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Rock band Longshot was formed in 1999 and has been playing its unique blend of melodic rock music all over the capital for the last few years. Three members of the group - Tom Hutchison, Alan Porter, and Matt Foreman - met and created the band while working for peanuts as glass collectors in Walthamstow Dog Track, East London. The line-up was completed a couple of years later with the addition of drummer Alan Enston and keyboard player Alex Butters .
The five-piece, all in their early 20s, have been making waves on the underground live music circuit since. Longshot has featured live in session on London's Xfm Radio station (104.9fm) and in the last year completed Autumn and Spring mini-tours of the South East. They have played numerous high-profile gigs at such prestigious venues as The Garage (Highbury Corner), West One Four (in Kensington), The Ocean (in Hackney), The Rock Garden (in Covent Garden), and Sound (in Leicester Square).
For more information on the group visit the band's website on www.longshotonline.co.uk , or email direct to [email protected].

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Member Since: 5/20/2006
Band Website: longshotonline.co.uk
Band Members: Tom Hutchison - lead vocals / guitar

Alan Porter - backing vocals / guitar

Matt Foreman - backing vocals / bass

Alan Enston - drums

Alex Butters - keys

Influences: Led Zepplin, Oasis, Reef, Blur, Metallica
Sounds Like: Led Zepplin, Oasis, Reef, Blur, Metallica
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Back in the saddle

Had a good band practice last night.After more than a month off we were a little bit rusty.But after rattling through a few of the older songs, we started writing a new tune that was coming out very v...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:36:00 PST

covered up

We're back in the studio tonight to continue learning these blasted cover songs for a private birthday gigsix songs doesn't sound too bad, but when you actually want to stamp your own bit of Longshot ...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:01:00 PST

Finally, a rest...

A week on from the battle of the bands and we're finally enjoying a bit of a break from the gruelling gigging schedule of the ast 12 months.We've played more gigs this year than ever before and it has...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:42:00 PST

At last

It took us three years, about a dozen performances and a lot of blood, sweat and tears but we finally did it.Battle of the bands winners 2007 - sounds good eh?Friday started with a boring day at work ...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:24:00 PST

And so to finally banish the demons

Well, we've done it again.We've made it through to the battle of the bands final for the third year running at the Standard Music Venue, Walthamstow, and face the prospect of being able to beat the de...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:03:00 PST

Ready to rock Battle of the Bands

What a couple of weeks we've had.First, there was the poor show in St Albans, which started out well but quickly descended into trouble with several teachnical hitches, including an almost unplayable ...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:05:00 PST

Another busy two weeks ahead

We've had a quite couple of weeks, shying away from rehearsals to enjoy life outside of the band after a heavy couple of months gigging.And now we're about to reconvene for another hectic schedule of ...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:48:00 PST

What a gig

I'm still recovering from last night's rip roaring show at the Royston Arms.We organise the Royston nights ourselves and pretty much everyone in the band gets a bit stressed to say the least, as we wo...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:19:00 PST

Another morning after the night before...

It was a top gig last night.We got to stretch our legs a bit more than the last few gigs with a nicely rounded 40 minute set. Sadly we had to cut a song out to fit to our time slot, but I really enjoy...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:41:00 PST

new pics

Finally, we spent an evening with some photographer friends and got some new promo and live pics of the band together.You can find them on this site and even more on our sister site www.longshotonline...
Posted by The Longshot Band UK on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:32:00 PST