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My Passion
My Passion are like the
hyperactive sons of Iggy Pop, bundles of energy for whom Ritalin holds no fear,
who spend their days in a madhouse playing Nintendo, while their livewire frontman stands astride the rooftop holding a huge TV
aerial aloft in the biggest thunderstorm that the world has ever seen,
screaming “please hit me again, you great big electro beast”.
LAURENCE RÉNE (lead vox/guitar
abuse – aged 21)
A kung fu kicking wild eyed frontman jerking and jumping around as if controlled by
some invisible giant puppetmaster up in the clouds,
high on PCP. It the stage is too small, he will just fly into the crowd with a
ninja leap, tethered to the stage by an umbilical mic
lead.
HARRY WADE (keyboards/electronics/guitar – aged 21)
An electro scientist with
hair big enough to make Einstein spin in his grave, usually hunched over a NASAesque mission control nerve centre of machines that
beep and flash uncontrollably. Manages to also play guitar at
the same time, either by telekinesis or remote control. We haven’t
worked out which yet.
JONATHAN GASKIN (drums/hooligan vocals – aged 19)
A drummer who can make even a
bontempi plastic toy kit sound like it is heralding
the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but who inexplicably has the vocal cords
of the cutest cherub in heaven. Can play every instrument
known to man or beast, including some not yet invented.
JOHN BE (guitar – aged 22)
A
guitarist so into his craft that he sleeps with his instruments and sends them
valentines cards. There’s a fine line between dedication and
obsession. John Be crossed that line a loooooong time ago. Would rather lose his
limbs than indulge in guitar solos.
SIMON ROLANDS
(bass
– aged 19)
The housewives choice.
Behind the boyish looks lurks a bass player with a sound way heavier than
Godzilla’s big brother. Once arrested
for setting off every car alarm within the
Congestion Charge Zone during a soundcheck with just one note.
All About My Passion
There must be something in
the water up in leafy Hertfordshire. Following hot on the heels of Enter Shikari come
new sensations MY PASSION, a five piece who play what has been described as ‘Artrock Electro Shock’, ‘Emo-Electrogoth’
and ‘Disco Metal Art Rock’ to name but three vain attempts at pigeonholing.
My Passion formed in November
2005 with an online cyber-explosion at myspace.com/mypassionmusic.
Twelve months, 41,000 fans, 180,000 plays and fan tribute pages in Japan, France,
Spain, Italy, Germany, Venezuela and Chile later, their time has come. This is
not just another “Myspace band”.
The first half of 2006 was
spent writing killer tunes and playing on the
“So many albums have two or
three great tracks and a load of filler. We wanted a debut album with ten number potential one singles on it. We ended up with
eleven”.
In the autumn, My Passion
decided that it was time to flex their road muscles and take their show on the
road. They embarked on The Fabulous Blood Disco Tour, playing to fans in Paris
and Barcelona as well as a run of 30 UK dates, including shows with Neil’s
Children, Little Man Tate and Men, Women And Children, as well as a show-stopping
set at In The City in Manchester.
“We saw a rich man who works
for a major label order £8 cocktail after £8 cocktail then run away without
paying his bar bill. We met people who introduced themselves to us twice
without realising it. We watched people whose job is supposedly to unearth new
talent spend all night in fancy bars, not remotely interested in seeing a
single band. All this negative energy and bullshit just built up over the
weekend, and we faced it head on. It was great. They just stood there open
mouthed. We blew them away”.
Despite overtures from
several of the cooler labels out there since then, My Passion have decided to
remain in control of their own destiny, and have formed ‘Style Suicide
Records’, with their debut nationally distributed release being the anthemic ‘Hot in the Dolls House’, mastered by John Davis (The Fratellis, Mystery Jets, The Zutons, Razorlight),
slated for an early April release.
“It’s nice when people offer
to buy you lunch and pay for your drinks, but to us, it’s not about that. My
Passion want to take over the world on our own terms.
This is us. We put our heart and soul into My Passion, and it just seems wrong
to sell that to the highest bidder. We want to see this through to its logical
conclusion. World domination”.
DIY is something that seems
to come naturally to My Passion. They launched their own live music and club
night, “Style Suicide Club”, in October, gaining the accolade of the NME Club Of The Week after their debut outing!
In March, they become the
first
“Modern technology has really
levelled the playing field. We can now sell our songs to kids in
The year ended on a high with
My Passion in at number 5 on the Independent On
Sunday’s ‘cool list’ of acts to see in 2007.
On the live front, My Passion will be sharing stages with The Kooks, Kid
Harpoon and Ratt:att:ag this
Spring, with more high profile shows in the pipeline.
“The energy that goes into a
My Passion performance has to be seen to be believed. The crowd get sucked into
the whirlwind. Those who resist get tired simply watching from the back of the
room.”
Anyone for Ritalin?
MY PASSION - What the press have said so far:
THE INDEPENDENT: “Every time I see My Passion, they get acer. (Is 'acer' a word? It is now.) It's only gonna
take one break and they could be properly massive."
WORKING TITLE WEBZINE: “With far-out hair that makes old ladies
cross the street, growling guitars, synths
reminiscent of your Super Nintendo on a bad day and the entire Boots supply of
eyeliner, My Passion are five guys armed from the balls up with guitar, bass, synth and drum, playing trashy riffs that make you want to
get all of you kit off and actually dance. It sounds like you're circular
sawing your GameBoy, A blatant aural-orgasm.”
ORGAN
PLAYLOUDER: “A band whose black clothes
and blacker and bigger hair makes me wonder if they're called The Mild
Disquiet. Ah, it's My Passion. However, sartorial style is all this youthful
lot have in common with the hyped Southend chaps.
Instead, this heavier take on emo's histrionics ought
to ensure that these pretty boys could lay a Suicidegirl
with ease - in fact, they're so accomplished in their angst it's surprising
they haven't already been snapped up by a major label.”
EAGER LISTENER: “My Passion are what The Horrors wish they were. The NME cover awaits. The world is theirs.”
THE DOSE: "The best teenage nosferatu anthems we've heard... give this to anyone who
has a touch of rebelling sensitivity and he'll tear the whole building down.
Crying"
RED RED RED!: "My
Passion are your next obsession... if you are a young girl swooning, an 80's
throwback obsessed with darkness, a new age indie
disco kid seeking a jerky dancefloor thrill or just
someone who wants to be wanted... this band is yours."
UNEARTHED TREASURES: "New
romantic style hair and make up splash their once angelic faces to reveal a
sinister alter-ego. Big riffs fly out of the guitars like bullets from an out
of control machine gun, synthesisers buzz around like a hornet on ecstasy while
Laurence Réne's voice soothes and then spits acidic
verses from the frontline."
AlLL SYNTH
VANITY PROJECT: "Heavy eye shadow, shirts and ties -
high style, but not without substance, chiming with synth
pop fettle, chugging with played-down metal riffs and big brash, confident,
arrogant choruses.”
DRIPFED: "Like a strange war
between The Rasmus and Erasure. But Good."
SOUNDWAVES: "Like the Bravery,
but with more grit and better hair!"
Visit My Passions Myspace
@ www.myspace.com/mypassionmusic
For more information on My Passion please visit their official website at http://www.mypassion.co.uk