Introducing... Curb

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Introducing... Curb

Posted on June 1, 2014 at 5:45 PM

Curb were formed in the West Midlands in 2013 by Lee Booker (bass) and Tom O'Ryan (Vocals, guitar), Booker and O'Ryan later acquired Joe Booth (lead guitar) and Sam Hunt (Drums). They when went on to release a demo titled, "How Are You Now?", in August 2013 which was followed by various gigs including supporting Royal Blood and Loom. Earlier this year Curb released "So High" which at this point in time has managed to get 46,327 plays on Soundcloud. The West Midland lads will be playing various gigs throughout the year and are gearing up to release an EP in the late summer followed by a tour around the UK, and we cannot wait. After discovering Curb we asked them whether they fancied an interview and they said yes. So, here it is, our interview with Curb.

1) Who are your biggest inspirations ?

We have a really wide range of influences per member really. Bands inspire us in different ways not just musically. We are big fans of the punk DIY ethic, its more relevant now than it ever was before. Labels dont care about bands anymore and the few lucky bands that get took in get watered down and compromised by major labels. The listeners are the most important people in helping a band keep going, so punk really resonates with us on that level. As for more of a musical influence, we tend to like artists that have always stuck out from the crowd and done their own thing. Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, Mansun, Outkast are just a few artists to name that fall under that area of doing whatever they wanted to do musically which is something we also aspire to do. We listen to everything though from The Beatles to Slayer.

2) What's been the highlight of your career so far ?

We've done all sorts of stuff that's great to us really, just being able to play gigs and have people turn up and watch us is enough. We played a gig at the Sunflower Lounge in Birmingham recently and everyone in the audience was singing our own songs back to us, that's always a pretty amazing thing to witness.

3) Where do you see yourselves in 5 years ?

Ideally playing Wembley Stadium 7 nights in a row, after just landing in the UK from France (being tax exiles). If we can get our music out there and make enough money back off merch sales so we break even on our recordings that's good enough for us. Its really tough for a working class band to fund recording, touring and the rest. Any money made back from ticket sales, t-shirt sales etc helps keep us going. Its always really appreciated when people pay for our stuff.

4) Who's on your playlist ?

We recently posted individual playlists by each member on our social network sites if people wanna check those out. We'd like to give a shout out to Heavy Waves though, we'll be playing a gig with those guys and a few other bands at the Hare & Hounds on 20th June.

A big thank you to Curb for taking time out to be interviewed by us and it was a pleasure. If you'd like to check Curb out follow the link : https://soundcloud.com/curbsaysmile

Also, follow curb on Twitter under the handle : @CurbBand

Or 'like' them on Facebook : facebook.com/Curbtheband

RIFFED HQ x

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