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Tom Allalone & The 78s

Debut single "Hell Hath No Fury" out 10th Nov!!!

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Member Since: 4/21/2006
Band Website: soon...
Band Members: The 78s are....

Richard Clarke - Guitar/Vox
Si Fawcett - Bass Guitar/Vox
Matt Evans - Drums
Tom Allalone - Vox/Guitar

Honorary band members...
Andy Stephens - Trumpet
Ralph - Saxamaphone

past band members are
Tom Connor - Bass Guitar
Alex Nelson - Drums
Dan Hill - Drums

The 78s would like to thank these people very much for their time and effort. x
Influences: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Rosetta Tharpe, Mel Torme, Guitar Slim, Lee Baby Simms, Bernard Hermann, Leonard Bernstien, Paganini, George Gershwin, The Knack, Murder By Death, Julie London and Billie Holiday.
Sounds Like: “…kick off your shoes and dance to the rock 'n' roll, tex mex, jazz magic of Tom Allalone. One part Eddie Cochrane, one part Chet Baker, a whole heap of fun!" JOHN KENNEDY, XFM

“…dog-eared beauty"
DAZED AND CONFUSED

"...bouncy happy upbeat melodies flow forth and enlighten you" KOOBA RADIO

"…drenched in attitude… deliciously delivered rock n roll sublimity”
UK MUSIC SEARCH

“…the guitars engage and the feet begin to really tap, sending you to a world full of story, emotion and damn good tunes! Tom gives us a full bodied mixture of blues, jazz and rock” FIRST LIVE MUSIC

“…very fresh and different to the current trends” ROOM THIRTEEN

“…remarkable” MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

"…Witty, surprisingly assured and full to the brim with great tunes and original lyrics” SUBBA-CULCHA

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Record Label: Nettwerk
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Brilliant photos from Launch Party by Sinister

Please feel free to check out the photos from the launch party. You may even spot yourself!!!Sinister is a photographer who we've had the pleasure of working with before and we always like his work, b...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:38:00 PST

BBC Radio 6 Music!!! Get your finger out!

Women and Men! Hear this!!!Wotcha. We've just heard that Nemone has put us in her Lunchbox. You dig?Well, ok i'll explain. Hell Hath No Fury is being played on 6 Music everyday during Nemone's Lunchbo...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:52:00 PST

Wow. Thank you thank you thank you

Ladies and gents......We are humbled.....Monday night was amazing and all because of you lovely people who turned up. It was rainy, cold and brick lane was closed right outside the venue, and yet a hu...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:41:00 PST

Pre-order Hell Hath No Fury from HMV NOW!!!

Here's a little link to HMV so that you folks can pre-order our Debut Single 'Hell Hath No Fury' on 7" vinyl. It will be released on the 10th of Nov and they should send it to you around then.However,...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:04:00 PST

BBC Radio Kent 5:45pm Tomorrow - DRIVE TIME SHIT!!!

Hell Hath No Fury will be played by Phil Harrison on BBC Radio Kent's Big Drive Home record at 5.45pm this Friday evening. This is some proper drive time shit, so if you fancy hearing the 78s on the r...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:52:00 PST

A big fat update/Little Barrie gig/New Press!

So, things are hotting up here.....We've had the first little bit of press for Hell Hath No Fury from the Fly magazine's newsletter. It goes...."Tom Allalone & The 78s - 'Hell Hath No Fury' This check...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:22:00 PST

New Photos, Album Preview, Bristol Gig

Mornin.Just a little update.We're just about to upload some new shots from a show we did a little while ago with Pete & the Pirates. They were taken by Jacqui Sadler. She's tres bon. Rich and Matt don...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:44:00 PST

40-45

Its a funny feeling really. To have been working towards making records all our lives, now that we've finished the record its up to our team to do the rest. It's a bit like a surrogate pregnancy. We'v...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:07:00 PST

"Tell me Leech, What did we prove?"

Mornin' allJust a quick blog with a few bursts of good news and reminders etc.Firstly we are playing at the the Fly on New Oxford Street in London tonight (thats wednesday the 24th September) with a f...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:51:00 PST

The lunatics have the keys...

Afternoon Ladies & Gents, Tom has (foolishly) given out the password to this page to all of the 78's and (even more foolishly) asked all of us to post updates and such. So you should be hearing a ...
Posted by Tom Allalone & The 78s on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:40:00 PST