STATES OF PANIC When Creative Sounds UK managed States of Panic from 2012-2014 they saw off 600 other bands to win Marshall's Ultimate Band Competition, they were crowned winners by an impressive list of judges: Marshall Amplification Artist Liaison Paul Marshall, Record Producer Steve Levine, Kerrang! Music Editor Jennifer Walker, Eagles of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes and Mr Download himself Andy Copping. Following this they were chosen to play at Download, and Bloodstock. They were interviewed at the festival by the BBC. There are many highlights but by far the biggest was playing Download on the Pepsi Max stage, and The Sophie Lancaster stage at Bloodstock and receiving the tremendous support of Marshall Amplification. In addition Creative Sounds took them over to play Trash Fest in Finland Headlining in October 2014. Watch them here
SALVATION JAYNE Creative Sounds UK worked with Salvation Jayne on their single campaigns for ‘Coney Island, Baby!’ and ‘Jayne Doe’ that received support from the likes of BBC Introducing, Kerrang Radio, Amazing Radio and dozens more stations in the UK and abroad. This included supporting their live campaign that added to their record of Sold Out shows with a large headline show at The Quarter house in Folkestone (400 capacity) in October 2019, and with their first London Headline show at The Old Blue Last. This was promoted in partnership with Cross Town Concerts and Midnight Mango. On the back of the attention they received for their singles the band recorded a live session produced by the world-famous Sylvia Massy (Prince, Seal, Aerosmith, Tool, System Of A Down, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins and Tom Petty), Rick Rubin’s engineer. The session was beautifully recorded in the format of a mini documentary film including live recordings of their new material. The band were interviewed and performed live on Hoxton Radio and on Boogaloo Radio with Rowena Alice and Billy Luff of the Subways, resulting in them being in the top 10 on the mix cloud charts for Alt/Indie Rock and Acoustic. In May 2020 they opened for The Subways the start of their tour. Whilst in Lockdown the band have remained busy and performed their own songs in the form of stripped back electro sets for Jagermeister and Benumu providing a spotlight on emerging artists, Hanwell Hootie to celebrate the birth date of Marshall Amplification, Balcony Festival to raise funds for Refuge, and The Booking Hall in Dover to raise funds for MVT. In addition Holly their guitarist was also featured on Marshall Amplifications Instagram page performing one of the band’s riffs that has received over 65,681 views. Watch them here
VERDEN ALLEN'S SOFTGROUND In 2012 Creative Sounds UK represented Verden Allen, the keyboardist from Mott the Hoople to re-launch in his side project called Soft Ground playing his past repertoire including songs from the bands earlier incarnation called Cheeks who became Chrissie Hynde’ Pretenders. This started in 2012 in which Ade arranged recording a live session with BBC Radio 2's legendary Whispering Bob Harris at BBC Broadcasting House, and then Verden went onto feature on BBC Hereford and Worcester's Introducing sessions with Andrew Marston. Verden then headlined the Half Moon in Putney on the 11th February 2012. the Cambridge Rock Festival on August the 4th, The Railway in Bolton on the 31st August, The Green Hotel in Kinross on the 1st September and The Musician in Leicester on Saturday the 29th September. Over the course of our time with Verden he received considerable coverage on the BBC with live performances receiving rave reviews.