Dynamos, Echo belly. To make matters worse, a home grown band called Raidiohead, direct from their own locality arose to steal the "punk as f**k but actually prog when no ones looking" mantle that should so rightfully have belonged to the fledgling mothers superiors themselves. Dire times indeed.However, a phallic shaft of opportunity appeared due to a geographically astute choice of university location by Nun Matt. Now reunited the task could begin! And so they began by undertaking a frankly ludicrous and ill-advised few months as performing Jazz musicians. With their dignity and social standing dropping through the floor the boys gamely soldiered on by remaining aloof to the near comatose reactions of their audiences and by ignoring the plumes of evaporating cat's piss emerging from the back of Nun Joff'a amp. Amazingly, throughout this period strange music began to emerge, largely emanating from a salvaged Lowry Organ complete with the truly terrifying beat box, that did please the ears of these musicians.But what to call such a sound?"Cast Iron Bitch" was an early favourite for a potential band name. That was until Nun Matt recalled his girlfriends education at a convent school and of said girlfriends shocked midnight discovery of several highly respectable nuns heaving valuable religious artefacts into the back of a Ford Transit in order to...well know one really knows what the f**k they were doing but the mysterious "Antique Seeking Nuns" deserved to be honoured anyway."Antique Seeking Nuns", "A.S.N", or just "The Nuns" had been born and there was not a damned thing anyone could do about it.That said, potential record company indifference, lack of funds and yet more lacking in the field of auditioning a snazzy live band, could perhaps have all been viewed as being somewhat problematic. Actually, all the above were problematic. They were F**king screwed! BIG TIME!!However, all was not lost as Matt's refusal to get an honest day job paid off when he won a cash prise in a competition that financed, among other things, the TRINITY OF POSSIBILITIES and also the SKYLINE OF DREAMS (actually only 15 quid from a charity shop). Joff in the meanwhile was busy in his bedroom building the Nun's Studio which looked deceptively incomplete to onlookers but they will soon find...that it is...FULLY FUNCTIONAL!!! (um...try reading the last bit in a scary Davros type voice, it sounds way better).Thus, from said FULLY FUNCTIONAL!!! recording studio did emerge the first bursting of the Initial Burst of A.S.N. In the continuing attempt to sneak in the back door of a sympathetic record label, they inadvertently discovered the meaning of life in a local cafe, an experience documented in the song "Double Egg with Chips and Beans (and a tea)And so we get to where we are. If you are reading this then hopefully, somehow, you have come across some A.S.N music. In which case we implore you to follow the following steps to being reasonably content:1. Eat Double Egg with Chips and Beans (and a tea) as often as possible2. Avoid Cheese (unless grilled/killed)3. Listen to Antique Seeking Nuns.4. Listen To Antique Seeking Nuns!!!!(if all the above goes belly up then the band are writing a stage musical called "Arctic Fox" about a brave flying car that saves children).

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Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Members: Matt Baber: Keys Paul Mallyon: Drums Brad Waisman: Bass Joff Winks: Guitars/Vocals
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DOUBLE EGG WITH CHIPS AND BEANS (AND A TEA)


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Mild Profundities (an initial bursting)



Double Egg with Chips and Beans and a Tea

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DOUBLE EGG WITH CHIPS AND BEANS (AND A TEA) E.P



Record Label: Troopers For Sound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Holy Trinities

Fear not, this blog has nothing to do with that most unintentionally comedic of religious creations. Instead, our idea of a "holy trinity" is when an artist hits their creative stride over a sequence ...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:51:00 PST

PODCAST INTERVIEW!

If you head over to www.epilepticgibbon.co.uk you can hear a brand new interview with Joff Winks and Matt Baber where they discuss both Antique Seeking Nuns and Joff Winks Band, as well as the new Nun...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST

Nunbient - One tracks on myspace

Nunbient is the brainchild of Joff Winks and Matt Baber both of whom are founding members of Antique Seeking Nuns and Joff Winks Band. The Nunbient project actually grew out of some of the music from ...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:37:00 PST

JWB and ASN played on Steve Davis’ interesting alternative show.

Joff Winks Band and Antique Seeking Nuns have both been played on Steve Davis' radio show on Phoenix Fm.As many people know Steve Davis is one of the most successful snooker players in the world. Havi...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:59:00 PST

EMI in trouble

So, EMI are in trouble even after they were recently bought by Terra Firma, the venture capitalist company who paid 3.2 billion pounds for it. I've just finished reading an article in the Guardian abo...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:02:00 PST

What are you listening to? Part 5

Happy new year to you one and all, and may it be a good one!! We have many new plans for this year including name changes, new releases and a new label on which to release so please check back regular...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:42:00 PST

What are you listening to? Part 4

1. Pat Metheny - "The Way Up": One unbroken composition for 70 mins! The CD has 4 track indexes but these days when I do listen to this album it tends to be for the full duration. There are definite n...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:36:00 PST

What are you listening to? Part 3

1. Aphex Twin  "Analord, Vol 1 and 2": Kind of a mix between the electric stuff on Drukqs and the really old school sound of Classics. I normally get at least 1 track in before I realise that I'm pla...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:00 PST

NEW TRACK! - "OINTMENT FOR FLIES"

Just in case any of you thought we were lying about there being a 3rd Nuns e.p, here we proudly present one of the key tracks from "Careful! It's Tepid" - Ointment for Flies. A tragic tale of a fly, a...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:56:00 PST

NME Coolest List 2007

    Well, it's that time of year again and so the NME mag have revealed there top 50 coolest people in music today. And it's an interesting list with some noticable changes from last year. P...
Posted by Antique Seeking Nuns on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:58:00 PST