Gig Opportunity for a band - Help!!

[charic]

Hi Guys,

A friend of mine has had a band drop out of his wedding at the last minute.

The wedding is in 6 weeks, they're looking for something "generally" palatable, Hour and a half of original music.

Can anyone help out? If you can post up any links here I'll forward him a link to this thread.

Thanks

[Roger2611]

Hi,

These guys are not too far away and are a very good live band doing general covers http://boxeddy.com/

Mention Rog from Yodaclub recommended them to you

[charic]

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1464335073' post='3058469']
Hi,

These guys are not too far away and are a very good live band doing general covers [url="http://boxeddy.com/"]http://boxeddy.com/[/url]

Mention Rog from Yodaclub recommended them to you
[/quote]

Looking for originals rather than covers mate but thanks

[RhysP]

How about these?
http://4lab.co.uk

[dannybuoy]

Not sure what 'generally palatable' means, but the best originals band from Schneerts I know of is The Simpletone. They play rock ranging from ballads to heavy riffing, all original. Not sure they've ever played a wedding before but I'm sure they'd be up for it to help pay for the recording of their new album! Tell the groom to get his bum down the Vine in Buckden this Sunday if he wants to check them out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4AB7vdchck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCoNKdzGXSY

Edited May 27, 2016 by dannybuoy

[dannybuoy]

These guys are local too: http://www.themojoslide.com

[gapiro]

Give me a buzz - i'm in cambridge/st ives and will be able to sort something out ...

[gapiro]

ps, +1 to The Mojo slide,
The Hot Lights - power Pop type stuff - https://www.facebook.com/TheHotLights/?fref=ts

Delta Rhythm - Latin Jazz Quartet - https://www.facebook.com/deltarhythmjazz

[smaz]

Where abouts is the wedding? For those on mobile who don't have the location info from profiles

[Muppet]

these guys are local to you and seem to fit the bill http://www.lexiegreen.com

[charic]

I've gigged with mojoslide, definitely not forgotten them

I should have mentioned we're actually travelling to the wedding and IIRC it's actually in the knebworth area.

Thanks for all the input so far!

[blue]

Do originals bands usually play weddings in the UK?

In the States 90% of the wedding business goes to DJs and 10% to function bands.

Blue

[RockfordStone]

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1464362971' post='3058878']
Do originals bands usually play weddings in the UK?

In the States 90% of the wedding business goes to DJs and 10% to function bands.

Blue
[/quote]
i don't think it's too dissimilar here to be honest, but sometimes people just like something different.
personally i can't see the standard wedding crowd reacting to an originals band as they would a covers band, but when it comes to weddings its a very personal thing.

[charic]

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1464363637' post='3058887']

i don't think it's too dissimilar here to be honest, but sometimes people just like something different.
personally i can't see the standard wedding crowd reacting to an originals band as they would a covers band, but when it comes to weddings its a very personal thing.
[/quote]

Its a bit of an alternative do. There's more than one band playing too, the other may be a covers band