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When Radiohead came along, everyone said they sounded like REM. It pissed them off. They proved otherwise. When Muse came along, everyone said they sounded like Radiohead. It pissed them off. They proved otherwise. When Fear Of Music came along, everyone said they sounded like Muse. See how this works? And the chain goes back from REM to the birth of rock’n’roll.
But rather than a lineage of influence, it’s a lineage of Greatness. And Fear Of Music – coming your way this year – have everything in place to achieve the very same. This is their story.
Fear Of Music are Jo Rose (vocals/guitar), Ali Esmaail (bass), Mike Ward (guitar) and Rick Morgan (drums). They formed as schoolfriends, took their name from a seminal Talking Heads album, and together, they’re out to give British rock its soul and spirit back, and power up their hometown of Manchester with some rocket-fuel riffs.
With the spirit of The Smashing Pumpkins, the screech of Placebo, the scale of Muse and the conscience of Manic Street Preachers, but also the grace of Jeff Buckley and the hysteria of Pixies, Fear Of Music mine a virgin sound all of their own.
You might have heard of Fear Of Music before, from the huge noise they made coming out of Manchester’s seminal Blowout nights, when their early gigs and demo recordings let the genie out of the bottle sooner than anyone could have guessed. Over three EPs, ‘Fear Of Music’ and ‘Fast Faster Fastest’ and ‘We Are Not the Enemy’, they built up an organic, devoted fanbase and everything was set for them to be Britrock’s great new hope.
Jo Rose- Sings, Guitars, Keys
Ali Esmaail- Bass
Mike Ward- Guitars
Rick Morgan - Drums
But rather than a lineage of influence, it’s a lineage of Greatness. And Fear Of Music – coming your way this year – have everything in place to achieve the very same. This is their story.
Fear Of Music are Jo Rose (vocals/guitar), Ali Esmaail (bass), Mike Ward (guitar) and Rick Morgan (drums). They formed as schoolfriends, took their name from a seminal Talking Heads album, and together, they’re out to give British rock its soul and spirit back, and power up their hometown of Manchester with some rocket-fuel riffs.
With the spirit of The Smashing Pumpkins, the screech of Placebo, the scale of Muse and the conscience of Manic Street Preachers, but also the grace of Jeff Buckley and the hysteria of Pixies, Fear Of Music mine a virgin sound all of their own.
You might have heard of Fear Of Music before, from the huge noise they made coming out of Manchester’s seminal Blowout nights, when their early gigs and demo recordings let the genie out of the bottle sooner than anyone could have guessed. Over three EPs, ‘Fear Of Music’ and ‘Fast Faster Fastest’ and ‘We Are Not the Enemy’, they built up an organic, devoted fanbase and everything was set for them to be Britrock’s great new hope.
Jo Rose- Sings, Guitars, Keys
Ali Esmaail- Bass
Mike Ward- Guitars
Rick Morgan - Drums
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14 Oct, 2008 - Goodbye From FOM
Hi everybody,
The following is a message I wrote awhile ago, and which, for reasons beyond our control, has been on standby for a painfully long time. We're pretty unhappy and frustrated that it's taken months to get to you, but better late than never, I suppose. Ideally it should have gone out when it was written, but we had to delay posting it for reasons too boring to go into. We would like to say a big, fat "sorry!" to all of you for the massive delay, and I also must apologise to anybody whose messages I've ignored over the past few months. I have been awfully rude and not answered various questions, and I'm truly sorry.
Anyway, enough of the sombre tone - you may have already guessed that the following statement is an announcement of our disbanding, but I should add that we're all doing just fine. Rick asked me to mention that he's been playing with the Lead Balloons (who I can assure you are quite superb), so do check them out. If you do have any questions, comments, messages, anything, then don't hesistate to get in touch on the MySpace, or via our band E-Mail address, fear@nettwerk.com
Lots of love, Mike, Fear of Music
Message from Fear of Music:
Dear fans,
Mike here, and I'm afraid I have bad news. The long and (sometimes) glorious relationship between Fear of Music and our record label has come to an end. In other words, we have been dropped. In light of this, we have decided to disband rather than make a vain attempt to continue on our own. In other words, we're splitting up. I know that this will come as a big shock and a big disappointment to most of you, and I hope that none of you is too crushed. I remember how upset I was when Easyworld split up, and I hate to think that we've made any of you feel like that. I'm not saying we're as good as Easyworld, but y'know...
Anyway, there it is. After a whopping six and a half years of existence, Fear of Music is no more. Our last gig was at the Cockpit in Leeds, and it was pretty brilliant, certainly a great note on which to end. Redfest unfortunately has been cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales, so unfortunately you won't be seeing us again. I feel I must apologise to anyone who never got the chance to see us play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us.
