Crayfish

Description:

Name:

Crayfish

Screen Name:

Victoria

Years Together:

3

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

From their conception in 2000 in the cotswold town of Cirencester, Crayfish have aimed to be a one-gig grunge band. They achieved this so well that all the members left leaving singer/guitarist Matt Aldis to his own sordid devices. Months past and Crayfish reformed with a new agenda. One that would ensure that they would be hailed as the worst band in the west-country.
Thankfully (though begrudgingly for Matt) this goal seemed an impossible task and eventually they bit the bullet and tried to make something of themselves.
2003: So Matt, Felix (bass) and Rupert (drums) took on the task of creating a gargantuan, behemoth-like sound, down tuned everything to destruction and recorded it under the influence of a lot of alcohol and drugs. The results were the foetal seed of a half-arsed good idea.
The introduction of J Evans on lead guitar created aspirations for something better, and though still quite begrudgingly, Matt ‘the leader’ (ha ha ha) of the band, influenced by bands such as Black Label Society, Alice In Chains, The Meat Puppets and Frank Zappa thought it was time to take the group in a weird and interesting new detuned direction.
2004 saw them play a host of venues, mostly around Swindon and Cheltenham but most notably, the TMF festival where they were supporting stage headliners Breed 77 and Winnebago Deal.

Crayfish hope that, whoever you are, you’ll find something in our music you appreciate.

Influences:

Black Label Society, Alice In Chains, The Meat Puppets and Frank Zappa

Members Of Band:

Matt Aldis is the main songwriter,singer and guitarist. Plays in two other bands which have taken him to Bristol and several local open air events to audiences of 2-300. An experienced player and formidable vocalist.

Jamie 'J' Evans is the lead guitarist with a very distinct old school style reminiscent of Slash. J has been playing with another band with Matt, Bad Obsession, for 6 years or so.He has played at various local open air festivals and appeared on BBC 1 as part of Music Live '99. Both he and Matt helped Bad Obsession to win two awards at a local talent contest including best overall act.

Felix M.F plays bass for Crayfish. As the longest serving member of the band apart from Matt, Felix is a solid, intuitive rhythm player. Other bands include being singer-guitarist-songwriter for a punk band, British Beef, who earlier last year won national airplay of their demo on Radio 1 for 5 days.He has played at London's Astoria,the Metro Club and the Waterrats(a gig which had representatives from 3 major labels present). He also played bass for local rock band Athufaena's Puzzle, who have gigged around Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Rupert Irving completes the solid rhythm section of Crayfish on drums.He plays in two other bands including established local band, Morph and another local act,Athufaena's Puzzle. He has played for numerous bands over eight years or so. Like the others he has played around Bristol, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, Swindon,small venues in the west country and further north in Lancaster. In '99 he appeared with Keyop at Bristol's Ashton Court festival to an audience of 3000 after the success of their debut record, released on indie label,Flexipop.He also appeared with J on BBC Music Live that year with local act Practical Fantasy.

Audio/Video Downloads

1. 01 Slow Motion Torture Machine (31-05-2005 10-38-43).wma