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July 2008 Stagefright have been hard at work in rehearsals over the last couple of weeks getting some new songs together and polishing the set. Whilst other bands may be content to sit on their laurels, we will always try our best to bring fresh songs and the best show possible to the stage. Chris Hayes has settled in and brings an extra dimension musically and another set of backing vocals to the mix. Matt Bird is still excellent "eye candy" as well as a formidable guitarist in the making. John and Phil are still oldies but goodies. Matt Black is fast becoming THE frontman everyone is talking about. We've received some great compliments and praise recently, both from fans far and wide, and from other bands, most notably Rock Legacy. We'd like to thank everyone for their great support and enthusiasm, especially coming to gigs when the scene is going through a bit of a rough patch and times are hard for all of us. Your support is extremely welcome and valued!
We're hoping to stick a fans page on the website soon so you can send photos in and we can put them on as well as us taking some of you we hope! |
Stagefright are very pleased and excited to announce they will be solely represented by Cliff Matthews Worldwide Entertainments. Cliff brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise and Stagefright are looking forward to a long and successful era with him. Cliff can be contacted on: Cliff Matthews Worldwide Entertainments P.O Box 95 Rotherham, South Yorkshire S60 5YH Tel: 01709 363908 01709 367476 Email: cliffmm@btinternet.com
Any existing bookings made through the band or other agencies will of course be honoured and fulfilled. |
February 2008 Stagefright played to a packed Skellow Grange club on the 16th this month and would like to take the time to say thanks to all those who came to check us out on a bitterly cold night and supporting your local club. Big thanks to the club too who were also plaeased with the turnout! Big thanks to Paul Flanaghan from Chris's old band Alcatraz for his compliments at the end and for coming to see us again. It's a bit of a wait till the next gig at Ashfield (through no fault of ours) and we hope to see alot of you back there supporting us. We also hope to be playing some smaller, lower key gigs around the pub circuit also and to that effect have been hard in rehearsal (ooh er!) polishing some off.....new songs that is. More rock is the order of the day as a priority but we'll be adding hefty amounts of cheese also, especially for those clubs that (even though they've booked a rock band) say "Yer not a rock band are you?" We also hope to be recording some of our stuff for a CD which should be available at gigs in the near future. So thanks for dropping by and we hope to see ya all soon. |
January 2008Stagefright are sad to announce the impending departure of founder member Ryan Ford. As was stated in previous news, Ryan and Sarah are due to have their 3rd child in the Spring and with family and increasing work commitments, Ryan has felt the need to take a break from rock'n'roll. We wish him and Sarah all the best and thank Ryan for his hard work and commitment to Stagefright. So, that leaves some big workman like boots to fill. Who to call? Hmmmmm.... Cozy Powell, nah he's stuck on the M25 in't he? The gorilla from the Cadbury's advert?......Nah he'll want too much money! So who then.............(cue drum roll) Ladies and gentlemen the new drummer for Stagefright is..........ex Alcatraz skin beater MR. CHRISTIAN HAYES!!!!!! As a small feline was prematurely let out of the bag some time ago, here it is officially. We welcome Christian to the Stagefright ranks and are pleased to announce his debut will be at Birdwell Social club on Saturday 26th Jan.
Yes after much bribing with beer and saucy picture we are ecstatic to have Chris on board. We've already rehearsed and it sounds awesome. New songs to come as well in the near future as well as a re-vamped sound system and lights! We'll see you soon!!! |
December 2007 Due to a booking error, we didn't play at the excellent Dorman's Long Utd on Saturday 15th. We'd seen another band advertised and just before we were about to load all the gear up, we'd thought we'd just double check.....good thing we did as the club confirmed they had someone else and calls to agents confirmed the cock-up! The day off was spent productively in the pub!! So that leaves Stagefright with just 1 gig for December on New Years Eve! John celebrates another year of getting grumpier on the 22nd and then it's gonna be 2008. We hope everyone has a peaceful and prosperous new year and hope 2008 will be an even more exciting time for us at Stagefright. |
November 2007 Well it's been a hectic couple of months for the Stagefright guys and gals. First up is the news that there are 2 new additions to the family. At the end of September , guitarist John celbrated the arrival of a daughter, Poppy Olivia and just a week ago Sarah & Ryan who are expecting another baby, found out that this time it's gonna be a boy! Congrats to everyone! On the music front, John has come back from his UK & European tour with Sins Of Th Flesh with some great stories and even better Russian vodka. Highlights were Whitby Festival and Islington Academy as well as Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Matt Black has joined a new "supergroup" by the name of Obscurer....no sorry that's not right they're called OSKURA! Featuring the mighty talents of none other than Zal Cleminson from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Danny Needham from every club band worth mentioning and The Tony Martin Band, Jamie Mallender from The Tony Martin Band and Buzz Lightyear, sorry Bardot from Ze Suicide. I knew it was a mistake introducing them at the Bailey's Comet gig! They're looking to start gigging in the spring at the latest and currently in rehearsals and writing original material. Stagefright are gearing up for Christmas and look forward to seeing you soon!! Have a great Xmas and New Year!!! |
