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About Me

The Humanitarians are an Original 5 piece Band , taking influence & Inspiration from Numerous Genres .With thought provoking,emotive songs and an energetic ,captivating live show. The Humanitarians Have Been Playing and Recording and Gigging Together For a Couple Of Years.Towards the end of 2007 The Humanitarians have recorded 3 Tracks at Chapel Studios with producer Nigel Stonier and are currently working on a furthur 7 tracks at The Mill Studio,aiming to finish album this year.The Humanitarians have a Distinctive Yet Evolving Sound That They Manage to Make Their Own with quality songs and musicianship to stand the test of time. This is Live from Oxjam @ Torquay town hall:msprm name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZCmoOgRp_Ds" .. ..Here Is The Humanitarians Promo By Big Red Films. Part One:.. width="425" height="350".. .. Part Two:.. width="425" height="350".. .. Plain MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider

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Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Members: John Mathew (aka Izzy Oatman ) Lead Vocals & GuitarMatt Harrison - Lead Guitar , Backing Vocals & HarmonicaDave Penna..DrumsGeoff Dally - Bass.Beth Phillips - Piano and backin vox
Influences: Music+ Dreams relationships,revalations ,revolutions.....David Bowie,John Lennon,Nick Drake,Bob Dylan,Bob marley.The Who,Led Zepp,Seth Lakeman,The Verve,Richard Ashcroft,Blind Mellon,The Clash,The Libertines,Nirvana,Queens of the Stone age,Pink Floyd,Beck,Gorillaz,White Stripes,Gomez,The Eels,Feeder,Dj Shadow,The Frattellis,Joy Division,Brian Eno ,The Specials,Jose Gonsalez,T-rex,Isaac Hayes,Small Faces,Neil Young,Primal Scream,Radiohead,James Brown,Otis Redding,Mc5,Gangstarr,Bauhaus,Donovan, The Doors,The Levellers,The Stranglers,Talking Heads,Public Enemy,Son House,Rolling Stones,Funkadelic,Kinks,Beth Orton,Damien rice,Massive Attack,Orbital,Captain Beefheart,Joy Division,Green Day,Meat Puppets,Muddy Waters,Joni Mitchell,Johnny Cash,Stone Roses,Hendrix,Waking up ,Sleeping in,keeping it real,Trust and Friendships,songs written from the heart,conversations about life,the universe and everything ,the buzz when The Humanitarians are right on it and the crowd is electric,tai chi,kung fu,meditation,medication,luck,love and LIFE.....;-]
Sounds Like: The Humanitarians.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Album progress

with 3 more dates booked in The mill studio this month ,things are comin together with the album so far finished tracks are Rainbow vision,Hard time to be free,to the top and clouds.....second sight ,...
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:41:00 PST

Tea in the hall

Last sunday we went to somerset and played a festival ,even though we went on early ,we were well recieved,looks like if the festival is on again next year we ll be goin back and playin a later slot.....
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:48:00 PST

Acoustic Evenin

Thanks to all who came to the crown and sceptre last night was good to see some of the old faces and the new ones as well...look forward to the next gig at oconnors on saturday .....:-]
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:10:00 PST

Facebook Fans Needed!

hey we now have a "fan" page as well as a group so if you are a member of facebook and want to help us out please join the fan page or the group,heres the link to the fan page:-http://www.facebook.com...
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:56:00 PST

Herald Express Article.

Humanitarians Are Doing It for Charity Posted on: Saturday, 26 July 2008, 00:00 CDT Alternative folk rock band The Humanitarians have finally found their sound after years of setbacks. The five-piece...
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:32:00 PST

ARockin sunday

Thanks to every one who came to the blu cargo gig last nite in torquay...it was a gr8 atmosphere....the band was on fire and so were the audience ...next gig is at The Hub in exeter on friday 8th of A...
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:03:00 PST

Peace Club @ the rock, the Final Total!

Thanks to everyone who came to the Rock for Peace Club, The Final total is £325 raised for Unicef.nice one everybody,thanks to The Kadellas and their fans.the sound was a bit poor hence our short set,...
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:50:00 PST

Live session in the studio

Last Tuesday we went into the Mill Studio and recorded 7 tracks ...got a great result ,weve put a few of the tracks up ,lend us ur ears ,see what you think..progress is being made on the album......
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:55:00 PST

Good time at Fordstock

The band realy enjoyed playin Fordstock,we played a half hour set that was well recieved....Enjoyed listenin to the other bands, also hope to be doin a lot more festivals nxt year ...Bring it on.........
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:24:00 PST

Great night at The North Bridge Inn

Thanks to all that came last night ...we had a fantastic night and will be returnin to play again....due to record a live cd ...which will be available shortly ....love to all ...;-]
Posted by The Humanitarians. on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:48:00 PST