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I'm a rockstar on hiatus - Ask Me (Almost) Anything

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SweetnSaltyPopcornPlease · 24/07/2020 19:56

I'm a semi-successful musician in a rock band. It's my only occupation, has been for some years. I've been a lot of places, seen a lot of stuff and met a lot of people. Ask me anything. I can't answer everything for various reasons but let's see how it goes...

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FoxBaseBeta · 01/08/2020 15:43

Ah, you're right, not quite top 20. Hmm all my other guesses have either split up or not been active for a while. Hmmm 🤔

Fressia123 · 01/08/2020 15:53

I think liking Linkin Park narrows it down IMO, as I would have thought it would have to be some sort of Nu Metal band.

cinders15 · 01/08/2020 16:29

@echodot So have Frank Ferdinand

Ernieshere · 01/08/2020 21:18

Who is RMC? Confused

SimplySteveRedux · 05/08/2020 01:49

Are you Sonya Madan from Echobelly? :)

HyggeTygge · 05/08/2020 08:20

Brit Pop is a bit before our success.

We hadn't formed yet in the 90's

(This is still bugging me btw! Grin)

cinders15 · 05/08/2020 17:54

Kaiser Chiefs?

HyggeTygge · 06/08/2020 10:38

Kaiser Chiefs have had 5 top 10s. These things aren't hard to check... which is why it's so hard to guess!

FoxBaseBeta · 06/08/2020 18:55

It's still driving me mad too @HyggeTygge Grin

TitilatedOcelot · 15/08/2020 10:58

I figure it's one of the members of Gomez.

HyggeTygge · 15/08/2020 12:08

Gomez formed in the 1990s.

LloydColeandtheCoconuts · 15/08/2020 20:52

OP, Are you only happy when it rains? 🤔

LloydColeandtheCoconuts · 15/08/2020 20:53

Oh, they've gone🤦🏿‍♀️😂

Ernieshere · 09/09/2020 15:32

Did we ever solve this Confused

RuggerHug · 20/09/2020 18:08

If OP comes back....

You said the band name was explained alot. Is it after someone in a different band who could be mystical?😁

BameChange123 · 18/10/2020 05:42

MaroonFive?

HyggeTygge · 18/10/2020 23:06

Too many top 10s

LoisWilkersonslastnerve · 18/10/2020 23:41

I'm guessing Wolf Alice. Great AMA

HyggeTygge · 19/10/2020 00:18

We tour, have between 4 and 10 albums but you wouldn't know our faces

Wonder if that includes EPs.

GirlCrush · 19/10/2020 01:09

Was op male or female?

HunkyPunk · 19/10/2020 01:34

Don't think we ever found out. If it was revealed, I missed it, anyway!

stuckasastuckthing · 19/10/2020 08:00

I've only just come across this thread and see OP left ages ago, but my guess would be the Magic Numbers as pretty much all the info seems to fit ...

GirlCrush · 19/10/2020 12:26

op said the original band has changed though

HyggeTygge · 19/10/2020 12:29

@stuckasastuckthing

I've only just come across this thread and see OP left ages ago, but my guess would be the Magic Numbers as pretty much all the info seems to fit ...
No, because- Wait hang on... Albums, top 20 but not top 10 singles, formed after 2000... It all checks out so far! Grin
stuckasastuckthing · 19/10/2020 13:13

From an article: "The new line-up to The Magic Numbers would take a bit of getting used to, but would finally work. Live performance soon became their forte. In late 2003 they’d been gigging lots in the small London pub The Betsey Trotwood and were still adhering to the ‘add more to the mix to fix’ philosophy. Violinist Angharad Davies was the current star of the band and easily the most talented musically, but the problem was that the other four in the band focused their sound too much around her. One night she didn’t turn up and they were thrown in at the deep end with only vocals, drums and bass to showcase. Surprisingly to them, they’d go down a storm, “albeit in a pub with about 10 people listening!” hoots Angela as she slams a bowl down the lane with alarming accuracy and power.
They’d never look back from this pivotal gig, which quickly taught them that sometimes you need to strip it back to move it forward. "