Formed in 1981 and one of Europe's finest Rock ‘n' Roll bands, The Firebirds are Jim Plummer , Richie Lorriman and Jason Bryant. With three first class Musicians / Vocalists The Firebirds are able to cover the complete spectrum of 1950s' and 1960s' music, from Commercial Rock ‘n' Roll Songs to Rockabilly, Harmonised Doo Wop, Instrumentals, Ballads, and their Own Compositions.

Having backed some of the great American Singers of yesteryear including Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Feathers, Charlie Gracie, Ray Campi and Sleepy La Beefe to name but a few, the band has also played alongside British greats such as Marti Wilde, Lonnie Donegan and Showaddywaddy.

Following their transition from semi-professional to professional in 1991, The Firebirds have gone from strength to strength. Having been voted ‘Act of the month' by Club Mirror, they have since played alongside household names such as Bob Monkhouse, Tom O'Connor, and Freddie Starr.

During 1992 The Firebirds performed at the official opening of the Euro Disney Theme Park in Paris.

The Firebirds have undertaken extensive tours both in Britain and abroad. At home they have had very successful Summer Seasons performing at Holiday Venues, nightclubs and Military Establishments etc. The foreign tours included Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, France, Italy, Denmark and Spain, and entertained passengers on two Mediterranean Cruises.

Following their sell out tour of Denmark , The Firebirds were asked to top the bill at the Messan Music Festival in the former Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade. The band was also booked by the Trident Recording Studio's in London to record the sound track for a ‘Learn to Jive Video', which is now being marketed worldwide.

Their three latest albums, recorded on the Rockville label, ‘The Firebirds Live' with selected tracks recorded from live performances across the world and… ‘Rock and Roll Special' recorded with Linda Gail Lewis, the younger sister of the great Jerry Lee Lewis, have further boosted sales figures of The Firebirds CD's, videos and albums throughout the UK, Europe and as far afield as Japan, America, Russia and the Far East.

During May 2000 The Firebirds made their first visit to the USA playing venues in Memphis and Las Vegas. The Firebirds were honoured to be the only non American band to be invited to play the Rockabilly Festival 2002 at the Carl Perkins Civic Centre in Jackson, Tennessee; this huge event marked the 50th Birthday of the Sun Record label and the 25th Anniversary of the death of Elvis.

More recently The Firebirds have played the Paris Music Festival and Corporate functions in both Rome and Denmark. At home, corporate events amongst others saw The Firebirds entertaining guests for the Priory Group and the David Lloyd Leisure Company. The latest album Dance Girl Dance was recorded in their recently built recording studio, where their new Doo Wop album is now nearing completion.
www.firebirds.co.uk

The Story of Tribute To Nothing began sometime in the mid ‘80s. Inspired by everything that makes a sound, six year old, Ben Turner discovered his mums household pots and pans and started begging his parents for a drum kit. Four long years later his desire was finally fulfilled. Shortly after, his two brothers Jim (Bass) and Sam (Guitar) followed his passion and proved to be highly talented kids at the early ages of 12 & 14.

As early as their second show the band played in front of a couple of hundred people, among them an EMI promotions manager. Even though they hadn’t yet found their own sound the band’s energy and passion for music secured them a support show with ‘90s chart toppers Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. Shortly afterwards the band found themselves in the Birmingham BBC studios recording their first real demo. The band then found themselves signing an album deal with Go Disc (a division of Polygram) whilst guitarist Sam was still only 13 years old.

After a very short period of time Tribute To Nothing developed into a true and honest post-hardcore band. The success continued as magazines got interested in the band, title pages were offered, the band played TV shows and even the legendary John Peel invited them to record an hour long session for his show.

After only a handful of singles the band decided to leave the major industry behind, frustrated by the impersonal handling of the band and the continued emphasis on money before music. Tribute To Nothing then founded their own label - Lockjaw Records to regain total control of their musical direction.

The beginning of 2003 saw Tribute To Nothing's fourth studio album emerge. It was the first record supported by their brand new band member Kris Stammer, an old school-friend of the band. His unique approach and style of playing guitar complemented the bands complex post-hardcore sound perfectly. 'Act Without Words' was also the first release in the bands history that gained European attention. The band found a new loyal following in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Spain and the Benelux were next in line to embrace the band and add to their ever-growing European support. The year 2003 also marked the beginning of a mammoth European Tour which has led the band all over the continent and seen them play more than 250 shows in the past 2 years.

The band have now signed with Berlin based Destiny Records, instead of going back to better-endowed deals in major business and six months after their last tour the band is embarking again on another year of touring, to promote the new album, 'How Many Times Did We Live?' . In March the whole European BSF-tour is the first of the year before the band hit the road again, playing constantly the following month. The lads will be doing what they do best …playing live and trusting the life that they know.
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Vega 4 are John McDaid (vocals & guitar), Simon Walker (bass), Bruce Gainsford (guitar) and Bryan McLellan (drums). They may cover the Commonwealth (McDaid is Irish, Walker is English, Gainsford is from NZ and McLellan hails from Canada) but their aspirations and potential are nothing short of global.

The band are about to release an album produced by Jacknife Lee, and will be releasing their first single soon.
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Adam Newman and Lez Elston met in 1991 at a recording studio in Oxfordshire where Adam was in house programmer/engineer and Lez was working with his band M.A.D. Adam soon Joined the band as their drummer and for the following 3 years M.A.D. played across the Industrial and Fetish scene in London alongside the likes of Apollo 440 and Skunk Anansie.

Coming from a Rock and Industrial Metal Bands background, LAB4 started out at the end of 1994 after being offered a record deal with Frankfurt electronica / techno label Pod Communications if they turned there skills to writing techno. Their first gig was playing at Ministry of Sound with the world famous fetish club Torture Garden. From here they continued to play alongside such legends as Josh Wink, Laurent Garnier and Carl Cox at the legendary Universe (Tribal Gathering) parties at Club UK in Wandsworth, until sadly it was closed down about a year later.

As well as writing and producing Hard Dance LAB4 have also have a long history of composing music for film and television in a number of different musical styles – covering everything from Lounge Jazz, Breakbeat, Hardcore and House Music to a Classical Score for the BBC.They have produced music for colossal worldwide advertising campaigns including the likes of Reebok (which was played at the USA Superbowl for 2 years running), Polaroid, Camel, Sure, Pepsi and Bacardi, to name just a few. Their music has also featured on 2 Play Station games with sales totaling 1,000,000 units in Japan alone, where they are signed to Japans biggest domestic record label Avex.

Over the past eleven years the LAB4 Live set has become legendary in its own right, and has overwhelmed crowds of up to 100,000 people all throughout Europe, Japan, Canada and the USA, New Zealand and Australia. They play over 100 gigs per year throughout the world, with an ever increasing fan base. Over the past 5 years they have been regularly headlining Arenas at festivals on a world wide scale, including Dance Valley (NL), Impulz (Holland), World Electronic Music Festival (Canada), Earthcore (Aust), Enchanted Forest (Aust), 4 Elements (NL), God’s Kitchen Global Gathering, Gatecrasher NEC, Creamfields and the Bulldog Bash (Hell’s Angels largest annual biker festival in Europe).The recent LAB4 Live Extreme sets which have seen LAB4 introducing Slipknot sized drum kits and Marshall Stacks on hydraulic risers, Guitars, 7 foot tall robots, walls of fire, regular outbursts of keyboard smashing and a Rapper has secured their position as the masters of the Live hard Dance experience.
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