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Touchstone

"Like prog, but with real BITE!"

About Me

Touchstone are a five piece Rock band based in Herts/Oxon. Their specific and unique brand of melodic rock was initially the brainchild of Rob Cottingham and Adam Hodgson. The band has developed in many ways since the early days, and morphed into the present line up with Moo on Bass Guitar, Alasdair Melville on drums and outstanding new vocalist, Kim Seviour - her beautiful voice has added a great deal to the existing soundscape. The debut album and follow up to the hugely successful Mad Hatters EP; Discordant Dreams was recorded at Outhouse Studios in June 2007, and released on 10th September 2007. It was just voted the second best album of 2007 by the members of the Classic Rock Society at whose award night we were presented with the award for Best New Band. John Mitchell loaned his expert ears to do the mixing and has also kindly agreed to contribute some of his trademark guitar shredding to one of the tracks. The album was mastered by Tim Turan at Turan audio and is available to buy on Amazon.co.uk and our website. You can find news, updates, and info as it happens on this page or on our official webpage. Please visit the official website for - TOUCHSTONE - here

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Member Since: 4/25/2006
Band Website: touchstonemusic.co.uk
Band Members: Kim Seviour - Vocals
Rob Cottingham - Vocals, Keyboards, SFX.
Adam J Hodgson - Guitars, Backing Vocals.
Moo - Bass Guitars, Backing Vocals.
Alasdair Melville - Drums and Percussion

Influences: Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Asia, ELP, Van Halen, It Bites, Marillion, Liquid Tension Experiment, Faith No More, Symphony X, Peter Gabriel, Kino, Dream Theater
Record Label: Heavy Right Foot
Type of Label: None

My Blog

News Update!

Happy Easter Dear Friends! I hope you’ve all enjoyed a good Easter weekend? Just a little news update for you. Firstly, our album Discordant Dreams is continuing to sell very well via our websit...
Posted by Touchstone on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:26:00 PST

Another Award for Touchstone!!

Hello Dear Friends & Happy Valentine's Day Our fantastic start to 2008 has taken another twist today with the news that we have won another award! Members of The Progressive Rock Hall of Fame hav...
Posted by Touchstone on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:28:00 PST

Touchstone & Tinyfish - The Reprise!!

Good evening Dear Friends! I hope you're all OK? Firstly, on behalf of us all, I'd just like to thank all of you who came to the gig with Tinyfish at The Peel last Saturday night, for making it such a...
Posted by Touchstone on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:42:00 PST

Moo is endorsed by Warwick!

Hello Dear Friends! I hope you are all well and are ready to enjoy the weekend? It is with great pride that I can announce that I am now an endorser of Warwick bass guitars and amplifiers I was invit...
Posted by Touchstone on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:26:00 PST

A Special Guest!!

Good evening all!! I hope you're all well and ready to enjoy the weekend? We had a great night last Saturday at The Riga in Southend with our good friends, The Reasoning and a fantastic crowd. We play...
Posted by Touchstone on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:32:00 PST

Best New Band!!

Hello Dear Friends!! I hope everyone's OK - there are a lot of different sick bugs going around so I hope no-one is too badly affected? Touchstone have had a brilliant start to 2008. We all attended t...
Posted by Touchstone on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:16:00 PST

Thank You & Happy Christmas!!

Dear Friends,Well, nearly another year has passed us by and with it's usual ups and downs! I hope yours has been more kind than not!As a band, we have come on in leaps and bounds. We started the year ...
Posted by Touchstone on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:14:00 PST

Hello!!

Hello Dear Friends, I hope you're all well? Sorry it's been so long since you heard from us but there have been lots of events in some of our domestic lives happening - two new jobs and a new house to...
Posted by Touchstone on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:58:00 PST

Discordant Dreams Album Launch Party

Hello everyone! Just a quick one to let you know that we are having a launch party for our new album "Discordant Dreams" on Friday 7th September 2007. The venue is The Backroom at The Bully, The Bulli...
Posted by Touchstone on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:47:00 PST

Rock247Online & Summers End Festival

Good evening everyone! Hope everything's good with you all? I'd just like to let you know that we will be interviewed live on Rock247Online by our good friend "Prog" Paul Baker on Sunday 9th September...
Posted by Touchstone on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:01:00 PST