As for Jo (or Joe, as I like to spell it), Ali, Rick and myself, well, don't worry about us, we shall most definitely live to fight another day. We certainly took the news about the label's decision as a shock, but once it had time to sink in we actually handled it pretty well, and we mutually agreed that it would be best to call it a day rather than continue our journey as a band without a major label backing us. That's not say that we naturally equated being in a band with being signed to a major, or that we thought it beneath us to do things any other way - the band, I'm sad to say, was in a difficult place anyway, and it just made sense to use this as an opportunity to end whilst in our prime, instead of carrying on and watching the group slide into a slow and steady decline. The good news is that the break up is an amicable one, in fact since this has happened we've never got along better, which is great; the pressures of being in a band do unfortunately put a strain on personal relationships, and so believe it or not, we weren't always the best of friends 100% of the time. With the ways things have happened now though, we can put an end to the band in a much more healthy and happy way than if we'd carried on and split up in a year or two. Basically, we're all very good friends now, which I think you'll agree is good news.
So yeah, we're sad, but happy at the same time. I can't speak for the others, but personally it's actually kind of a relief - being in FoM just wasn't as much fun as it should have been any more and, what with the last few days of the band's existence being such happy ones, and the awesomness of the final gig in Leeds, this actually feels like the best way that things could have ended. However, I know this is probably little consolation to those of you that are upset by the news. I'm truly sorry - I know how much the band meant to some of you, and I just hope that this news doesn't hurt you too deeply. I'm sad about it too, naturally, but hey, we've all gotta move on.
Okay, I feel like I've rambled on long enough. I'll end this by saying a very, very big THANK YOU - to all of you reading this; to our uber-hardcore fanbase, i.e the ones we know by name and talk to regularly either in the real world or on the message boards and MySpace and stuff; everyone who's ever been to any of our shows; anyone who's ever listened to or bought any of our music and enjoyed it; the good, good people at our record label (no hard feelings guys) and our management; anybody who's ever helped us out, driven us around, served us a drink, played us on the radio, given us a friendly smile, written a good review of a gig or a record, given us a gig, shaken our hands, engaged in conversation with us even though we were strangers, given us money or guitars or anything, played drums for us (cheers love), provided any assistance or moral support of any kind or, well anything. Thank you to all of you. Thank you especially to our families, friends and loved ones. And pets (Pebbles, Peak or however you spell it, Darwin, Rick's tortoise, the late, great Franny and Zooey, and whatever Jo's newer Guineas are called). Thanks. Perhaps I might do a blog or something at a later date to thank people more specifically, but you all know who you are.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, we're very sorry; but don't worry, the future's bright.
Lots and lots of love,
Michael Ward
PS - chances are we'll all keep doing musical things in the future - if you're interested in hearing about what we get up to, then keep hold of us on MySpace (better yet, subscribe to the blog so that if we post one you'll know about it), stay on the mailing list, keep us alive on Facebook, any of that. Hopefully you won't have heard the last of us. Ciao!
The following is a message I wrote awhile ago, and which, for reasons beyond our control, has been on standby for a painfully long time. We're pretty unhappy and frustrated that it's taken months to get to you, but better late than never, I suppose. Ideally it should have gone out when it was written, but we had to delay posting it for reasons too boring to go into. We would like to say a big, fat "sorry!" to all of you for the massive delay, and I also must apologise to anybody whose messages I've ignored over the past few months. I have been awfully rude and not answered various questions, and I'm truly sorry.
Anyway, enough of the sombre tone - you may have already guessed that the following statement is an announcement of our disbanding, but I should add that we're all doing just fine. Rick asked me to mention that he's been playing with the Lead Balloons (who I can assure you are quite superb), so do check them out. If you do have any questions, comments, messages, anything, then don't hesistate to get in touch on the MySpace, or via our band E-Mail address, fear@nettwerk.com
Lots of love, Mike, Fear of Music
Message from Fear of Music:
Dear fans,
Mike here, and I'm afraid I have bad news. The long and (sometimes) glorious relationship between Fear of Music and our record label has come to an end. In other words, we have been dropped. In light of this, we have decided to disband rather than make a vain attempt to continue on our own. In other words, we're splitting up. I know that this will come as a big shock and a big disappointment to most of you, and I hope that none of you is too crushed. I remember how upset I was when Easyworld split up, and I hate to think that we've made any of you feel like that. I'm not saying we're as good as Easyworld, but y'know...
Anyway, there it is. After a whopping six and a half years of existence, Fear of Music is no more. Our last gig was at the Cockpit in Leeds, and it was pretty brilliant, certainly a great note on which to end. Redfest unfortunately has been cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales, so unfortunately you won't be seeing us again. I feel I must apologise to anyone who never got the chance to see us play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us.
