Swine and Cockerel
Biography
The Mighty Roars are a female fronted 3 piece alternative rock band from London and Europe signed to One Little Indian Records London. Formed by David Pringuer (drums, vocals) and Lara Granqvist (bass, guitar, vocals) in 2004 after they met Martin Pilkington (guitar, vocals) through an advert in NME and began gigging in London. In 2005 they were invited to open that years Isle of Wight Festival which gained the band much publicity. The same year the band won Xfm's unsigned competition and were...
The Mighty Roars are a female fronted 3 piece alternative rock band from London and Europe signed to One Little Indian Records London.
Formed by David Pringuer (drums, vocals) and Lara Granqvist (bass, guitar, vocals) in 2004 after they met Martin Pilkington (guitar, vocals) through an advert in NME and began gigging in London.
In 2005 they were invited to open that years Isle of Wight Festival which gained the band much publicity. The same year the band won Xfm's unsigned competition and were given day time radio play-listings. After attracting attention of Artrocker magazine who championed their self recorded debut EP online they were approached by Little Teddy Recordings of Munich, Germany[3] who released this EP "Take a bite of peach".
Whilst touring in Austria the band were forced to sack their drummer who had been caught allegedly stealing from a promoter. David Pringuer, who had been playing bass, took the role and learned the drums and Lara Granqvist switched from rhythm guitar to the bass. The band had always recorded as a four piece but re-adapted their sound to fit the new line up. The first gig as this line up was at the club Madame Jo-Jo's supporting "Guillemots", the second was at the "Purple Turtle" in Camden, London where the band were approached by a scout for One Little Indian records with whom the band subsequently signed a recording contract in 2006.
After a failed attempt to record the album in Malmo with Tore Johansson the band used their remaining recording budget to self record their debut album "Swine & Cockerel" in Monnow Valley Studios, Wales, in the spring of 2006. The album was released on 16th April 2007. All four singles from the first album (Whale!, Sellotape, Daddy Oh and Funky Machine) received regular radio play on BBC, XFM, Virgin and Kerrang Radio. The videos for all of the singles were play-listed on MTV. Q (magazine), amongst others, reviewed the album favourably with 4 stars. Unfortunately, the band did not consolidate this success in the media with a UK tour due to their booking agent mysteriously disappearing[4] during the booking of the tour. The tour was subsequently canceled but the band toured extensively in mainland Europe playing the club and festival circuit throughout 2007.
The Mighty Roars are set to release "Elvis Lives (and he drinks sake)" the first single from their upcoming second album "Zip" on June 1st 2009.
Discography
"Take a bite of peach EP"
(2006 Little Teddy Recordings, Germany)
"Whale!" CD Single, 7" Vinyl Ltd edition single
(2006 One Little Indian Records)
"Sellotape" CD Single, 7" Vinyl Ltd edition single
(2006 One Little Indian Records)
"Swine & Cockerel" CD Album, LP
(2007 One Little Indian Records)
"Daddy Oh" CD EP, 7" Vinyl Ltd edition EP
(2007 One Little Indian Records)
External links
The Mighty Roars Myspace
The Mighty Roars Facebook
Little Teddy Recordings
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