| Sydney 4- piece, The Forgotten Army, was created in mid 2004 by eccentric singer /songwriter Nick Jones. In this short time the band has progressively built a colossal live reputation on the Sydney circuit that has seen them do weekend headline spots at every major live pub venue in Sydney to jam packed audiences on countless occasions. The Annandale (Dale), Hopetoun (Hoey), etc, as well as the bigger Gaelic Club and Metro have all experienced the atmospheric wall of sound generated by this distinct 4 – piece that is The Forgotten Army.
Produced by Nick & Luke Baker (past credits include The Cure, Gerling, etc), the debut release is a welcoming though teasing look at the expressive diversity The Forgotten Army has to offer. The muse has evolved significantly since the EP launch and has been witnessed as far South as the Rob Roy Hotel in Melbourne. The ethos and appetite for live sets lends itself to The Forgotten Army’s increasing song catalogue that is teeming with muse of soaring epic vocals and throbbing unorthodox punch – built for stadiums but containing the brutally intimate emotion reserved most often for singer/songwriters.
Since formation, The Forgotten army have supported artists as varied as Augie March, Pete Murray, Dappled Cities Fly, Andy Clockwise and more. Songs are created and assembled on both guitars and piano/keys, with a strong importance placed on percussion and rhythm.
The following review excerpts (national & local) illustrate the bands distinct individuality, definition and point of difference to other muse in the present climate.
“Sounding like a raw hybrid of Radiohead (the early computer days) and an untreated Jeff Buckley, this as-yet unsigned Sydney band is flat-out brilliant”
(Jonathan Lobban, GQ Magazine, Summer Edition 2004)
“The Forgotten Army are perhaps the most subtly articulate and inventive band to come out of this city (Sydney) in years”(Drum Media, 2nd November 2004)
The maverick Nick Jones takes front stage and chief song writing credits, on lead vocals that gain Jeff Buckley comparison, and guitar and keyboard skills to match with a dash of harmonica. Janis “Kouros” Clarke is an obsessive-compulsive prodigious percussionist with expertise not just on drums but other forms of international percussion, such as the complex Indian tablas. The rhythm section is at present rounded off by all round musician extraordinaire Gabby di Giorgio on bass. The search for a full-time bassist is currently on the go. The Forgotten Army has recently changed its line up with Blake McDiarmid taking spot as the epic atmospheric lead guitarist. The band also has the hauntingly beautiful sounds of cellist Annabelle McDonald who plays most gigs and appears studio work. The Forgotten Army having received National and Community radio play on Triple J, FBI Sydney, RRR Melbourne to name but a few, and an ever increasing fan base are hearing the pipeline rumblings of another record release.
Sydney’s music Mecca, The Annandale Hotel has selected the band recently to be included on a “Best Of” compilation DVD with live favourite and yet to be released “All I Need” sitting alongside bands such as Electric Six, Dillinger Escape Plan, COG etc and has also invited them to play their 5th Birthday Week on 28th June, as one of the upcoming bands of 2005. The Forgotten Army is the newest band included on the DVD that comprises mostly major labelled or long-time established local & international acts who are identifying it as a true bombshell. The DVD has since received the coveted “DVD of the Month” tag in Rolling Stone Australia and US, September 2005.
The atmospheric and often cinematic wall of sound generated by The Forgotten Army has also attracted interest from filmmakers, with “The Forgotten Army” (track 4 on the EP “a cityscape”) being included in a short film in New York at the renowned Tribecca Film Festival. It has also led to a scoring of a local film which continues as an ongoing proposition.
Contact:
Matt Croft – Manager
Archetype Entertainment
matthew179@ozemail.com.au
0425207898 Nick Jones – Band
nick@theforgottenarmy.net
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