This segment of the fanzine will be dedicated to two different bands that ive had the pleasure of working with.
As part of my college course last year i organised a gig in dumbarton at Dead Beats Studios. One of the bands that played were called "E is For Exile" and it was there first time playing as a band together and this will basically be a progress review to see how far they have came since then.
E is for exile was originally Is a four piece, Heavy Metal band from
West Dunbartonshire, Dumbarton, Scotland formed in 16th April 2008 by Daniel McCollum. The Founding members are Danny McCollum, Dean Walsh and Steph Colquhoun and have periodically went through a few drummers. They are Influenced by Metallica, Atreyu, Trivium and many other Metal/Rock bands.
When i first met them as a band they were just a group of friends that were enthusiastic about music and wanted to do it for real ad of course i was proud to give them an opportunity to play in front of a crowd. On stage they were raw new and surprisingly power full for a band that hadn't played before live. Of course there were timing issues and vocals were drowned out most of the timeby guitar. But to be honest on the night at Dead beats they were the strongest act and they Danny performed well as a frontman by building a rapport with the audience.
SOOOOO, How have things been since then a year on?
Well they have went through aline up change with Danny now a permanent drummer which solves the drummer problem........but what about front stage?! well newcomer Mark boyle has come into the fray. As well a Mark a new guitarist has joined by the name of David Bonner so the new line up looks like this!
from left to right we have Dean(Lead Guitar),Steph(Bass),Mark(vocals) and Dave (rhythm guitar)
Despite the change in line up they have stuck to their original music direction and have been organising gigs by themselves (self management...nice!) and have managed to play venues like Ivory Blacks and Classic Grand branching out from the cradle of Dumbarton.
These guys certainly don't lack in spirit, and they definitely look the part. To me it would seem they have learned to make decisions themselves and have set themselves goals. They have definitely grown one year on, but they still have a long way to go if they want to meet those goals. In order for them to succeed in this business they need to look at other options like merchandise, management, maybe an image revamp (despite the fact they look cool they don't look very unique)something that sets them apart from the other fish in the pond. The musical quality i know is good, however its drowned out by the volume level, and the songs could contain a few pauses in the music and go off in different directions which could be better than following the traditional ABABCA pattern. Of course this is my opinion and i hate writing this cause i honestly love these guys, but i cant be an editor if i lie can i? unless i work for the sun lol XD
Overall one year on from the first graded unit project they have certainly improved, and the will continue to as long as they don't give up and think outside the box a little. Dumbarton Rocks! proudly supports them and if you are a metal enthusiast i would recommend seeing them.
Here is the bands facebook page :)
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=213524095345776&id=100000645620256&ref=notif¬if_t=feed_comment#!/pages/E-is-For-Exile/145481785505950
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