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 Alex and the Straglers's Profile |
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Sublime, Altenative, Indie Rock?!?? |
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| Location: | Milton Keynes, |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jun 9, 2008 (72 days back) |
About Me |
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| We are so chuffed to announce this years AlternAid was a great success and we raised £526 for Barnardo's to help support vunerable and disadvantaged children and families all over the UK.Our endless thanks go to the following people without whom....Ellie
W.A.R.
Rusty G's
Sovrin
Chubba - Sound Engineer extrodinaire - we love ya man!
Laurie Storey & the team at the WMC Bletchley for the venue, endless support and over half the raffle prizes!!
Joel Manan & the team at Marshall Amplification for the excellent backline gear
Ultimate Print & Design - for doing our posters & flyers (T.01908 648777)
Mac's Music Store - www.macsmusicstore.co.uk for donating raffle prize
Kemble Pianos - for raffle prizes
Cherry Hudson - for charming the admission fee out of the punters all night while keeping the door running nice and smooth - and tearing up endless raffle tickets!
Cal Hudson - for tireless work providing ultra-low key security (not needed once!!) doing the photography, persuading the generous folk coming in to buy raffle tickets, staying charming & STILL managing to get shit-faced before leaving....CLASS!
Stu Hudson - for photography and stage securityand most of all to those of who came down, saw, rocked out and gave so generouslyHello people and welcome to our 'space'! Thanks for stopping by and taking a few mins to root about the site.So...who are we then?Alex and the Straglers have been in existence since around the end of 05 and, it has to be said, the current (peculiar..some would say) line-up came about almost accidently.Former 'Nothing Purple' lead singer/ lead guitarist Gemma Hudson had (once again!) found herself lacking in a supply of musicians who matched her tenacity and motivation for getting a band off the ground found an unlikely sonwriting foil in classically trained singer Heather Garner (aka Cartoon Head...C.H. for short) and after several writing sessions found Gem's wee brother Craig tapping away to their tunes on his newly aquired drumkit.As Craig's drumming prowess grew into Moon inspired beat lunacy and so his place in the group became assured.Perhaps the most bizarre addition to the line-up comes in the form of the man the simply call 'Hacker'. Almost twice the age of the next youngest Stragler, Hacker had collaborated with Gemz on the (rapidly becoming legendary) track '7 Days' which remains in the set today and had initially agreed to sit in on early rehearsals while the search for a bass player continued. However a few more songs co-written and his unique take on how a bass riff should go and he too is now a permanent fixture in the band. mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://lads.myspace.com/slides/photoslider.swf?u=786139 46" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="445" height="230"on one final note, our long awaited debut single "a.k.a Woman" is at last available. you can buy it from us at one of our shows, or you can purchase it from mac's music store, in the agora centre in bletchley. tel. number: 01908 373928. go instore and buy one today for only £2.50!! |
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Music:Member Since: 5/17/2006Band Website: alexandthestraglers.piczo.com Band Members: MyGen Profile GeneratorHacker: Bass Guitar...so, so deep...i think he's asleep!------------ Heather Garner :Lead vocals, rythm guitar....did someone say "banjo"?????Gem Hudson: Lead guitar...er no make that SUBLIME lead guitar------ Craig Hudson: THUNDEROUS Drums...the best..'Craig Hudson - type' drummer in the world Influences: Tom: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Entwistle, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Noel Gallagher and of course Paul Weller. -----Heth: Elvis, the Beatles, The Kinks and The Clash ----Gemz: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, BB King, Paul Weller and The Police.-----------Craig: Keith Moon, Simon Phillips, Ringo Starr, Stewart Copeland and Rick Buckler. Sounds Like: Hopefully soon you can tell us....influenced by Oasis, Weller, Beatles, The Who, Zutons, Fratellis, Johnny Cash( who put that there??????????) We think that we sound like Alex and the Straglers Record Label: none Type of Label: None |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Rock / Indie) |
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Lots of new songs for Stony Live this weekend... |
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| If you havent seen us in a while then its time you got something new from us so we're glad to say that we've added 8 new songs to our set for our gig at Stony Live this Saturday.
Thats 8 new re... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:06:00 PST |
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See us LIVE at Esquires Bedford Fri 2nd May!! |
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| We are pleased to be supporting Royston Jones along with The Vice on Friday 2nd of May at Esquires in Bedford. (See our shows for more details)
Both Royston and the Vice are outstanding bands who... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:18:00 PST |
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Supporters of AlternAid 2008 |
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| With thanks to;
Marshall Amplification - www.marshallamps.com
Mac's Music Store - www.macsmusicstore.co.uk
Ultimate Print & Design - 01908 648777
Kemble London
and please do check out the other pe... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:01:00 PST |
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DEBUT SINGLE RELEASED TODAY |
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| Our long awaited debut single "a.k.a Woman" is at last available. you can buy it from us at one of our shows, or you can purchase it from Mac's Musicstore, in the Agora centre in Bletchley. (tel. numb... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:56:00 PST |
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Debut Single |
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| No more waiting!! After an excellent session at Runway Studios we have recorded the debut single aka Woman
Just waiting for the sleeve artwork to be sorted and you'll all be able to buy it!!!!!
Watch... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:27:00 PST |
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Comic Relief - a BIG Thankyou! |
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| We are so happy to say that the Comic Relief gig on Friday 16th went off brilliantly and we think had a little for every one!!
What with 5 bands, a DJ, Karaoke, a couple of impromtu male strippers an... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:59:00 PST |
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Comic Relief gig!! Fri16th March. Dolphin Pub. Bletchley. |
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| Hey there!!
Ok, so it's Comic Relief nite on friday evening 16th March. What to do? What to do?
Well, being the sensitive (?) caring (no...really) bunch that we are we really want to contri... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:54:00 PST |
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Demo Runthrough of Going home.... |
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| K folks! The song you should be able to hear right now is a sneak listen inside our reheasral room as we write new material. The song itself, 'Going Home' was origionally started in November of 05 and... Posted by Alex and the Straglers on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:25:00 PST |
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Hudson, Gemz, SOVRIN, Rusty G’s, Ellie, The Kranx, Bedford Esquires, ROYSTON JONES, VICES, Marshall Amplification, Stuey, Underpass @ CRAUFORD ARMS!!, Wolverton, MK, Runway Studios, lew, Couragelive, Laur, Mumbly Joe, Nicholas., Kitten, Jodiee ♥.x, Elysia., Liz, i like you because you are in a band, RICE AND PEAS[x Onloy x], Atropos, BigMac, Franella, tori*, A Place for Music, [s p i c e g i r l], Rich Sky, [S]chtev, noel gallagher, Ocean Colour Scene, Faye-Faye, The Pitz Club, Aptly Named MUSIC, A&M Records, Jeanne, SoundARC Studios, Alex and the Straglers, Kinky Retro, Digital Revolution Records, RAVENOUS PROMOTIONS, New Pollution Fanzine - ISSUE 15: OUT NOW!!, Backline Photography UK, Rebel Soul Collective, THE BRYTE, mr entertainment, TerrapinTrainstation, FIRETYPE
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