Young British band blending punk and progressive ska. Upbeat music with a new edge. www.thewhitecoats.co.uk The White Coats first formed in December 2006 for a school concert; James, Rich, Alex and Rob played in front of 100+ school kids hurling abuse... what a show... However this did not affect the enthusiastic quartet as much as it probably should have, as after a month of practicing and writing, the group coughed up a setlist consisting of several lifeless 'pop-punk' songs and two 'Goldfinger' covers.
www.thewhitecoats.co.uk
The White Coats first formed in December 2006 for a school concert; James, Rich, Alex and Rob played in front of 100+ school kids hurling abuse... what a show...
However this did not affect the enthusiastic quartet as much as it probably should have, as after a month of practicing and writing, the group coughed up a setlist consisting of several lifeless 'pop-punk' songs and two 'Goldfinger' covers. TWC started gigging...and even managed to play a 15 minute slot at 'The Joiners - Southampton UK'. But after a particularly dire show at the local pub 'The Alma Arms' they knew things had to change. So vowing never to gig again...they set off to write some new songs.
In the early days of April 2007, Saxophonist Callum Thomas joined and finaly completed the line up of "The White Coats", giving the band a much better ska vibe, which they had longed for. This gave hope in getting more gigs at larger venues all around the South Coast of England.
Currently TWC are involved with up and coming record label 'RTFM Records' and a local outfit, 'Bumblechook Promotions', run by Natasha Jones.
2007 was a great year for TWC, as it saw them build up their gigging repertoire around the Hampshire area, including four slots at the legendary 'Wedgewood-Rooms', and landing slots playing alongside bands such as 'Orange Street', 'Radio City Riot', 'Not Advised', 'Blag', Splendid Eddie and gigging buddys 'Big Topp'.
TWC have high hopes for 2008, they already have shows lined up for the upcoming year, they are set to record an offical released album with 'RTFM Records', and a short summer tour is looking promising.