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JEAN

ROCKSTARS IN THE MAKING!

About Me


JEAN crash landed on planet Earth at the start of the new Millennium. Since then they have been incubating in a secret location somewhere near Kettering! Drawing inspiration from many sources and a plethora of musicians past and present, JEAN are ready to unleash themselves and their music on the universe.
This phenomenally perfect pop rock package is fronted by lead vocalist Matthew James (AKA Matthew Pateman). He was abducted in early 1995 and replaced on earth by a highly convincing clone. Matthew has been transformed from Boyband Camp to Marshall Amp and is now electrifying audiences with his incredible vocal performance and stage strutting persona.
Matthew and bass player Andy 'Rock God' Nichol are the dynamic duo and the driving force behind JEAN. They have written, produced and created a sound that is highly infectious and incredibly diverse. Andys musical tastes are varied and range from Abba to AC/DC, Bowie to Baccara, Sarstedt to Sparks and Queen to Quo! He lives on Pizza, Jack Daniels and Rock. He also looks mighty fine in a pair of heels! Matthew's musical favourites are as equally scary! Chopin to Carpenters, Timberlake to Tight Fit, Kravitz to the Krankies, Prince to Peters & Lee and Madonna to Malcolm McClaren!
Supersonic beauty Queen Helen adds an incredible vocal performance and atomic presence to JEAN with sex, style and attitude. This platinum beauty with electric legs was beamed onto the JEAN muthaship from the planet Bleach. She is high voltage and is known to rip up the stage with her magnetic performance when here on Earth. Last seen thrashing around on a stage in Christchurch!
Sultry, smooth and sophisticated guitarist Martyn Hope has a penchant for Danish girls and chocolate digestives! This guitar lickin, hip swinging, smooth talking, high walkin stud, plays like a demon, but eats like a Beaver. The sensible member of JEAN survives his rock star lifestyle on organic moon dust and daylight. Often found lurking behind a green door...or ruining people's first dances at weddings (Woo hooo, woo hoo hoo)! We are not sure what planet he hails from but spells his name with a Y.
Sex God and drummer extraordinaire Paul Murphy, was captured in a giant net in a prehistoric forest somewhere near Grantham. Found bemused, naked and illiterate, he soon gave into pleas from the rest of the band when offered a lifetimes supply of Fruit & Nut! Now fully clothed (but still struggling with shoes) Paul drives the band with his explosive drumming and general apathy. Paul Murphy rocks! (Doof....did someone's bum just fall off)?
JEAN are sometimes graced with the frisky fingers (well they were at the Venue back in the 90's) of Chris 'Not So Short' Banks on his acrobatic keyboards!
JEAN are a force to be reckoned with...you have been warned!

My Interests

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Member Since: 4/22/2006
Band Website: COMING SOON...
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Influences:

In no particular order - Bowie, Pink Floyd, U2, Basement Jaxx, Primal Scream, ACDC, Elvis Presley, Depeche Mode, Mylo, Prince, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Verve, The Buzzcocks, Queen, Massive Attack, Debbie Harry, Miss Kittin, Gwen Stefani, New Order, Rex The Dog, Blur, Peter Sarstedt, Divine, Burt Bacarach, The Zutons, Dead Or Alive, Roberta Flack,Beastie Boys, Yazoo, Bee Gees, Cyndi Lauper, Bow Wow Wow, Jason Nevins, Culture Club, Fatboy Slim, Portishead, Neil Diamond, Electric Six, Fischerspooner, Muse, Freak Power, Degrees Of Motion, Soul To Soul, Pet Shop Boys, Roberta Flack, Kaiser Chiefs, Hard-Fi, Ennio Morricone, Kylie, Status Quo, Middle Of The Road, Kraftwerk, ABC, Franz Ferdinand, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Cilla Black, Punk, Elton John, Beyonce, Shapeshifters, Talking Heads, The White Stripes, Muse, Donny Hathaway, Victoria Wood, Ping Pong Bitches, Jam & Lewis, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, T Rex, Carole King, Coldplay, Peter Kay, Kaiser Chiefs, Wham!, Bodyrockers, Aimee Mann, Andy Williams, The Krankies, Dolly Parton, Blondie, Harry Nilsson, Billy Joel, Olivia Newton-John, Roxy Music, Buggles, Sugababes, Donna Summer, White Rose Movement, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rogue Traders, Peter Sastedt, Disco, Slade, Village People, Goldfrapp, The Strokes, The Two Ronnies, Baccara, Scissor Sisters, ABBA, S.A.W, Eurthymics, Queen, Green Day, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Mud, Manhattan Transfer, The Police, Chicane, Kim Wilde, Rock, George Michael, Supertramp, Rod Stewart, Chic, Bonnie Tyler, Rod Stewart, Dusty Springfield, Nirvana, The Clash, Glen Campbell, Black Eyed Peas, Orson, INXS, Madonna, The Cure, The White Stripes, Tears For Fears, Gary Glitter, The Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkle, Bad Boys Inc...the list goes on and on and on and on.....................!