July 2007 Stagefright are proud to announce that they will be headlining this year's Ruskin's Festival, once again to be held in Tudor Square (in between The Crucible and Lyceum Theatres) on Saturday 18th August. This is an all afternoon event with some great local bands hitting the stage from about 12pm. Check the local press for more details to come soon. Hopefully soon we should have some posters for venues and the artwork available for download by anyone wanting copies. Guitarist John Hardman will be swanning off on tour late October and early November kicking off at the Whitby Goth festival with band Sins of the Flesh, then heading to Switzerland, Finland, Italy and Russia! Depending on gigs the band will either take a break or (if skint!) recruit a temporary stand in! Best of luck John and don't forget yer long john's!!!! Thanks to everyone who's coming to see us and spreading the word. We continue to work hard improving both our sound and showmanship and getting better with each gig! Thanks to our friends, family and fans and to all the guys and gals involved in Stagefright for their efforts. |
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| StageFright are pleased to announce the addition of a sound engineer. Striving a blow for equality (and because she's very good) we've aquired the services of Sheree Fowler. Sheree has previosly worked with Guns 'N' Oatcakes and has a wealth of experience. Welcome aboard Sheree! |
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25.04.07 Just put another load of pics onto a second gallery page. Have updated the gear section and obviously the gig list is looking a bit fuller. As soon as I get them I'll put them up. We start recording some tracks in the studio this week. The plan being to do a cd for sale at gigs and also to get some on the site! Next up will be the posters! Everyone's very welcome to leave feedback (good or bad) on the guestbook....just don't get personal!! See you soon!! |
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10.04.07 Hope everyone has had a good easter. The gallery has some new pics on there and also some pics from the Dez Bailey Birthday Bash. Stagefright had a few technical problems this weekend but managed through and would like to thank the concert chairman at Skellow Grange for helping out with our sudden lack of lights!! Nice one mate!! Hopefully we'll be airing a couple of new songs in the next week or two so we hope to see you soon! Thanks!! |
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31st March saw Stagefright as guests at Dez Bailey's Birthday Bash at the Midland at Killamarsh. Dez was celebrating not only his birthday but a glittering career in music, along with family, friends and special guests, which included Graham Oliver, Pete Gill and Steve Dawson from Saxon and Danny Needham, Jamie Mallender and John Hardman re-living their Baileys Comet line up. Neil and Mel Gabbitas (ex Tracy Hunter Band) along with Darren Oldale performed as house band The Four Fivers. Stagefright's very own Matt Black sang on 3 Baileys Comet originals and Stagefright themselves took to the stage later to run through some covers for the packed crowd. The music and beer went on till the early hours and a fantastic night was had by all! The guys would like to thank everyone who came and especially to Dez for asking us. It was a great honour to play and perform with some great musicians. Wish we could do it every year!!! We'll get some photos on the gallery asap! |
Wecome to Stagefright!!! |
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Hello and welcome to our new website for the Stagefright. We hope you like it. Well who are we? We formed in September 2006 under the guise of Vertego who had split up leaving Ryan Ford (drums) searching for a band to continue. Enter John Hardman on guitars who Ryan had wanted to work with for a long time and who had been in the kind of bands Ryan wanted to aspire to. John then recruited Phil Toher on bass who needed something else to do aside from going to the pub. That just left the crucial 2nd guitar and vocalist! After much searching and at very short notice along came Matt Bird on guitar who despite his youth, showed the maturity, humour and ability we were after. Matt B knows a singer who we ask along and again we are blown away for a second time! Two awesome finds to complete the jigsaw. The band went out as Vertego, combining classic rock and modern day classics until January 2007 when the band decided to change agency. In steps Graham Platts who suggested that with a fresh start shound come a fresh name......how about Stagefright! So that's our new name. Even though the name has changed, the band remains the same and StageFright (that's our new name if you hadn't guessed!) still remain 100% live and we're still playing classic and modern rock from the 70's right up to now. Classic tracks from Queen, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams as well as new stuff like Stereophonics, The Killers, U2 and everything inbetween. So, StageFright are ready to go, we have our guitars, we have our awesome P.A and light show, we have our hairspray (well John at least), we even have clean socks and pants so all we need now is the audience.....that's you! So get yourselves down to your nearest W.M.C and get ready for one of the best bands on clubland. We promise you won't be disappointed! |