As for Jo (or Joe, as I like to spell it), Ali, Rick and myself, well, don't worry about us, we shall most definitely live to fight another day. We certainly took the news about the label's decision as a shock, but once it had time to sink in we actually handled it pretty well, and we mutually agreed that it would be best to call it a day rather than continue our journey as a band without a major label backing us. That's not say that we naturally equated being in a band with being signed to a major, or that we thought it beneath us to do things any other way - the band, I'm sad to say, was in a difficult place anyway, and it just made sense to use this as an opportunity to end whilst in our prime, instead of carrying on and watching the group slide into a slow and steady decline. The good news is that the break up is an amicable one, in fact since this has happened we've never got along better, which is great; the pressures of being in a band do unfortunately put a strain on personal relationships, and so believe it or not, we weren't always the best of friends 100% of the time. With the ways things have happened now though, we can put an end to the band in a much more healthy and happy way than if we'd carried on and split up in a year or two. Basically, we're all very good friends now, which I think you'll agree is good news.
So yeah, we're sad, but happy at the same time. I can't speak for the others, but personally it's actually kind of a relief - being in FoM just wasn't as much fun as it should have been any more and, what with the last few days of the band's existence being such happy ones, and the awesomness of the final gig in Leeds, this actually feels like the best way that things could have ended. However, I know this is probably little consolation to those of you that are upset by the news. I'm truly sorry - I know how much the band meant to some of you, and I just hope that this news doesn't hurt you too deeply. I'm sad about it too, naturally, but hey, we've all gotta move on.
Okay, I feel like I've rambled on long enough. I'll end this by saying a very, very big THANK YOU - to all of you reading this; to our uber-hardcore fanbase, i.e the ones we know by name and talk to regularly either in the real world or on the message boards and MySpace and stuff; everyone who's ever been to any of our shows; anyone who's ever listened to or bought any of our music and enjoyed it; the good, good people at our record label (no hard feelings guys) and our management; anybody who's ever helped us out, driven us around, served us a drink, played us on the radio, given us a friendly smile, written a good review of a gig or a record, given us a gig, shaken our hands, engaged in conversation with us even though we were strangers, given us money or guitars or anything, played drums for us (cheers love), provided any assistance or moral support of any kind or, well anything. Thank you to all of you. Thank you especially to our families, friends and loved ones. And pets (Pebbles, Peak or however you spell it, Darwin, Rick's tortoise, the late, great Franny and Zooey, and whatever Jo's newer Guineas are called). Thanks. Perhaps I might do a blog or something at a later date to thank people more specifically, but you all know who you are.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, we're very sorry; but don't worry, the future's bright.
Lots and lots of love,
Michael Ward
PS - chances are we'll all keep doing musical things in the future - if you're interested in hearing about what we get up to, then keep hold of us on MySpace (better yet, subscribe to the blog so that if we post one you'll know about it), stay on the mailing list, keep us alive on Facebook, any of that. Hopefully you won't have heard the last of us. Ciao!
Hi everybody,
The following is a message I wrote awhile ago, and which, for reasons beyond our control, has been on standby for a painfully long time. We're pretty unhappy and frustrated that it's taken months to get to you, but better late than never, I suppose. Ideally it should have gone out when it was written, but we had to delay posting it for reasons too boring to go into. We would like to say a big, fat "sorry!" to all of you for the massive delay, and I also must apologise to anybody whose messages I've ignored over the past few months. I have been awfully rude and not answered various questions, and I'm truly sorry.
Anyway, enough of the sombre tone - you may have already guessed that the following statement is an announcement of our disbanding, but I should add that we're all doing just fine. Rick asked me to mention that he's been playing with the Lead Balloons (who I can assure you are quite superb), so do check them out. If you do have any questions, comments, messages, anything, then don't hesistate to get in touch on the MySpace, or via our band E-Mail address, fear@nettwerk.com
Lots of love, Mike, Fear of Music
Message from Fear of Music:
Dear fans,
Mike here, and I'm afraid I have bad news. The long and (sometimes) glorious relationship between Fear of Music and our record label has come to an end. In other words, we have been dropped. In light of this, we have decided to disband rather than make a vain attempt to continue on our own. In other words, we're splitting up. I know that this will come as a big shock and a big disappointment to most of you, and I hope that none of you is too crushed. I remember how upset I was when Easyworld split up, and I hate to think that we've made any of you feel like that. I'm not saying we're as good as Easyworld, but y'know...
