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Formed in mid 2005, the The Bleak contains Simon Davies, aged 18 on bass and vocals, Rob Lane aged 19 on guitar and Danny Sankarsingh, 18 on drums. They have a simple mission, to play their own music, and special interpretations of other artists’ music to as many people as possible, to entertain these people and to have lots of fun doing it.
The bands music, written by Rob Lane and Simon Davies, is fresh and diverse, whilst still reflecting their varied influences.
In the few months since they formed in July 2005 the band have played all over Birmingham, in venues including the Carling Bar Academy, The Actress and Bishop, The Flapper and Firkin as well as moving out across the midlands. These experiences have helped them to build upon a very natural stage presence, sometimes gentle and moving, sometimes funny, often powerfull, always highly entertaining
NEW NEWS!
if your planning to come to a gig, let us know so that we can say hi when you arrive!
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE SUPPORT COMPETITION
the bleak just missed the final 3 this morning, they were the final 4th! thanks for all your help, it was great to be one of the top ten bands in brum. our time will come! see you all at gigs hopefully!
the bleak are in the final ten bands competing to support legends ocean colour scene at the academy on dec 20th. in order to win, they need to be voted for each day from monday at www.myvotes.bgfl.org/5/
competition is stiff, so please, please please! go along and vote!
The band were previewed in the Solihull times, have a look! you'll seen a very fine article by Lucy Townsend, and three cold looking lads standing by a shed.
UPCOMING GIGS
The Band goes from strength to strength as they continue to play new and oh so exciting venues.
Your support at any of these important gigs would be much appreciated, if you would like to contact us for gig info such as location etc, or to receive advance information about the band, please email "mail" to thebleak@hotmail.com
RECENT PERFORMANCES
Diary
IF YOU HAVE SEEN US, PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE TELLING US WHAT YOU THOUGHT! THANKS
The chestnut tree, Sheldon, 23rd December. Thanks to everyone who was there, great atmosphere. and thanks to everyone who has seen and enjoyed us in 2005!
the flapper and firkin, Birmingham, 22nd December. The band were on top form, holding a large audience captive for a loud 40 minute set. si broke a bass string, so Rob and Danny jammed while he cheekily borrowed another man's bass! even this got an applause!
rothwells, Wolverhampton supporting doza, 21st December. with two 40 minute sets, the bleak jammed in new songs and covers of many fun and hardly played things. a great time was had by all. a special mention to top covers band doza, and rob's uni mate Reese. rock on.
the chest nut tree, Sheldon, 8th December
scruffy murphys, Birmingham, December 6th. the bleak held the audience captive for their 45 minute set, punching up support for the ocs competition.
The Chestnut tree, sheldon, 17th November. Thanks to everyone who was there, you guys rock!
October 27th, flapper and firkin different set of people there on the whole, you guys also rock!
at rothewells on October 26th headline band doza were unable to appear, so the bleak rapidly assembled a two hour set. it went really well, and the gig was enjoyed by both the audience and the band as the 3 piece jammed through numbers they have hardly played together and performed 2 encores!
We went to Manchester. We played to a small but perfectly drunk audience. It was enjoyed by all (once we were allowed to start) and we sold a cd. however, an offensive mock brummie accent was directed towards us at one point, but it didnt affect us. too much.
AS many of you faithful know, we played The Actress and Bishop, it was a great gig and it was smashing to see you all there, hope you enjoyed it!
The Bleak played Bar Academy for the first time on the 8th of September, and went down a treat with the large audience.
DEMO CD
The Bleak have released a demo cd, "Whats in a Name" which includes four tracks at the price of £2. The cd will be sold at all of The Bleak's gigs.
Two of the tracks, Maybe and Wrapped can be heard in full on this site, along with samples of Bar Maid and Waiting.
Please review the songs or any performances you have seen on our message board.
MAILING LIST
If you would like to join our mailing list and receive gig dates, band news and demo releases in advance please email thebleak@hotmail.com
We also have a new website on myspace (the more the merrier!) www.myspace.com/thebleak
www.purevolume.com/thebleak
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