ELECTRASY 'music without industry'...we've (finally) released the 3rd album, and it's got great reviews...so we're well chuffed!...
Gigs are pretty rare at the moment (we're posting them all here on myspace,sometimes at very short notice)...much love from all of us in electrasy.x
Ali & Steve have played music together since school in Dorset,England -
oh shit, that was twenty years ago!! At the same time Nige, Paul and Jim were also going through teenage mental health issues in Wales...
Some years later and with a full patch of pubic hair Steve put out a free WANTED advert for bass player 'must be open minded'...Nige phoned and pretty much immediately started writing great songs.
The band gigged as much as possible playing various pubs with various drummers under various names (eg,Ruby,Crush,Vivid)...all on a tight budget.
The band needed a dedicated/solid drummer and hammond organ/rhodes player.
Steve discussed options with Nige and it became obvious to invite Paul...at the first rehearsal things stepped up at least two gears.
Jim happened to be living in the same house as Paul (in London) who also happened to play Hammond & Rhodes...'Electrasy' was formed from a mixture of 'Ecstasy' and 'Electric'.
The band recorded a bunch of songs including 'Morning Afterglow' in PJ Harveys home near Bridport which lead to a major record deal with MCA/Universal. Approx £1,000,000 was totted up in recording, marketing, video making and touring the debut album 'Beautiful Insane' (1998). The album was released but funding stopped; stranded! MCA/Universal merged with Polygram and Electrasy eventually walked away.
After recording new material the band decided to drop their management. Nige and Steve met with Clive Davis (Arista) in the penthouse suite at the rather posh Dorchester Hotel in London. Ali eventually arrived from Scotland and headed straight for the drinks cabinet (bless him). Clive took pity and gave Electrasy a second chance.
Alex Meadows joined in on bass freeing up Nige to play second guitar...the band recorded & released the second album 'In Here We Fall' which started doing very well; unfortunately Clive was asked to leave Arista and everything grounded to a halt. Stranded again!
LA Reid eventually replaced Clive and asked Electrasy to record a third album ('wired for dreaming')...Sept 11th happened and the band got dropped in 2002...
well,...we're just enjoying playing music again...simple eh!