Anyway, there it is. After a whopping six and a half years of existence, Fear of Music is no more. Our last gig was at the Cockpit in Leeds, and it was pretty brilliant, certainly a great note on which to end. Redfest unfortunately has been cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales, so unfortunately you won't be seeing us again. I feel I must apologise to anyone who never got the chance to see us play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us.
As for Jo (or Joe, as I like to spell it), Ali, Rick and myself, well, don't worry about us, we shall most definitely live to fight another day. We certainly took the news about the label's decision as a shock, but once it had time to sink in we actually handled it pretty well, and we mutually agreed that it would be best to call it a day rather than continue our journey as a band without a major label backing us. That's not say that we naturally equated being in a band with being signed to a major, or that we thought it beneath us to do things any other way - the band, I'm sad to say, was in a difficult place anyway, and it just made sense to use this as an opportunity to end whilst in our prime, instead of carrying on and watching the group slide into a slow and steady decline. The good news is that the break up is an amicable one, in fact since this has happened we've never got along better, which is great; the pressures of being in a band do unfortunately put a strain on personal relationships, and so believe it or not, we weren't always the best of friends 100% of the time. With the ways things have happened now though, we can put an end to the band in a much more healthy and happy way than if we'd carried on and split up in a year or two. Basically, we're all very good friends now, which I think you'll agree is good news.
So yeah, we're sad, but happy at the same time. I can't speak for the others, but personally it's actually kind of a relief - being in FoM just wasn't as much fun as it should have been any more and, what with the last few days of the band's existence being such happy ones, and the awesomness of the final gig in Leeds, this actually feels like the best way that things could have ended. However, I know this is probably little consolation to those of you that are upset by the news. I'm truly sorry - I know how much the band meant to some of you, and I just hope that this news doesn't hurt you too deeply. I'm sad about it too, naturally, but hey, we've all gotta move on.
Okay, I feel like I've rambled on long enough. I'll end this by saying a very, very big THANK YOU - to all of you reading this; to our uber-hardcore fanbase, i.e the ones we know by name and talk to regularly either in the real world or on the message boards and MySpace and stuff; everyone who's ever been to any of our shows; anyone who's ever listened to or bought any of our music and enjoyed it; the good, good people at our record label (no hard feelings guys) and our management; anybody who's ever helped us out, driven us around, served us a drink, played us on the radio, given us a friendly smile, written a good review of a gig or a record, given us a gig, shaken our hands, engaged in conversation with us even though we were strangers, given us money or guitars or anything, played drums for us (cheers love), provided any assistance or moral support of any kind or, well anything. Thank you to all of you. Thank you especially to our families, friends and loved ones. And pets (Pebbles, Peak or however you spell it, Darwin, Rick's tortoise, the late, great Franny and Zooey, and whatever Jo's newer Guineas are called). Thanks. Perhaps I might do a blog or something at a later date to thank people more specifically, but you all know who you are.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, we're very sorry; but don't worry, the future's bright.
Lots and lots of love,
Michael Ward
PS - chances are we'll all keep doing musical things in the future - if you're interested in hearing about what we get up to, then keep hold of us on MySpace (better yet, subscribe to the blog so that if we post one you'll know about it), stay on the mailing list, keep us alive on Facebook, any of that. Hopefully you won't have heard the last of us. Ciao!
The following is a message I wrote awhile ago, and which, for reasons beyond our control, has been on standby for a painfully long time. We're pretty unhappy and frustrated that it's taken months to get to you, but better late than never, I suppose. Ideally it should have gone out when it was written, but we had to delay posting it for reasons too boring to go into. We would like to say a big, fat "sorry!" to all of you for the massive delay, and I also must apologise to anybody whose messages I've ignored over the past few months. I have been awfully rude and not answered various questions, and I'm truly sorry.
Anyway, enough of the sombre tone - you may have already guessed that the following statement is an announcement of our disbanding, but I should add that we're all doing just fine. Rick asked me to mention that he's been playing with the Lead Balloons (who I can assure you are quite superb), so do check them out. If you do have any questions, comments, messages, anything, then don't hesistate to get in touch on the MySpace, or via our band E-Mail address, fear@nettwerk.com
Lots of love, Mike, Fear of Music
Message from Fear of Music:
Dear fans,
Mike here, and I'm afraid I have bad news. The long and (sometimes) glorious relationship between Fear of Music and our record label has come to an end. In other words, we have been dropped. In light of this, we have decided to disband rather than make a vain attempt to continue on our own. In other words, we're splitting up. I know that this will come as a big shock and a big disappointment to most of you, and I hope that none of you is too crushed. I remember how upset I was when Easyworld split up, and I hate to think that we've made any of you feel like that. I'm not saying we're as good as Easyworld, but y'know...
