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R.A.N.T

Musical Freedom Fighters

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorHmmmm, band bio......... shall we be serious?.....or shall we be flippant? do you know what? i don't really know. the thing is we have been together for three years or so and we have written some ace songs, they have been called unique, clever, vibrant, indecipherable, catchy and they have some furking great singalong chorussessess. Three years ago we couldn't even play our instruments but now on good days we can, sometimes even together, at the same time, how good is that? A cross between the clash and barry manilow, no that's not right...barry gibb?...no, McGuigan?....barry somebody anyhoo. We don't stand on stage idley twiddling our plectrums, we give a show and we are starting to get people to take notice, Hoorah. Those who have seen us know, those who haven't will be amazed, at what people with heart can get away with. We play with soul and with the love of performing live ......come and check it out.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/11/2006
Band Website: Had one, Lost one, Dooh!
Band Members: cobee drums and vocals; paul; guitar and vocals; garry; bass and vocals;
Influences: Paul; Punk, all sorts of punk, good and bad. Lurve bands as diverse as massive attack, Nick Cave, Nick Harper, Slade, Rage against the Machine, Red Hot Chilis,all the flash guitarists, Jimi, Stevie Ray, Tom Morello etc. But favourites are the local bands such as Asbos, Camera, Cream Tangerine, Mooi, PotQ and all the others too many to mention ............................................................ ....................................................Garry; I have always loved music. Coming from a family of musicians it was unavoidable I was always surrounded by music so I do have very varied taste although I do tend to lean on the darker side. The band I like the most is Led Zeppelin. The guy with a guitar has to be Nick Harper. The four string thumper Gordon Rowley of Strife, Skin basher John Bonham. I listen to Queens of the Stone age, Kasabian, Fratellis, John Lee Hooker, Alice Cooper, Juicy Luicy, Carl Orff, Bjork, James Brown, Aretha Franklyn, Janis Joplin, David Bowie, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Johnny Cash, Carl Orf, Howlin Wolf, Marc Bolan and T.Rex and many more. Locally I love Cream Tangerine they have a great sound along with Part of the Queue. Stuntface give a great performance and Mooi made me go gulp this rooms smokie...................................................... ............................................................ .................Nick (Cobee); Many Many different musical interests, Early Days included, Sabbath, Bonzo Dog, Slade, and... (Forgive me boys) 10cc! My reasons for liking them was the sheer diversity of musical styles they produced, but still retained integrity. later 70s, As Punk really bit into the fabric of society, I loved just about all of it. Sheer power and Charisma, Pistols, clash, damned, but then I saw three performances which have never left me. The first was the a Clash gig during which Joe tripped backwards smacked his head on a speaker and was out of it for 20 seconds, as soon as he came round he continued to sing and wobbled his way round bleeding and screaming for the rest of the set. That was a show! Then John Otway in Erics, the way he engaged the audience was real showmanship (he also broke his ankle during that gig leaping into an audience which in a split second parted in the middle). Then I saw the Tubes in Manchester. Music Average, But I Loved the way they used punk as a vehicle for a wild caberet type show. 80's; liked some novelty electronic songs in the 80's but not to excess. quite liked ZZ top, again more showmanship and great videos than tremendous music. 90's: Some great new breeds; Apollo 440, Death in Vegas. Yello. will always love them. (listen to pocket universe on a good stereo, dont talk over the top of it and you'll see). Divine comedy deserve a mention. Oasis don't. I Like many of our local bands Asbos,A2M, POQ and watch out for the young Project Romeo they must get somewhere on Charisma alone!...................................................... ................................................... Thanx 4 listening!.................................................. ............................................................ . ............................................................ ...................................................
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Sounds Like: It is difficult to say who we sound like, we have our own sound. Come and see us live you tell us who you think we sound like. We vary from the Damed, Dwight Yokam, Led Zeppelin, Bonzo dog band and Bob Marley and any one else you like us to sound alike. P.S. We do tend to shout!
Record Label: Wanted a manager who can believe!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Rant Album Now Released.

Rant : For the common good : 13 Excellent Tracks all written and Performed by Rant : Complete with a Lyric Booklet is Now for Sale: £8 (Free Uk P+P) Contact any Band Member or Phone 01244 822398....
Posted by R.A.N.T on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:55:00 PST

new album

We're just finishing the definative R.A.N.T album, watch this space for updates and downloads and all that complicated stuff
Posted by R.A.N.T on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:35:00 PST

Yule Tidal Waves

Merry Ho Honess to one and all, We apologise for Two gigs being cancelled at short notice but I'm afraid it was out of our hands. We wish you all a great merrymenticous time with lots of fun laughter ...
Posted by R.A.N.T on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:25:00 PST

Dudley Arms

So the mighty trucks(two estates!) fill up with equipment and hit the road again this time to sunny Rhyl. As soon as we got there we all felt happy another great dive clientel spikey hair...
Posted by R.A.N.T on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:15:00 PST

hols

oh well, here i am in the sun, pristine turquoise seas, ice cold beer, beautiful women la di da. If anything exciting happens i will let you know. Paul
Posted by R.A.N.T on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:47:00 PST

Paul Away Boohoo boohoo boo-who!

Fair dos Lizard sounds ace we have got a couple of more tracks to sort out then we will put something out on CD for your lugholes to listen to. Paul has just nipped out to Australia the way you d...
Posted by R.A.N.T on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:22:00 PST

Latest from Rant

Yo Dudes and Dudetts This is me talking giving you our latest Blog. Wedensday Rant went to the new Ferndale studios to see the set up and practice a few songs. We all had a jolly good time, the studio...
Posted by R.A.N.T on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:13:00 PST