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VELMA

VELMA

About Me

Velma formed in July 2000 while at college and started writing songs playing gigs in local venues mainly suporting other local bands. They have continued to play the local pubs and bars and gathered a large dedicated fan base ever since.More recently Velma have played in a variety of towns and cities, including; Leeds, Manchester, Burnley, Halifax, Scarborough, Todmorden, Hebden bridge, portugal, Blackburn and London within the following months.A previous performance was in a Battle of the Bands competition at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, where they won the first two rounds to reach the last two of thirty-six established young bands in west yorkhire.There sound has a genre of Rock with Punk undertones.

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Member Since: 3/18/2006
Band Members: jonny kerr (vocals) liam pringle (bass) matt crossley (lead guitar) bobby shanks (drums)
Influences: The Libertines, Biffy Clyro, The strokes, red hot Chilli peppers, the futureheads, maximo park, the smiths, nirvana, the rolling stones, the who, cake, leonard cohen, fat dogs lick dicks, the kinks, Morrissey, turner and hooch experience, jimi hendrix, Led Zeppelin, ike and tina, weezer, rod stewart, faces and finally and most importantly our lord.
Sounds Like: PUNK, INDIE, ROCK
Type of Label: None

My Blog

VELMA GO WALKABOUT AND SUCURE FINAL NIGHT SPOT

Tomorden News, Thursday March 23 2006.VELMA stormed through to the finals of Burnley's Battle of the Bands com-petition after playing an amazing set to win over the audience at the Walkabout club, Bur...
Posted by VELMA on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:44:00 PST