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THE BERRIEZ

A BRILLIANT SLICE OF INDIE ROCK 'N' ROLL" (xfm)

About Me

The Berriez met at Taylor High School where all five members tried hard to attend. They formed just after leaving and have been writing, recording and gigging ever since, packing out every new music venue in and around central Scotland on their merry way. Singing in their own accents and putting it together with great melodies and stories, the band has a snowballing fan base throughout Scotland (as well as the internet!). ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----With a tribe of local supporters firmly established in Motherwell’s Starka Bar in 2005 (cue Berriez! Berriez! Berriez! chant), 2006 saw XFM hop on the Berriez bandwagon also, as well as phenomenal headline shows in King Tut’s, Barfly and The Renfrew Ferry to name a few. 2007 saw the boys step up another level to play a T-Break showcase gig in Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms in association with T in the Park and Radio 1 as well as gain more support from radio and the press. Currently previewing new live songs, recording an EP and embarking on another gigging schedule, the boys are still hard at work.------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------With an enigmatic guitarist, a rhythm section who are as mad as each other and even a pair of bickering siblings thrown in, The Berriez not only tick all your favourite indie boxes but offer you an honest freshness through their sizeable catalogue of poetic and melodic pop songs. Songs brought to you by a band which boasts 3 composers, 4 lyricists, 2 vocalists and the best young drummer you’re likely to see. Never a band short of ideas or the willingness to entertain, don’t be surprised if you’re chanting Berriez! Berriez! Berriez! before long.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: wearetheberriez.bebo.com
Band Members: Liam Kerr (vocals), Ewen Kerr (rythmn guitar), Paul Dunn (lead guitar), Teedle (Drums), Smeds (bass)
Influences: Oasis, Prince, Led Zeppelin, Stone Roses, The Smiths, Teenage Fanclub, The Jam, The Kinks, The Beatles, Travis, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Dave Weckl Band, Happy Mondays, Kings of Leon, The Charlatans, The Seahorses, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, T-Rex.
Sounds Like: The Ice-cream van
Record Label: -
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Complete Stone Roses/Capitol Gigs

Let us know if you want any tickets to the february or march gigs. Motherwell Civic Centre on sat the 9th Feb with the complete stone roses is £15. (Still some left, LET US KNOW SOON) Capit...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:26:00 PST

ANOTHER GOOD REVIEW

WE FOUND THIS ON A MUSIC WEBSITE The Berriez are five blokes from Motherwell in Lanarkshire, singing in their own accents and putting it together with great melodies and stories about their lives the ...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:01:00 PST

TBREAK 2007 INFO

Thanks for all the support throughout the tbreak competition. The gig in Edinburgh Liquid Rooms was a great success, we'll let everyone know how we did at the end of the month. Thanks to everyone at T...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:59:00 PST

Central fm interview/acoustic set!

Hiya people, we (ewen and paul) did an interview and acoustic versions of MID OCTOBER and GOD KNOWS WHERE on 103.1 central fm the interview will be aired between 2pm - 3pm 2moro (13.12.06) and the cho...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:08:00 PST

XFM GO RADIO RENTAL!!!!!!!!

forgot to tell y'all (in a blog), jim gellatly at xfm scotland has been playing 'radio rental' on his x-posure show (mon-thu 10pm-1am, 106fm), so thanks to him for that and thanks again to everyo...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:30:00 PST

PHARAOHS REVIEW *****

this is what the good people of pharaohs coatbridge thought of us;   The Berriez have played for us twice, on the 5th of May and the 21st of July.  This Motherwell based band have really go...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:11:00 PST

a week in the life of the berriez (nudity scale)

the berriez are usually all together 3 times a week. two of these occasions are music related and one is usually in a drinking/nightclub/partying/pub capacity. the 1st instance would be what...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:46:00 PST

Birth of The Berriez!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birth of the Berriez by Ewen hold on i'm nearly finished The Berriez came about when myself, Paul and Stephen (Teedle) used to make a racket in my garage in Newarthill (before the time of AS...
Posted by THE BERRIEZ on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:05:00 PST