Anyway, there it is. After a whopping six and a half years of existence, Fear of Music is no more. Our last gig was at the Cockpit in Leeds, and it was pretty brilliant, certainly a great note on which to end. Redfest unfortunately has been cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales, so unfortunately you won't be seeing us again. I feel I must apologise to anyone who never got the chance to see us play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive us.
As for Jo (or Joe, as I like to spell it), Ali, Rick and myself, well, don't worry about us, we shall most definitely live to fight another day. We certainly took the news about the label's decision as a shock, but once it had time to sink in we actually handled it pretty well, and we mutually agreed that it would be best to call it a day rather than continue our journey as a band without a major label backing us. That's not say that we naturally equated being in a band with being signed to a major, or that we thought it beneath us to do things any other way - the band, I'm sad to say, was in a difficult place anyway, and it just made sense to use this as an opportunity to end whilst in our prime, instead of carrying on and watching the group slide into a slow and steady decline. The good news is that the break up is an amicable one, in fact since this has happened we've never got along better, which is great; the pressures of being in a band do unfortunately put a strain on personal relationships, and so believe it or not, we weren't always the best of friends 100% of the time. With the ways things have happened now though, we can put an end to the band in a much more healthy and happy way than if we'd carried on and split up in a year or two. Basically, we're all very good friends now, which I think you'll agree is good news.
So yeah, we're sad, but happy at the same time. I can't speak for the others, but personally it's actually kind of a relief - being in FoM just wasn't as much fun as it should have been any more and, what with the last few days of the band's existence being such happy ones, and the awesomness of the final gig in Leeds, this actually feels like the best way that things could have ended. However, I know this is probably little consolation to those of you that are upset by the news. I'm truly sorry - I know how much the band meant to some of you, and I just hope that this news doesn't hurt you too deeply. I'm sad about it too, naturally, but hey, we've all gotta move on.
Okay, I feel like I've rambled on long enough. I'll end this by saying a very, very big THANK YOU - to all of you reading this; to our uber-hardcore fanbase, i.e the ones we know by name and talk to regularly either in the real world or on the message boards and MySpace and stuff; everyone who's ever been to any of our shows; anyone who's ever listened to or bought any of our music and enjoyed it; the good, good people at our record label (no hard feelings guys) and our management; anybody who's ever helped us out, driven us around, served us a drink, played us on the radio, given us a friendly smile, written a good review of a gig or a record, given us a gig, shaken our hands, engaged in conversation with us even though we were strangers, given us money or guitars or anything, played drums for us (cheers love), provided any assistance or moral support of any kind or, well anything. Thank you to all of you. Thank you especially to our families, friends and loved ones. And pets (Pebbles, Peak or however you spell it, Darwin, Rick's tortoise, the late, great Franny and Zooey, and whatever Jo's newer Guineas are called). Thanks. Perhaps I might do a blog or something at a later date to thank people more specifically, but you all know who you are.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and again, we're very sorry; but don't worry, the future's bright.
Lots and lots of love,
Michael Ward
PS - chances are we'll all keep doing musical things in the future - if you're interested in hearing about what we get up to, then keep hold of us on MySpace (better yet, subscribe to the blog so that if we post one you'll know about it), stay on the mailing list, keep us alive on Facebook, any of that. Hopefully you won't have heard the last of us. Ciao!
30 May, 2008 - First To Go - single released on Monday!
The mighty Fear of Music are back, set to release single 'First to Go' through Columbia Records on June 2nd, the first single to be lifted from soon to be released, long awaited debut album 'Actor/Actress' . Get your copies now…
Formats
CD:
1. First to Go
2. Give it a Name
3. A Perfect Solution
4. Sheets Twist (alternative demo)
5. First to Go (video)
7"
a] First To Go
b] Tear It In Two
Order physical copies from The Official FoM store
or from HMV...
Check back on Monday for an iTunes link for an MP3 download
Mobile:
Fear Of Music 'First To Go' ringback and mastertones. are now available. Check the music pages supplied by your mobile operator
Formats
CD:
1. First to Go
2. Give it a Name
3. A Perfect Solution
4. Sheets Twist (alternative demo)
5. First to Go (video)
7"
a] First To Go
b] Tear It In Two
Order physical copies from The Official FoM store
or from HMV...
Check back on Monday for an iTunes link for an MP3 download
Mobile:
Fear Of Music 'First To Go' ringback and mastertones. are now available. Check the music pages supplied by your mobile operator
The mighty Fear of Music are back, set to release single 'First to Go' through Columbia Records on June 2nd, the first single to be lifted from soon to be released, long awaited debut album 'Actor/Actress' . Get your copies now…
Formats
CD:
1. First to Go
2. Give it a Name
3. A Perfect Solution
4. Sheets Twist (alternative demo)
5. First to Go (video)
7"
a] First To Go
b] Tear It In Two
Order physical copies from The Official FoM store
or from HMV...
