The Alternators + Band in Elmbridge, EN

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***JUNE 2026: SEEKING DEP FEMALE SINGER***

Our beloved co-lead singer Kelly has a lot on her plate and can't make all the gigs we're being offered (we're on 2 per month for the rest of the year and taking 2027 bookings already). If you're a singer and you fancy gigging with a well-established, well-run, much-booked band, give us a shout...

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The Alternators: Surrey based covers band. Not just any old covers band doing the same boring stuff. Our dictionary says "An alternator is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current." Which suits us: we take the standard, mechanical covers band (by-the-numbers versions of dull songs) and, through our rotating magnetism, electrify the buggers and light up the room.

We call ourselves The Alternators for three main reasons. The first is that we alternate between two lead singers (one male, one female). We also try to do alternative covers – not the screamingly obvious Brown Eyed Girls chased by Mr Brightsides - but ones you'd forgotten you loved, old friends you embrace warmly. And the third reason is that we sometimes tackle them in a completely different style to the original, or mash up two or more songs. Keeps folk interested, we find.

Screen name:

thealternators

Member since:

May 29 2023

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years together:

5

Gigs played:

50 to 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Age:

52 years

Influences

Artists we've covered include Abba, A-ha, Aretha Franklin, Arctic Monkeys, Beatles, Betty Everett, Bill Withers, Black Keys, Blondie, Blur, Bon Jovi, Bowie, Britney, Bruno Mars, Buzzcocks, Cardigans, Coral, Cure, Dodgy, Doobie Brothers, Duran Duran, Erasure, Feeder, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Four Seasons, Franz Ferdinand, George Michael, Gloria Gaynor, Gloria Jones, Gnarls Barkley, Hard-Fi, Harold Melvin, Hives, Jam, Janis Joplin, Kaiser Chiefs, Madness, Magic Numbers, Manic Street Preachers, New Order, Pharrell Williams, Pink Floyd, Police, Pretenders, Pulp, Queen, Raconteurs, Radiohead, Rainbow, R.E.M., Reverend & the Makers, Rihanna, Roxy Music, Smiths, Smokey Robinson, Specials, Stereophonics, Stranglers, Strokes, Supremes, Talking Heads, Ting Tings, Undertones, Wheatus, Zutons and possibly more we've forgotten.

Members Of Band

Gary - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Kelly - lead vocals
Jon - lead guitar, no vocals just yet
Jim - bass, backing vocals
Andy - drums, backing vocals

EQUIPMENT

Own PA, mixing desk, lights, the lot.

More videos at the famous video channel starting with Y T slash @thealternatorscoversband

MUSIC