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<td valign="top" width="140"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#FFFFFF">Artist Name:</font><br>
<font color="#FFCC00"><span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Lightera</span></font></font></b></td>
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<td width="140" valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Genre:</font></b></font><b><font color="#FFCC00" face="Arial" size="2"><br>
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"<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">I just wanted to
tell you where we're going</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">and
where we have been."<br>
<br>
The Light's "EPIC JOURNEY" began in 2002 when four likely
lads walked into a</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">rehearsal
studio for the first time. 3 hours later old bands were forgotten,</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">new dreams were created
and a new sound was born.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">They
all went to the same school so they have a lot of history. They also
have</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">a telepathic
sense when it comes to making music together.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">They
would describe their music as Indie Rock but their songs cross many
music</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">genres and
at the end of day they just like playing catchy tunes and rocking</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">out.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Their
songs have been described by others as</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">"anthemic
with sing-a-long choruses" "epic rock" and
"heavy pop".</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">They
have played most of the main venues in Birmingham as well as
successful</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">shows
in London, Liverpool and Northampton.</font>
<p><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">The Light are -<br>
Paul Malek Vocals/Guitar<br>
Andy Brookes Lead Guitar<br>
Phil Pullinger Vocals/Bass Guitar<br>
Ash Green Drums<br>
<br>
Paul Malek first got into music when he heard the mid 90’s brit
pop bands such as Cast, Shed Seven and Oasis. He knew that this
music was different and</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">increasing
in it’s popularity. It was not until Paul left school in 1998 that</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">he decided to pick up a
guitar and learn how to play. At the tender age of 16</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Paul
had his first guitar and spoke with a former pupil of Warley High
School,</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Ash
Green, (Paul’s best and loyalist friend). They decided that from
the start</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">that
they wanted to do something different with their lives and form a
band.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2"><br>
Ash Green was brought up on the sounds of the Beatles and early Bee
gee’s</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">recordings
and bought his first drum kit at the age of 16. Whilst the pair</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">were learning to play
their instruments they had their first rehersal in Ash’s</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">parent’s
front room. It was apparent from the start that there was indeed</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">something there’. As
the pair continued to reherse and progress with their</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">musical
abilities it soon became clear that their normal day jobs were not</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">enough to satisfy their
creative abilities. <br>
Paul and Ash decided to look for</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">other
members to complete the likely duo and spoke with another former
pupil</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">of their
school who decided he would have a go at playing bass guitar.</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Unfortunately it did not
work out and the 3 piece band then known as “Malash”</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">slowly
fluttered away.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Paul
and Ash decided that they would not give up that easily and so when
on</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">the look for
new members to complete the duo. During their search Paul went to</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">a local pub and watched
a small band known as ‘Best served chilled’. The band</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">was
a four- piece with a very familiar person on lead guitar. It was
another</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">former
member of Warley High School, Andrew Brookes.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2"><br>
Andy Brookes was bought up mainly on the sounds of the Beatles and
Rolling</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Stones.
Whilst Andy was reaching adolescence the late 90’s brit pop was at
a</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">all time high.
However at the age of 14 yrs their was only one band for Andy,</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">this was a not so well
known ‘grunge band’ known as Nirvana. Andy was amazed</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">by
the sheer difference in their music which inspired him to pick up a
guitar</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">and learn
how to play. As Andy was learning to play guitar he soon became one</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">of the most popular ‘lads’
in school. By the last year of High school Andy</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Brookes
was one of the most advanced guitarists in the School. He formed a</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">band with 3 other lads
in his year. After having left school these lads</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">continued
playing and had interest from a record label namely Sony. Due to the</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">lack of commitment from
other band members the band split up and went their</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">separate
ways.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2"><br>
It was in October 2002 that Andy Brookes was asked to join Paul and
Ash’s</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">band. He
was quickly informed that they were looking to write their own music</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">and play them at venues.
Andy attended a practice with the lads and was soon</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">taken
aback with their musical abilities. It was then when Andy decided
that</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">this was the
band for him. With the line up almost complete the lads decided</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">that they would need to
draft in a bass player to complete the rhythm section.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">The
lads then went on the search for a bass player who would fit the
criteria</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">required.</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">In November 2002 Paul
was working at the Leisure Centre in Netherton when</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">another
familiar face walked through the door. It was Phil Pullinger,
another</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">former
pupil of Warley high School. Paul knew that Phil played guitar and</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">asked him to come along
to an ‘audition’ as a bass player.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2"><br>
Phil Pullinger was bought up on the sounds of Dire straits, The
Beatles and</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Chris
Rea it was not until he began secondary school that his musical
taste</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">matured. In
the first year of school Phil began listening to music such as ,</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">Nirvana, Greenday, Hole
and Sound garden. At the tender age of 13 years Phil</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">had
his first guitar bought for him and learnt how to play. At the age
of 14</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">years Phil
began playing drums for a ‘grunge band’ and slowly progressed
into</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">a ‘Sex
Pistols covers band’. However Phil still really enjoyed playing
his</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">guitar and
singing. In 1995 Phil began playing Acoustic numbers in venues</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">round Dudley and
Birmingham with another friend playing original songs and</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">covers
such as Oasis and Blur songs. In 1996 Phil decided to concentrate
his</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">abilities on
the bass guitar and joined a band in which he sang and played. In</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">2000 Phil joined a more
mature band as a ‘lead guitarist’ and played venues</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">around
Birmingham. During this time, Phil decided that he felt more</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">comfortable
as a bass guitarist and left the band then known as ‘Bedswerver’.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2"><br>
Phil went along to an ‘audition’ with the other lads and soon
realised that</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">this
was the band for him. The sheer quality of songs already written by
the 3</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">piece line
up was already of a high standard. On that very same rehersal Phil</font>
<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">decided to join the band
and the line up was complete. What started out as a 2</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">piece
gradually turned into a full band with all members of the same
school</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">sharing
their musical abilities and creative ideas.</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">This
was the day ‘The Light’ formed and all other bands were
forgotten, an</font> <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="2">honest
taste of meaningful lyrics and ‘catchy music’.</font> </p>
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