My Device
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My Device were a Brighton
based band
featuring Todd Jordan (guitar and lead vocals), Russell Eke (bass) and Alex "Doogle" Uren (drums). They formed in 2003, and split in 2010.
Their sound was typified by a combination of fast dance beats, loud guitar audio feedback
, and catchy pop melodies.
Records in 2005. They released "Get On Like A House On Fire" through the label as a download only MP3
single, before commencing work on their debut album, "Nervous System". The album was released the same month that they were chosen as the winners of NME
's Sony
Walkman Breaking Band competition 2006, which garnered them both critical acclaim and media attention. An MP3 of the song "I Was Brave Today" was made available for download, and Jamie Gillett's music video
for it was included as a digital bonus on "Nervous System". Their energetic, good humoured, and frequently destructive live performances have earned them a certain amount of notoriety on the UK gig circuit.
My Device released a new single entitled "Eat Lead" on February 26, 2007, as a lead up for their 2nd album, "Jumbo Fiasco", which was eventually released on November 5, 2007. The album generally received very positive reviews.
Then in 2010, after numerous overseas tours, they disbanded. All three members of the band now work together as part of NULLIFIER and have formed several other projects independently, including Negative Pegasus, Soft Arrows and Cousin.
Eat Lead (CD SINGLE) - Shifty Disco Records 2007
Eat Lead / I Was Brave Today (7" VINYL LIMITED SINGLE) - OIB Records 2007
Jumbo Fiasco (CD ALBUM) - Shifty Disco Records 2007
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
based band
Rock Band
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featuring Todd Jordan (guitar and lead vocals), Russell Eke (bass) and Alex "Doogle" Uren (drums). They formed in 2003, and split in 2010.
Their sound was typified by a combination of fast dance beats, loud guitar audio feedback
Audio feedback
Audio feedback is a special kind of positive feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input and an audio output...
, and catchy pop melodies.
History
The band formed in Brighton, and released a string of self-financed ep's through their management's own Jukebox Timebomb label, before becoming involved with Oxford based independent, Shifty DiscoShifty Disco
Shifty Disco is a British independent record label based in Oxford, England.The label was started by local enthusiasts in January 1997 and their early releases were often featured by John Peel on his BBC Radio 1 show...
Records in 2005. They released "Get On Like A House On Fire" through the label as a download only MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
single, before commencing work on their debut album, "Nervous System". The album was released the same month that they were chosen as the winners of NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
's Sony
Sony
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Walkman Breaking Band competition 2006, which garnered them both critical acclaim and media attention. An MP3 of the song "I Was Brave Today" was made available for download, and Jamie Gillett's music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for it was included as a digital bonus on "Nervous System". Their energetic, good humoured, and frequently destructive live performances have earned them a certain amount of notoriety on the UK gig circuit.
My Device released a new single entitled "Eat Lead" on February 26, 2007, as a lead up for their 2nd album, "Jumbo Fiasco", which was eventually released on November 5, 2007. The album generally received very positive reviews.
Then in 2010, after numerous overseas tours, they disbanded. All three members of the band now work together as part of NULLIFIER and have formed several other projects independently, including Negative Pegasus, Soft Arrows and Cousin.
Discography
Nervous System (CD ALBUM) - Shifty Disco Records 2006Eat Lead (CD SINGLE) - Shifty Disco Records 2007
Eat Lead / I Was Brave Today (7" VINYL LIMITED SINGLE) - OIB Records 2007
Jumbo Fiasco (CD ALBUM) - Shifty Disco Records 2007
Trivia
- The Band are known for their love of the Katrina and the WavesKatrina and the WavesKatrina and the Waves was an English pop rock band, best known for their 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine" and their 1997 Eurovision Song Contest victory with the song "Love Shine a Light".-Pre-history: The Waves and Mama's Cookin' :...
' song "Walking on Sunshine" - My Device individually customised all 500 copies of the Eat Lead 7-inch single with a unique drawing on the b-side label.