Joiners and WTF Promotions presents...
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Fri September 3, 2010 at 19:30
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At Joiners Southampton
GHOST OF A THOUSAND
Hardcore |
Punk |
Rock
Ghost of a Thousand
+ The Plight
+ The Arteries
+ The Cut Ups
+ Pacer
+ Famous Grey
More about Ghost of a Thousand
"We're just an old-fashioned rock and roll hardcore band. I don't think it's arrogant to say we're one of only two bands in the UK making the music we do at the moment - it's really just us and Gallows".
Having kicked, screamed and fought their way out of Brighton, England
in early 2007 with awe-inspiring debut full-length This Is Where The
Fight Begins, THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND have rapidly become one of the
UK’s most valuable and unique musical assets, thanks to their unhinged,
uncompromising and utterly invigorating style. Having spent the last
couple of years challenging old perceptions of what British hardcore
was made of – collecting a Kerrang! Award nomination and a place in Q
Magazine’s Top Five metal bands, along the way - the quintet are back
with an album that doesn’t just tear up the rule book, it sets it
ablaze and leaves it on your doorstep in a middle of the night drive
by.
Having formed in 2004, vocalist Tom Lacey, guitarists Andy Blyth
and Jag Jago, drummer Memby Jago and bassist Gaz Spencer, have
relentlessly pushed themselves forward - whether that’s via a punishing
tour schedule or annihilating live shows - in the pursuit of greatness.
The pinnacle of that boundary pushing ethos is finally here, in the
form of New Hopes, New Demonstrations – an album that steps beyond the
band’s hardcore roots and squares boldly up to swaggering rock ‘n’
roll, hard rock heroism and, in places, epic opuses. It’s a record that
will stand the test of time and prove that …Ghost… are in this for the
long haul.
“NHND is still very heavy,” front-man Tom Lacey explains,
“heavier than …Fight… in places, but its whole feel is a lot sadder,
and its mood changes all the time. This album could have been a
straight up sing-a-long catchy hardcore record, but it’s very much not
and I think that will come as a shock to some people. I'd like to think
that the perception of us as a band within a scene will be blown apart
now - the new stuff doesn't to me feel like anything that other bands
are doing right now.
“We knew it had to be a more emotional album,” he concludes,
“and we wanted it to feel like the band reveal more and more as the
record goes on. It starts very bluntly and ends in a completely
different place. It’s a lot rougher around the edges and it’s a lot
more human. We’ve come a long way as musicians since …Fight... We've
shifted the goal posts with this one.”
Recorded in Stockholm’s Studio Grondahl in the winter of 2008,
under the watchful gaze of Pelle Gunnefeldt [The Hives, Refused], the
band knew they wanted to do something unusual from the get go. “Pelle
was our first choice,” Lacey says. “We wanted to do something different
and un-tinged by gloss and glamour, and make something weird and dark.
We felt Gunnerfeldt had that maniacal edge that would bring that out of
us – and he did".
New Hopes, New Demonstrations: a new sound for new times. The
Ghost Of A Thousand: a new contender to be your new favourite band.
Ghost of a Thousand detail page
Ghost of a Thousand's Official Website
The Plight's Official Website
The Arteries's Official MySpace Page
The Cut Ups's Official MySpace Page
Pacer's Official MySpace Page
Famous Grey's Official MySpace Page
