Band name:
Wasting Arrows.
Where are you
from?
Portsmouth, England.
Who is in your band?
Stuart Hunt -
vocals guitar
Paul Bailey -
guitar / vocals
Tom Hopkins -
bass
Phil Thompson -
drums
How
would you describe yourselves?
Wasting Arrows
are a four-piece band whose repertoire consists of an electric
mix of chord-crammed, lyrically interesting and occasionally quirky
tunes, tempered by engaging and energetic pop melodies.
The band was formed by Stuart Hunt and Paul Bailey, who became close
friends at school and started writing music together in 2004. The pair formed
the band Motif in 2006 and, following a string of drummers and one bassist,
they finally formed the current line-up in early 2013. Bringing in their friend
Tom Hopkins on bass and then after searching online ads, finally found drummer Phil Thompson - well-known for his previous groups The Fret and
Hazy Eyed Smiles. The new line up is now finally coming to
fruition.
Wasting Arrows
are currently in the throes of rehearsing and recording in preparation for
their live shows and will
pick up the pace a little in 2014 with more live dates, including out of town
gigs and some new recordings as they have been working on some new material for
the past few months.
Who are your
main influences musically?
Our influences our varied between the group. Influences include: Blur, Ride, Queens of the Stone Age, The Smiths, The
Stone Roses, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, to name a few.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
We just want to make music we enjoy and have people come
to our shows and share our passion.
What
has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Having 80 people
turn up to see us at our first and only gig so far at the Fat Fox (Southsea) on
31st July this year was pretty cool, hopefully it's a sign of things to
come.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
Loving every minute so far!
If
you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it
be and why?
It would
probably be Taking Things as it's the song that really gelled in rehearsal and
it kinda represents the starting point for the band where we all looked at each
other as if to say "yeah this is gonna work"
Where can we
listen to it?
Where
can we find out more about your music?
Twitter:
@wasting_arrows @WastingArrowsUk
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