deadseapianorolls

Source of info, music, and photos:
http://www.myspace.com/classicttng

I am not the owner of this myspace page nor am I affiliated with it, but if you have any TTNG songs that would be deemed "classic" make sure you probably can't send them
to whomever runs that myspace, as they havn't logged into it for over 5 years. I'd appreciate it if you could send the file or mediafire link to my email address
(tommy_the_c@hotmail.com). It should be okay, as these songs aren't for sale anywhere. I will also make sure that anyone who wants these songs will recieve them via
amail or by sending them a mediafire link. Thank you.

Bio:
..This Town Needs Guns
circa 2002-2003!..
This myspace is dedicated to long-forgotten material by This Town Needs Guns. If you have anything to add, please send a message! For now, here's what there is...
Two live tracks from One Mic at Oxford Brookes SU in 2002 (Better & Purge). This was back when This Town Needs Guns were a 3-piece.

Plus two tracks released on a demo CD, recorded in November 2003 (I Will & All That's Between Us). Here's what Stu had to say about it:
"We've been busy in the studio for the last couple of weeks trying to put a demo together. The whole recording process is taking much longer than we thought, although
we're hoping to have finished recording by the end of the week. Hopefully then, we'll be able to get alot more gigs. This months special thanks (as there seems to be one every month)
has to go out to Alex for helping us record the demo, without him we wouldn't have a bloody clue!" (01/12/2003)

Photos are from the Eights Bar gig at Wheatley SU in November 2003. Here is what Stu had to say about that gig afterwards:
"We played a last minute rushed gig last night in Wheatley. Sorry to everyone who we weren't able to tell the gig about (especially Bridget who is very upset), but in
all honesty you didn't miss our greatest performance! We decided before going that it was about time we had some fun onstage. Unfortunately, 'fun' resulted in us not sounding our best
(this however was expected, due to the underpowered sound rig at the 8's bar). The technical problems that have been plaguing us since we started continued, when my amp's channel switch
got stuck and l was forced to play the last song, entirely distorted, but 'oh well,' l suppose its just unlucky. Not too sure what people thought of it. There were alot of funny looks and
a couple of people walked out, but that is to be expected when you are playing 'heavy' music after a night of acoustic performances. We were asked to play again by the organiser (thanks for
putting us on Keith). Once again thanks to everyone who played before us, but we really need to get some 'proper' gigs now." (05/11/2003)

In early 2004, the band's lineup changed, to the point where Stu was considering changing the name of the band! Here's what he had to say about it:
"Ok, so someone please remind me to never say anything about reporting 'good news' ever again. In the last month, two members of the band have now left. We had to cancel the gig on the
8th of February [2004], but Simon and Ian agreed to play one last gig on the 29th of January. The gig was well shoddy, with the sound being pretty attrocious. Mics cut out, strings
broke, and drum pedals stuck, but it was all in the name of fun. We got a fair review in OBscene, which we can't complain about."(27/02/2004)

But this did turn out to be 'good news' in the end, as the band started to play some 'proper' gigs, and won the Battle of the Bands competition at the Wheatsheaf 3 months later! Nightshift
soon stopped describing them as "ramshackle, run-down indie trash" (!) and said they were "heading in the right direction," which obviously proved to correct, as in 2006, DiS said, "Oxford is
soon to be remembered as the city where this precocious young act began its rise to success" ... :)

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Member Since:
December 17, 2006
Members:
2002-2003: Stu (vocals, guitar), Tim (guitar), Welsh Ian (bass), Simon (drums)
Influences:
I remember when Stu first heard "Stress On The Sky" by Biffy Clyro... his response was, "OMG this is what I want my band to sound like!" :)
Sounds Like:
Have a listen and see for yourself! Definitely not like "Incubus on acid," as some Oxford University reviewer described them after playing a Battle of the Bands heat in spring 2004.