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Prefontaine

About Me


A four piece indie/rock/pop band from Nottingham UK, Prefontaine are: Craig Barwell (vocals, bass, rhythm), Jamie Varley (vocals, lead, rhythm, bass), Gary Barwell (vocals, lead, rhythm) and Nick Blagden (drums).
In April 2008 we became favourite band of the week on Music Control's Uploaded Album contest winning by a huge 67% of the votes. After a recent hiatus we are looking to play gigs and support slots.
To contact us email us at [email protected].

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/30/2006
Band Website: prefontainemusic.com
Band Members:
CRAIG BARWELL
JAMIE VARLEY
GARY BARWELL
NICK BLAGDEN

Influences: The Beatles - Blur - The Beach Boys - Crowded House - Elvis Costello - The Cure - Nirvana - REM - Radiohead - Coldplay
Sounds Like: Cool indie tunes with instantly catchy choruses
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Secrets and Lies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfzt-AKcYUA
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:20:00 GMT

Our first gig now on YouTube

Hi guys,We have now uploaded videos of our first gig, at The Rose Of England, to our YouTube music channel. Check out live performances of Panic Attack, Whatever and Summer's Day Song as well as In Ev...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:57:00 GMT

Prefontaine on YouTube

More fast breaking news! We now have a YouTube page and are going to be adding videos as well as our tracks. The first is to Too Cold To Snow. Unfortunately we haven't been able to upload or publish t...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:24:00 GMT

Prefontaine Facebook Fan Page

Hi everyone, Just a quick message to say that you can now become a Prefontaine fan on Facebook by joining our fan page. We will be adding some tracks and videos to the page in the near future.  
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:07:00 GMT

Too Cold To Snow

Ho ho ho and a Merry Christmas! Well it's that time of year again and the geese are getting fat. Our Christmas song, "Too Cold To Snow",  has now been uploaded to our MySpace page. We hope ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:21:00 GMT

Christmas single and video

Hi guys, Sorry that things have been very quiet in the Prefontaine camp of late. However we are hoping that this will soon change. We have in fact been very busy recording a Christmas single which wi...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:01:00 GMT

A massive thank you from Prefontaine

A huge thank you to everyone who has voted again and again for us on www.musiccontrolradio.co.uk. Although we did not win we have had a fantastic time during the final week and the support and brillia...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 04:04:00 GMT

22 hours to go!

Thank you to everyone who has voted on www.musiccontrolradio.co.uk. We are currently in first place but have The Last Letter Read hot on our heels. They have gradually caught us up this evening.Friday...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 13:47:00 GMT

Prefontaine still in the running

Hi Prefontainiacs, Thank you to everyone who has voted on www.musiccontrolradio.co.uk. We are currently in second place and trailling The Hustle by 2%! The next 2 days are vital, particularly Friday u...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 23:08:00 GMT

Trent FM Music Control final

Hi Prefontainiacs! On Monday 19th May 2008 Prefontaine will be on Trent FM's Music Control show between 8.30 and 8.45pm. There will be an interview with me and then ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 14:54:00 GMT