Check back on Monday for an iTunes link for an MP3 download
Mobile:
Fear Of Music 'First To Go' ringback and mastertones. are now available. Check the music pages supplied by your mobile operator
Formats
CD:
1. First to Go
2. Give it a Name
3. A Perfect Solution
4. Sheets Twist (alternative demo)
5. First to Go (video)
7"
a] First To Go
b] Tear It In Two
Order physical copies from The Official FoM store
or from HMV...
Check back on Monday for an iTunes link for an MP3 download
Mobile:
Fear Of Music 'First To Go' ringback and mastertones. are now available. Check the music pages supplied by your mobile operator
15 May, 2008 - Message from Fear of Music HQ
Hi there,
If YOU would like to join the official Fear Of Music street team, please fill in your details right here. As a member of the street team, there will be plenty of perks for you along the way and we'll be in touch soon with to let you know more !
If you don't wanna join the street team but you STILL want to hear from the band and get news, offers and other cool stuff then sign up to the mailing list, PLUS get a FREE MP3 track from the band. Go here: : FearOfMusic.com
NEWSFLASH: Fear of Music have a brand new message board community – feel free to leave your thoughts and questions there! Most recent topics will appear on the site below the news. Check it all out at
FearOfMusic.com
Fear Of Music HQ
If YOU would like to join the official Fear Of Music street team, please fill in your details right here. As a member of the street team, there will be plenty of perks for you along the way and we'll be in touch soon with to let you know more !
If you don't wanna join the street team but you STILL want to hear from the band and get news, offers and other cool stuff then sign up to the mailing list, PLUS get a FREE MP3 track from the band. Go here: : FearOfMusic.com
NEWSFLASH: Fear of Music have a brand new message board community – feel free to leave your thoughts and questions there! Most recent topics will appear on the site below the news. Check it all out at
FearOfMusic.com
Fear Of Music HQ
Hi there,
If YOU would like to join the official Fear Of Music street team, please fill in your details right here. As a member of the street team, there will be plenty of perks for you along the way and we'll be in touch soon with to let you know more !
If you don't wanna join the street team but you STILL want to hear from the band and get news, offers and other cool stuff then sign up to the mailing list, PLUS get a FREE MP3 track from the band. Go here: : FearOfMusic.com
NEWSFLASH: Fear of Music have a brand new message board community – feel free to leave your thoughts and questions there! Most recent topics will appear on the site below the news. Check it all out at
FearOfMusic.com
Fear Of Music HQ
If YOU would like to join the official Fear Of Music street team, please fill in your details right here. As a member of the street team, there will be plenty of perks for you along the way and we'll be in touch soon with to let you know more !
If you don't wanna join the street team but you STILL want to hear from the band and get news, offers and other cool stuff then sign up to the mailing list, PLUS get a FREE MP3 track from the band. Go here: : FearOfMusic.com
NEWSFLASH: Fear of Music have a brand new message board community – feel free to leave your thoughts and questions there! Most recent topics will appear on the site below the news. Check it all out at
FearOfMusic.com
Fear Of Music HQ
01 May, 2008 - Leeds! This Saturday! Last Minute!
Yep, we're gonna be in Leeds this Saturday (3rd May) afternoon as part of the Live At Leeds all day music festival sorta thing. We're on at 1pm in Joseph's Well. Sorry about the lastminuteness of it, but if you're around, then come along, should be fun.
Mike x
Yep, we're gonna be in Leeds this Saturday (3rd May) afternoon as part of the Live At Leeds all day music festival sorta thing. We're on at 1pm in Joseph's Well. Sorry about the lastminuteness of it, but if you're around, then come along, should be fun.
Mike x
Mike x
19 Mar, 2008 - Blowout Gig Moved
The Blowout gig this Friday in Manchester has been moved to next Friday due to things beyond our control. We apologise if this causes problems for anybody.
Hi - first of all, the bulletin I just posted, in case you missed it -
Hi people. The Blowout gig this Friday in Manchester has been moved to next Friday due to things beyond our control. We apologise if this causes problems for anybody.
So to clarify, Fear of Music are playing Blowout at the Irish Club in Chorlton on Friday 28th March - NOT on Friday 21st March. If anything else changes then we’ll tell y’all immediately.
I’m gonna stick a blog up in a minute and all, keep your eyes peeled.
