These are some of the reviews I have had at download.com.
5 stars
Great band - should have got further
26-May-2006 09:27:36 AM
Reviewer: pixelcraft
5 stars
Powerful stuff. Loved it would have bought it
25-May-2006 02:06:36 AM
Reviewer: toomoo
I knew this band well and were very good friends and was a shame this never got released!
In 1983 the band 404 included Paul Stirk on drums, Lee Russel on bass, Paul A Moore on guitar, an me on guitar/vocals. We recorded our first demo, at an 8 Track Recording Studio in Bridlington, Yorkshire that was famed for recording Joy Division. The first line up of the band didn't go much further than this and split up soon afterwards. Although Paul and I worked on projects together from time to time.
After spending some time in Australia backpacking with Paul and getting a lot of positive feedback from the few demos that we had, we decided to return to Enland and start recording as 404 a new demo of 5 songs. "Give All You Got", "Something I Need". "Revved Up", "Let Me Go" and "I Don't Want To Talk". The demo gained the attention of Rupert Hine, a major record producer who has worked with Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Chris DeBurgh etc. In his letter he wrote that he
"was beginning to feel that interesting tape from writers in this company without a record deal, or indead with a record deal, was becoming a rare phenomenon."
We had a recording contract with BMG Records (USA) within six months. but due to Rupert's other commitments and our manager's conflicting interests, our album that we were in the final stages of recording at Metropolis Recording Studios, was never completed before the change of management at BMG. We were told that a 3rd of artists signed to BMG where dropped in a cost cutting exercise and 404 were part of this. 404 ended soon after. However the songs didn't, check out www.404.johnrlhunter.co.uk |
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