Artist description Well, I think we`re really rather good, but what do I know? We`re trying to put heart, soul, depth, glitter (and a small aubergine) back into that much- maligned genre of Rock & Roll. We`re sick of the ceaseless mediocrity which defines most bands and we reckon we`ve got the material to break out of this stultifying tedium. We don`t want to be Radiohead, we don`t have "attitude", we don`t deal in the pretension of these cod- psychedelic indie- schmindie wannabes, we`ve got real tunes, real lyrics, yeah so they might make you laugh but they should also make you think.... We`ve just had enough of the bullshit pretension and style fascism that masquerades as "cool", so if you`ve really got your own mind, have a listen. We want you to, we want to get famous, but for Christs sake, you don`t have to BUY the thing!!!!!Listen to the MP3 we`ve got, (only one of my demos, I`m afraid ), and e-mail us and tell us what you think. Cheers.

Music Style James Bond- Influenced Orchestral Disco Glam Rock

Musical Influences Motorhead, Pulp, Phil Spector, James Bond, The Smiths, Sam Cooke.......

Similar Artists Well, we don`t, really, sound like anyone I can think of, this is sort of the problem. We`re just rock & roll, you see, unique in our mastery of the three chord trick and the lyrical witticism

Artist History Formed around the vision of one scrawny, floppy haired student, the Ladykillers have gone through numerous musicians before settling on the current line- up, and are now seeking to make their live debut in August this year.You can find out more by e-mailing us and we`ll put you on the mailing list.

Group Members Electric James Martin - Lead, rhythm & slide guitars, Lead vocals ( crap at both, but has a bigger ego than anyone else in the band) , occasional keyboards , Quicksand Kerry (The Last Great British Eccentric) - Piano, Keyboards, back vocals, occasional guiatr and general lunacy The Very Lovely Andi- does the girly high bits and stuff. Does some percussion as well Rob Bromley- Bass guitar. Tall. Bloody good. `Nuff said Ready Steady Eddie - The Laying Down Of The Grooves

Instruments Fender & Epiphone electric, acoustic & bass guitars, Yamaha keyboards, Premier drums, Shure and Samsung microphones. Amps by H&H, Fender, Trace Elliot & Laney

Albums Electric Jamesyland , Electric Jamesyland II- The Riot Of The Tipsy Bacchanals, and available now, Electric Jamesyland III - Songs Of Love and Squalor

Press Reviews What the F**K?!!? - Exchange & Mart Highly recommended if you`ve got no friends or hobbies - Readers Wives Wham Bam Thank You Ma`am - For Men Utter bloody rubbish - Angling Times ELECTRIC JAMES AND THE LADYKILLERS >Leeds Royal Park, December 11. > >It’s a dead Monday. There’s Prince Wills on the telly >sunning himself in Chile, Men In Tights to follow. >Christmas decorations? Sheesh, when it cools down and >starts snowing it’s time to believe the calendar. >Surely it’s not really two weeks till Cliffmas Day. >So, as incessant rain falls on West Yorkshire for the >9,333rd consecutive day, the prospect of journeying >out to see a band as worryingly-monikered as James and >the…… is strangely grabbing. >All first gigs should of course be played in the >dingiest of “function room” rooms, and EJ&TL-K have >excelled themselves in finding this, an allegedly >newly-decorated, probable former drain, just half an >hour’s pneumatic drilling from hell’s ceiling. >The 35,236th group to hail themselves the future of >rock’n’roll, Electric James and his mish-mash of >friends take to the stage. The lights go down as >Satan’s steaming furnace turns up the heat on the 50 >or so miscreants who found the concurrent quiz >upstairs too much for their fried minds. >Not that there’s anything remotely easy to figure >about the band, appearing in a support role as they >debut material from their recently released “BLAH BLAH >BLAH” EP. >Questions initially have to be asked about whether >support singer Andi, wearing an ankle-length red >dress, was told she’d be performing at the Palladium >or whether it is the girl’s style to be as sartorially >indulgent as James (black blouse supported by standard >rock-u-like leathers)? >And James, dear boy, may you one day find a barber. >But firstly we hereby grant you permission to >entertain. >* * * * * * * >Does the world need a second Jerry Lee Lewis? Doesn’t >Billy Joel already have that job description inscribed >on his passport already? >Never mind, The Ladykillers’ Kerry is tonight out to >prove that he has the rightful claim to the king of >the keys title. His boogie-woogieing frantic antics on >Socialised turn a simple “Hey,.hey, come out tonight” >opener into a crescendo-ing, riff-driven foot-stomper. >“This is the lovely Andi, and this is the Battle of >the Sexes”, James boasts of his backing singer and >song two, an oft rich-in-harmony story of stolen love >which occasionally gets lost in its own complexity. >In The Flesh is dedicated to the peeping toms of the >world as James slows the night down with a >Jarvis-esque moment of story-telling. >This is a badly drawn boy – and his frustrations seep >in on You’re So Vain, a pounding glam-rocking opine to >over-learned students of Radiohead and Nirvana. >A self-explanatory 20th Century Bitch follows, and >it’s hard to deny success to such unabashed >self-confidence as James perches, mock-Brian May, on >his monitors, inviting up Satan’s servants to enjoy >his extravagant solos, >In the between-song hush, you can’t quite hear his >mind ticking over, but you know he’s thinking “Your >evilness, my soul is yours…..just let these people >love me (and let them buy my CD which is only £3 and >on sale over on the left)”. >His coup de grace remains the ever-engaging “Licensed >to Drive”, a (who hates Radiohead?) Paranoid >Android-meets-This Is Hardcore epic, and despite the >hair threatening to exert imminent dominance of the >stage, the downstairs room, and much of Leeds as it >grows under the powerful artificial lighting, the band >carry it off with only an early hiccup. >That they ended with a crazed, utterly inadvisable >Jungle Book-inspired thrash through the Bloodhound >Gang’s Bad Touch reveals only that their ideology is >that entertainment comes first, musical proficiency is >an after-thought. >Still some convincing left to be done, but tonight fed >five hungry egos and compelled an audience. >And the ladies got away scot-free.

Location Leeds, Yorkshire - United Kingdom

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