See y’all on the 28th
Ciao
Mike
That’s business out of the way then. Next week we’re gonna have a whole lotta cameras pointed at us, which will presumable suck our very souls right out of our bodies, bit by bit. You’ll see the results of all this photographic and videographic tomfoolery fairly soon, in the shape of some sexy photographs, and an equally sexy music video for our forthcoming single (that’s right, FORTHCOMING SINGLE) First To Go. How exciting.
So yeah, everything’s rocking and rolling, basically. Keep your ear to the ground and there should be much more exciting news coming your way in the coming weeks and months. At the moment we’re looking at May 12th or 19th for releasing the first single - as soon as something gets confirmed we’ll let y’all know.
Awesome
Seeyah soon!
Mike x
Hi people. The Blowout gig this Friday in Manchester has been moved to next Friday due to things beyond our control. We apologise if this causes problems for anybody.
So to clarify, Fear of Music are playing Blowout at the Irish Club in Chorlton on Friday 28th March - NOT on Friday 21st March. If anything else changes then we’ll tell y’all immediately.
I’m gonna stick a blog up in a minute and all, keep your eyes peeled.
See y’all on the 28th
Ciao
Mike
That’s business out of the way then. Next week we’re gonna have a whole lotta cameras pointed at us, which will presumable suck our very souls right out of our bodies, bit by bit. You’ll see the results of all this photographic and videographic tomfoolery fairly soon, in the shape of some sexy photographs, and an equally sexy music video for our forthcoming single (that’s right, FORTHCOMING SINGLE) First To Go. How exciting.
So yeah, everything’s rocking and rolling, basically. Keep your ear to the ground and there should be much more exciting news coming your way in the coming weeks and months. At the moment we’re looking at May 12th or 19th for releasing the first single - as soon as something gets confirmed we’ll let y’all know.
Awesome
Seeyah soon!
Mike x
27 Feb, 2008 - NME Awards
I'm trying to put off going to bed tonight for as long as possible, so here are my personal votes for tomorrow's NME awards, based on the existing nominations...
Mike here. I'm trying to put off going to bed tonight for as long as possible, so here are my personal votes for tomorrow's NME awards, based on the existing nominations (http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7215000/7215463.stm)
Best British Band - Klaxons, based on From Atlantis to Interzone and Magik, not on Golden Skans and It's Not Over
Best International Band - Arcade Fire
Best New Band - Errm, I haven't heard any of their albums. I saw the Wombats ages ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I'll choose them. Foals are pretty good too, mind, runners up.
Best Live Band - I haven't seen any of these bands in the last 12 months (except on TV, which doesn't count), but I've seen the Monkeys and Muse before, and they were both very good. I'll say Muse.
Best Solo Artist - Tough one, none of them is jaw droppingly awesome, but they're all pretty good. I'll be controversial and go with Kate Nash.
Best Album - Klaxons and Radiohead are the only ones I've properly listened to. Radiohead, I suppose.
Best track - Weirdly enough I'm gonna say Men's Needs by the Cribs. Bloc Party are close runners up with Flux, mind.
Best Video - These videos are all a bit rubbish. Teddy Picker by the Monkeys is the least rubbish. Teenagers by MCR is the second least rubbish.
Best Dancefloor Filler - I haven't really been on a dancefloor in the past 12 months, but I imagine that D.A.N.C.E by Justice would be the most likely of these tracks to get me shakin' my ass. Having said that, From Atlantis to Interzone is a better song in general, and I suppose I could dance to it in a scary kinda way. Alright, Klaxons have it.
Best Music DVD - Unplugged in New York by Nirvana. It's the only of these I've actually seen, but it'd probably still win if I'd seen all the others.
Best Live Event - Glastonbury wins by default, it's the only one I went to.
Hero of the Year - What a stupid category. Thom Yorke.
Villain of the Year - Again. Err, George Dubya
Best Dressed - Jesus. I really don't care. Umm, Alex Turner.
Worst Dressed - Again with the not caring. Mika.
Best Album Artwork - Manics, Send Away the Tigers
Best Radio Show - Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Worst Album - I haven't heard any of them, but imagine it would be Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika.
Worst Band - 30 Seconds to Mars
Best TV Show - Skins
Best Film - Control. Honourable mention must go to Superbad as well. Break yoself, fool!
Sexiest Man - It's gotta be Julian Barratt. During the last year though I have seen both Nicky Wire and Patrick Wolf up close and in the flesh, and they're both pretty damn sexy too.
Sexiest Woman - Kylie, of course.
Best Venue - I'll say Glasgow Barrowlands, just because it's the only one I've visited in the past 12 months. It was cool.
Best Website - YouTube
Best Band Blog - Fear of...whaddya mean we're not nominated? Fine then, Radiohead.
Best Music Blog - None of these mean anything to me. I'll go with Stereogum, as it has the best name.