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My Blog

LONG TIME NO SPEAK!

WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY WITH VARIOUS THINGSIT'S DEFINITELY TIME FOR A JEAN UPDATE!AND THANKS TO A MYSPACE UPDATE...WE NOW HAVE 6 TRACKS ON OUR MUSIC PLAYERWE'VE ADDED 'CHELSEA GIRL' AND 'PRETTYBOY POPSTAR'...
Posted by JEAN on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:23:00 PST

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY BEAUTIES!

JUST WISHING YOU A FANTASTIC NEW YEARLETS HOPE 2008 BRINGS YOU ALL THAT YOU WISH FORTHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT SO FARTHE LONG AWAITED 'JEAN' ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED IN 2008COME HELL OR HIGH WAT...
Posted by JEAN on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:26:00 PST

NAKED PICS!

THOUGHT THAT MIGHT GET YOUR ATTENTIONANOTHER LITTLE JEAN VIDEO FOR THE WEEKENDA LIVE ACOUSTIC VERSION OF DIRTY OLD BEDRECORDED AT THE PISTACHIO PALACE LAST YEARWE'VE HAD GREAT RESPONSE TO CHELSEA GIRL...
Posted by JEAN on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:06:00 PST

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR

ELECTRIC LEGS!JUST A LITTLE WEIRD VIDEO MONTAGE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME CURRENTLY UNRELEASED! CRANK IT UP - PUT ON SOME STILLIES AND STRUT YOURSELF AROUND YOUR FANTASY DANC...
Posted by JEAN on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:35:00 PST

NEW JEAN TRACK 'CHELSEA GIRL'

HERE IT IS:'CHELSEA GIRL'THE NEW JEAN TRACKPLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...PLUS LEAVE NICE FEEDBACK AT YOUTUBE FOR US - PRETTY PLEASE!MATTHEW & ANDY XPS HERE'S THE LYRICS:Chelsea GirlStumble for a...
Posted by JEAN on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:33:00 PST

PLAYING WITH THE MACBOOK (PART TWO)

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Posted by JEAN on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:41:00 PST

PLAYING WITH THE MACBOOK

ENJOY X...
Posted by JEAN on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!

JUST FINISHED IN THE STUDIO. ANDY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A NEW SONG CALLED' CHELSEA GIRL'!IT IS ALREADY FINISHED MELODICALLY AND LYRICALLY. I'VE PUT A ROUGH VOCAL DOWN WITH JEANTASTIC BACKING VO...
Posted by JEAN on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:09:00 PST

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS...

AFTER A BUSY WEEKEND AWAY GIGGING UP NORTH (SALFORD AND SOUTH SHIELDS). MYSELF AND ANDY ARE BACK IN THE STUDIO (PISTACHIO PALACE) WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL, MEETINGS, GIGS, RECIPES FOR FLAKEY PASTRY......
Posted by JEAN on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:17:00 PST

JEAN LIVE @ ARIZONA BAR AND GRILL (NOT BAR MONSTA) THURSDAY 12TH APRIL 2007

 IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN JEAN LIVE AND UNLEASHED ALREADY - THEN LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING!WE'LL BE BACK ONSTAGE AT ARIZONA BAR AND GRILL - 2A JAMESTOWN ROAD - CAMDEN TOWN - FOR READ THE FANZINE (KEEP YOUR ...
Posted by JEAN on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:08:00 PST