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The story of the Sect starts in Twickenham, a London suburb back in 1962 when a young man named Mick O’Donnell started a band called the Downliners (after the Jerry Lee Lewis song "Down The Line". After some member changes and a disastrous tour to France, the band split in the beginning of 1963. Mick O’Donnell and the drummer Johnny Sutton decided to form a new band and put in an advertise in a music paper to get some new members. One person who saw the advertise was Keith Evans who was a drummer in another band. But Mick O’Donnell...
The Retroliners are a surf-style instrumental combo whose eclectic blend of vintage guitar tones and modern sonics produces a unique interpretation of dark, angular spy music spiked with pop, punk, twist and twang. .
The Luxury is a group of five fantastic musicians, rallied behind the songs of frontman/guitarist Jason Dunn. For such a new band (formed in fall 2005), the history is thick and the music is quickly garnering critical acclaim and spreading nationally (13th most added record in the US when sent to radio).
The Luxury's sound ranges from fast-driving barn-burners (Seven Storie) to epic singalongs (Rockets and Wrecking Balls), varying from tune to tune but retaining a central focus - the song's the thing, the melody's king, and any group planning any kind of longevity had best bypass gimmicks and short-term...
This Bio is Originally written by Simon Nott of Big Cheese Magazine. Taken from The Highliners album Bound For Glory / Spank-o-Matic PSYCHO55 .
It was edited & updated by Russ Surfer.
Legend has it that Luke Morgan (Vocals) and Chris Finch (Sax) started kicking around the
idea of The Highliners way back in 1982. Soon to be joined by ‘Stretch’ on bass and Tim Potter on drums. None of them were all that adept at their chosen instruments, but they did have a 1964 VW camper van, some pink paint, passports and petrol money, threw it all together and...
