Here are the Photographs I used for my Front Cover, Contents and Double Page Spread
This is my interview (in words) I conducted with James Walsh (band member of The Romleys)
Here is my article from my Double Page Spread
From backstreet pubs to German theatre’s, these newbies are well under way of becoming Liverpool’s biggest indie rock band. Apart from The Beatles… of course. With a total of 15 records on their hands, the lads have been determined to take things that one step further.
James Walsh, bass player, didn’t hesitate to explain how he and his band mates are closer than ever and hoping to hit Europe again sometime next year.
“We actually played in Germany last year which was definitely one of the best things we’ve ever experienced. That was just a one off like, but I would love to do that again as a full time job, hopefully next year, we’ll see what happens”
He then went on to the topic of how he and the band felt at their first ever gig in the famous Head Of Steam
“It was an acoustic gig really it wasn’t full of electric guitars and stuff like it usually is. We only done four songs and the whole thing only lasted about ten minutes if that. We were all pooing bricks but it turned out pretty alright in the end”
James had known his band mates for over 10 years long before the band was even thought of. As a teen, James had a passion to play the guitar and always wanted to have his own band.
“I always wanted to be in the lime light, I was never interested in going to college or uni, it was all about me sitting in my room with my second hand guitar *laughs* attempting to create songs which failed miserably”
Good to know your dreams finally came true hey James.
In 2009, James split from his previous band due to the band mates always clashing… to then only finding himself meeting up with his old mates from school and forming a new band within the space of three weeks. They had practised a total of 17 times without even thinking about what to name themselves.
“It’s always hard trying to think of a band name which sounds cool but one day we were walking down some back street in London after a hefty night out and we seen Romley Street in big letters
on a sign post and we thought ah yeah “The Romleys” that’s a good name that. It’s a good of name as anything really so we thought lets have that one. Im surprised we all still remembered it the next day we were rotten”
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Only in August this year, one of their songs “Shake em’ on down” were played on BBC Radio 2 on the Mark Lamarr show. That was one of the top spots throughout their time as a band.
“Shake em on down is my favourite song that we’ve produced so far because everyone dances to it. When we play it, everybody literally shakes it on down and the atmosphere is really fun. It got great reviews on the radio show so it must be a gooden”
Throughout the course of the year, they had many opportunities to take their success further by performing all over the country. James connoted that they play in London a lot now, and that’s where they got noticed the most.
The Romleys did a gig in London back in the summer in which they were approached by some of the members from the, yes the, Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
“They came up to us after the gig and told us we were brilliant but we didn’t know who they were, they didn’t introduce themselves so we just presumed they were fans”
Only when we left the venue, one of the lads mentioned that their voices were really familiar and that he recognised some of their faces. We figured it out that it was them and we ran back to the venue from our cars to speak to them.
The band have already got most of their plans for the new year sorted. James exclaimed that they met another band called The Wicked Whispers a few months ago at a gig in which then they asked the band to be their supporting act throughout their upcoming gigs in 2013.
“Were good mates with them now, they are a laugh. We are all looking forward to what the New Year brings for The Romleys; the only way is up from here”
Check out The Romleys latest records on soundcloud.co.uk and follow them on twitter for upcoming gigs.
Article by Gabrielle Walsh
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