Peppercornrent + Band in London, EN

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ABOUT

Peppercornrent are quite a large acoustic band - based in East London.

With an arsenal of banjos, guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bass, and thundering bodhran, their sound is a wholesome brew of Thames mud, rusty nails and a pint of London gin. It’s sincere, blunt and sexy as fu*k.

The songs sound as though they may have be sung for years and are sturdy enough to become heirlooms. They travel over some dark areas of twisted relationships, love and death, jealously and betrayal, violence and remorse, and of course gin, cigarettes and regret.

Peppercornrent effortlessly wield such wildly changing influences from rock, folk, alt.country, bluegrass to punk. The music weaves an incomprehensibly smooth and accessible sound for true believers and sceptics alike.

Theres a diverse blend of personalities which combine to forge an exciting band that can fill a stage - and often most of the venue as well. Changes in pace, direction and energy are thick, fast and not necessarily anticipated. The band are equally as happy sitting in the beer garden surrounded by glasses, playing truly acoustically, as they are filling some of the larger venues and festival stages.

Screen name:

Peppercornrent

Member since:

Jan 04 2007

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years together:

3

Age:

years

Influences

All around ...

Members Of Band

Chris - Writes the songs, his main influences being smoking, drinking coffee and dead dogs.
Ailie - Fastest cowgirl in Norwood, She sings the words, sometimes even in the right order.
Mark - Looks after the Bass bits and the designs, has a tendency to growl on stage.
Barry - He can play so many instruments there isn't room to list them on this site.
Michael - Michael the banjo player comes from a long line of fantastic musicians, unfortunately they were all drummers..
Paul - Bodhran player and cider drinker of inimitable reputation. Goes down a storm in the East End kebab houses.
Bex - Country-singing, choclate eclair addict.
Lucy - The baby of the band, but don't let that fool you. Her voice is so powerful she can perforate eardrums @ ten paces..

EQUIPMENT

Are you kidding ?

MUSIC