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Neon

Pop Heart Forever

About Me

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For some excellent reason you're reading about us. Yes we are NEON, the band you have heard all those amazing things about!!................ maybe. If you have'nt heard our music before, we won't bother trying to describe what we sound like, probably out of laziness, but also because it's much easier if you just have a listen to the songs on this page. They're from our first album, the cleverly titled 'Neon'. SO if you've done that and your still reading....well err, keep it up, the reading that is.
We have been in hibernation for quite a while now, (accept for a brief but stunning tour of Spain in January with the legendary power pop outfit Redd Kross!) writing new material for our forthcoming second album! What can we tell you about it right now? Well................EVOLVED. INVOLVED. WARMER. RAWER.
Here's some reviews of our music
Indeed. Dry-as-a-bone riffing of (Hit Me Again),sublime psych-pop hooks (Dizziness) and a rousing cover of Cheap Trick (He's A Whore) come as a standard, but with it, comes an opaque lyricism which suggests that beneath the riffola a darker mindset. When Josh drawls I got the key in my hand/But theres no way out in Dizziness it feels both lurid and disorientating.
Neon: prepare to bathe in their sleazy glow - Paul Moody NME
'Just when you think this single is straight ahead pop-rock, it goes into glorious harmonies and swirling effects... the songs are instant classic' - Single of the Week, The Daily Telegraph
'Now here's a great song...'A Man' is an all-powerful powerpop/rock song that's as good as Tom Petty and The Hearbreaker's fab 'Strangered In The Night', but it's the pealing whirling middle eight that really pushes the track into overdrive and makes it something special' - Inpress
'This is the band that should have lead the Australian rock renaissance...' -Beat

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/28/2004
Band Members: Vox/Guitar - Joshua Bitmead
Bass - Britt Spooner
Drums - Jamie Gurney

Influences: Watch our Hit Me Again video!

RECENTLY WATCHED MOVIES:

Cujo - Steven King
The Hours - Stephen Daldry
Cabin Fever - Eli Roth
Factotum - Bent Hamer
Hot Fuzz - Edgar Wright

ALBUMS IN THE PLAYER:

Sebadoh - The Sebadoh
The Strokes - Room on Fire
78 SAAB - The Bells Line
Urge Overkill - Saturation
Our New Demos!!

BOOKS BY THE BEDSIDE:

Dairy A Novel - Chuck Palhniuk
White Light - Rudy Rucker
Island in the Net - Bruce Sterling
Old UNCUT magazines

Sounds Like: The song playing now...........turn it up!!!
Record Label: Ivy League/Slanted
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hell and O

We are writing lots of new material at the moment. It just keeps coming and coming, so we will be pushing back recording and releasing album number 2 to next year. Boo boo, hiss hiss they sa...
Posted by Neon on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:22:00 PST

Spain and UK tour!!!!!!

Hello Everybody, We would love to share with you some exciting news...... We have been asked to tour with one of the best bands in the world!!!!! Yes you got it! REDD KROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by Neon on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:54:00 PST

Demoaramaring

  Neon here! Hey Friends, thought Id better blog one. Firstly thanks for everyones support over the last six months. It feels like we have been so detached from the music world of late with ...
Posted by Neon on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 03:41:00 PST

Reachng out

We have to write more I know. We have finally settled down and finished our touring for the year, what an amazing year. I cant believe we did it all, no wonder we are knackard. We went to the&nbs...
Posted by Neon on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:32:00 PST