Best British Band - Klaxons, based on From Atlantis to Interzone and Magik, not on Golden Skans and It's Not Over
Best International Band - Arcade Fire
Best New Band - Errm, I haven't heard any of their albums. I saw the Wombats ages ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I'll choose them. Foals are pretty good too, mind, runners up.
Best Live Band - I haven't seen any of these bands in the last 12 months (except on TV, which doesn't count), but I've seen the Monkeys and Muse before, and they were both very good. I'll say Muse.
Best Solo Artist - Tough one, none of them is jaw droppingly awesome, but they're all pretty good. I'll be controversial and go with Kate Nash.
Best Album - Klaxons and Radiohead are the only ones I've properly listened to. Radiohead, I suppose.
Best track - Weirdly enough I'm gonna say Men's Needs by the Cribs. Bloc Party are close runners up with Flux, mind.
Best Video - These videos are all a bit rubbish. Teddy Picker by the Monkeys is the least rubbish. Teenagers by MCR is the second least rubbish.
Best Dancefloor Filler - I haven't really been on a dancefloor in the past 12 months, but I imagine that D.A.N.C.E by Justice would be the most likely of these tracks to get me shakin' my ass. Having said that, From Atlantis to Interzone is a better song in general, and I suppose I could dance to it in a scary kinda way. Alright, Klaxons have it.
Best Music DVD - Unplugged in New York by Nirvana. It's the only of these I've actually seen, but it'd probably still win if I'd seen all the others.
Best Live Event - Glastonbury wins by default, it's the only one I went to.
Hero of the Year - What a stupid category. Thom Yorke.
Villain of the Year - Again. Err, George Dubya
Best Dressed - Jesus. I really don't care. Umm, Alex Turner.
Worst Dressed - Again with the not caring. Mika.
Best Album Artwork - Manics, Send Away the Tigers
Best Radio Show - Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Worst Album - I haven't heard any of them, but imagine it would be Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika.
Worst Band - 30 Seconds to Mars
Best TV Show - Skins
Best Film - Control. Honourable mention must go to Superbad as well. Break yoself, fool!
Sexiest Man - It's gotta be Julian Barratt. During the last year though I have seen both Nicky Wire and Patrick Wolf up close and in the flesh, and they're both pretty damn sexy too.
Sexiest Woman - Kylie, of course.
Best Venue - I'll say Glasgow Barrowlands, just because it's the only one I've visited in the past 12 months. It was cool.
Best Website - YouTube
Best Band Blog - Fear of...whaddya mean we're not nominated? Fine then, Radiohead.
Best Music Blog - None of these mean anything to me. I'll go with Stereogum, as it has the best name.
20 Feb, 2008 - Hello hello hello
Alright, no more messin' around. The album's been mastered, it's in the bag, the singles are lined up and ready to go, and FoM are ready to finally get cracking.
Alright, no more messin' around. The album's been mastered, it's in the bag, the singles are lined up and ready to go, and FoM are ready to finally get cracking. We've got a few gigs lined up, which you'll find right here on our MySpace page. It's mainly small venues, supporting local bands and that kinda thing, to get us warmed up for the rest of the year ahead. Expect to see more dates popping up over the coming weeks, as we'll be getting very busy indeed. It's been very frustating being so inactive over the past couple of years, but it really does look like the time is upon us. I know I've said this sort of thing before, so I don't expect you to believe me, but do keep an eye on this here MySpace for all manner of exciting happenings.
We're hopefully looking at some time in May for the first single (which'll be First to Go, you can listen to it here on le MySpace) - hopefully we'll be able to give you a proper, confirmed release date soon, as well as a better idea of when the next single and the album'll be out. With the first single out in May and the album some time in the summer, we've got plenty of time to a) put the finishing touches to the songs in the practice room, b) engage in all manner of promotional tomfoolery in order to put the word out that, oh yes FoM are coming at ya (in a Cleopatra stylee...anyone? No? Ah well...) and of course, c) travel the length and breadth of the land performing for all you good, good people.
It's gonna be awesome.
Woop!
Mike x
We're hopefully looking at some time in May for the first single (which'll be First to Go, you can listen to it here on le MySpace) - hopefully we'll be able to give you a proper, confirmed release date soon, as well as a better idea of when the next single and the album'll be out. With the first single out in May and the album some time in the summer, we've got plenty of time to a) put the finishing touches to the songs in the practice room, b) engage in all manner of promotional tomfoolery in order to put the word out that, oh yes FoM are coming at ya (in a Cleopatra stylee...anyone? No? Ah well...) and of course, c) travel the length and breadth of the land performing for all you good, good people.
It's gonna be awesome.
Woop!
Mike x
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