Line Up for Heat #1, Thursday 12 February
Name of Band/Act: Wolf Cellar
Genre: Rock
Musical influences: Royal Blood, Marmozets, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Vines
About the band: After a year and a bit of jams, band names, a detour via funk covers (one that will never be revisited) and the loss of two members; Wolf Cellar was born. With the prominence of duos in the rock world with the likes of The colossal Royal Blood leading the way; we were inspired to go ahead as a trio and see what we were really made of... We're all set and buzzing for it and itching to get writing very soon. We are Wolf Cellar - hope you enjoy.
Name of Band/Act: Diarrhea Straits
Genre: Rock
Musical influences: Dire Straits and other Rock bands of the 20th century
About the band: We formed the band in November 2014 to tribute Dire Straits at the IC Tribute Night of the Jazz and Rock Society. For the Battle of the Bands we replaced the drummer as the previous one lacked the time.
Name of Band/Act: Dirt
Genre: Alternative rock
Musical influences? Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars, Paramore.
About the band: Dirt are a 5 piece rock band from London launching in October 2014. The band have released 3 tracks with one of those being the debut music video 'bonds':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYVz2fZ7rw . Through generating huge interest via social media, Dirt played their first ever performance headlining the 02 Academy Islington to a sold out crowd in January.
Name of Band/Act: Filthy Strings
Genre: Rock
Musical influences: Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Lily Allen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Bowie, Thin Lizzie
About the band: The Filthy Strings formed shortly before the 2013 IC battle of the bands, then called “Fuse Box”. Finishing 4th on that occasion, with the accolaid of “most enetertaining act” the band has been through a name and lineup change since. The current name came about when guitarist Michael proclaimed “these strings are filthy” while restringing his guitar, the rest is history.
The band were elected as the IC Jazz & Rock event managers in 2013 - 2014 and have become a regular feature at J&R events. They also featured at the Imperial Festival 2014 as “The fuel cell band” , where they became the first rock band in the world to have their instruments powered by a hydrogen fuel cell generator! Beyond forwarding science and music, they are also pioneering fret light guitars (see Spectrumaxe guitar on Youtube).
The band initially covered classic rock songs, but following the arrival of a new bassist in October 2014 they have be heading in new directions, and recently became the first J&R band to record in the new IC radio recording studio.