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Meanwhile in a small Swedish farming community after playing bass, drums and guitar in various bands, Henrik had reached one of lifes crossroads. He decided to take himself and his axe on holiday to mull over his future and landed up in London. The night before Antti placed the ad, guitarist Henrik was watching Serafin (a friend's band) play at the Borderline and realised how much he missed performing. Vowing to do something about it, the next day he picked up a copy of Loot and answered Antti's ad. They met for a few beers and a jam. Antti played him the demos that he had to hand and told him that he%u2019d met an Italian drummer who spoke no English, but could play like Dave Grohl.

The mysterious drummer was Filippo. Raised in Cagliari, Sardinia he spent his childhood annoying his long suffering mother by bashing the hell out of her washing powder tubs until at the ripe old age of thirteen he progressed to playing a full drum kit. He spent his days developing his own drumming style by studying his hero Stuart Copeland of The Police. Once satisfied he%u2019d developed his skills enough he began touring round Italy with his new band. A few years later the band split and Filippo packed up his sticks and cymbals and moved to London to start over again.

The three of them began rehearsing together whilst auditioning for a bassist which proved to be far trickier than expected, they had already culled from the ranks a Swedish metalhead, an 18 year old public schoolboy, a girl who "just wanted to be in a band" and a French guy who had problems with social services amongst others too numerous to mention. They were beginning to think that good bassists were as abundant as rocking horse shit, when unbeknownst to them salvation was almost at hand.

Having fought his way out of the wastelands of suburban Hampshire, leaving home with nothing but the clothes on his back, a guitar and a not ungenerous local education authority grant a young Englishman named Nick Lamb was at a loose end after the demise of his last project, an ultra-minimalist art-rock collective whose career spanned a single gig at Goldsmith's College. Deciding to swap his guitar for a bass he picked up a copy of Loot, and then the phone.

Two weeks after Nicks arrival, completing the band, they booked themselves a show at the Water Rats where they played to a packed room of impressed punters and so began eye.

Recent events for eye included: Supporting Fans of Kate at the Electric Ballroom London, Louis XIV at Barfly Camden London and Morning Runner on a Levis Ones To Watch gig at Fibbers York.

Upcoming events include: A gig with The Alps at Windmill Brixton and headlining at the Water Rats Kings Cross for the Breakthrough Festival.

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