They might be young and pretty, but they certainly aren’t bubblegum pop punk, even if your Nan approves.
Make way United Kingdom, and push aside your old vinyl records of every classic rock and roll band you’ve ever known, because this is a new generation and BITE are taking centre stage to rock the music scene of today and prove that modern rock is mind blowing. They’ve got the look, they’ve acquired the sound and they own the stage, looks like BITE are onwards and upwards.
So how would you describe yourselves? “We’re big, intelligent and technically excellent... because that spells BITE! And no, that is not why we’re called BITE, the names origins are completely unknown, even to us!” laughed Jamie. I guess we all love a bit of mystery amongst our heroes, but if you can’t even remember how you came up with your name, is there much point us asking how you formed? “ Now that we do know, so long story short... one day god said ‘let there be BITE!’ and here we are, ready and waiting to hit the scene!” Jamie told us which shortly followed with a synchronised “CRINGE” from the band, I guess that was a bit cheesy there jay! But despite the cheesy caption lines, and their young, pretty front, these kids are serious. They mean business!
Since the beginning of 2010, these guys have been living the high life, pushing their way up through well renowned bands and mingling with the rock stars. “Our favourite gig was probably supporting Red Light Company and Goldhawkes because they where both amazing. I’d heard of RLC before, we’d seen them on TV and loved their music so we where well buzzing! Then seeing goldhawkes during their sound check was incredible, they had a sound that was so big and so meaningful!” explained Jamie, “It really inspired us!” Since then, the band have gigged with many more people including The Subways and will soon to be playing with Bob Geldoff’s band, The Boomtown Rats. Amber added “We’re so grateful to be gigging with all the bands we play with, they’re often incredible and seeing how far they’ve come urges us to push ourselves further and further to achieve the best that we can give”.
However, whilst these youngsters are shooting into this serious, tough world of travelling miles to late night gigs, messy audiences, tough-to-please critics and rioting fans they remind us it’s not all hard work and no play. “We’re always mucking about with each other and playing ridiculous games. We favour winding up Charlie, he just takes it, I guess that’s the fun of it!” Jamie told us, sounds like you kids know a good joke then? “Amusing things seem to just happen to us! One time, me and Charlie where backstage at a gig where we were supporting another band that I was very fond of when the guitarist of the band (I won’t mention names) walked in. Everything just went silent. He grabbed what he needed and as he walked out he tripped over his guitar case. It was the hardest thing in the world not to laugh so we had to wait until he was gone, then laughed so hard that we cried!” I think we all would have Jamie! But has anything embarrassing happened to you? “Well we’ve blown a few amps, and one of them wasn’t ours, Charlie’s broken plenty of sticks and a snare, and I think Ambs should carry this one on..” Oh really Amber? So what happened? “Well. At Pearfest in 2009, I looked down at what I was playing, looked back up and added a smooth hair flick only to smack my head on my microphone. There was a huge thud and a roar of laughter, but I can honestly say I thought it added to the entertainment we gave.” With all the fun and frolics, including on stage, anyone who’s not seen these kids are certainly missing out on a good time!
At the ages of 17 and 18, the band have already recorded their first EP and are heading for their debut album of which most has been recorded at Escape Route Studios. “Last time we where at Escape route was last summer and the weather was perfect for being in the middle of nowhere! The atmosphere was just so relaxing. Recording is always so much fun and so are the guys who work there, they’ve helped us a lot to get the sound we want, which to be honest, is invaluable! We do, however, spend these weekends loaded up on pot noodles and drank so much Redbull that we ended up pretty burnt out by the end of it.” Giggled Heva, we can tell none of you are at all health conscious! “Walking into
Abbey Road
Abbey Road
BITE have also recently produced a music video that is set to hit the screens in a few weeks! It’s promised to be dark, twisted and captivating with a black humoured twist. It must be strange to see yourself in a music video, was the experience what you expected then Amber? “It was exactly what we expected and more! I don’t wanna tell you much because you’ll all have to check it out for yourselves, but the entire day was brilliant! We ended up soaking wet and wrecking the place, it was far more incredible than we had ever imagined!” So it looks like we’re going to have to just keep a look out guys, sounds like it’s going to be pretty epic! They’re also already lining up yet another video “full of blood, guts, gore, infected people and zombies. Lots and lots of blood spurting zombies!” according to Charlie... that could be even messier than the last video guys!
“Coping with this level of fame is certainly proving difficult. I’ve found myself swamped with screaming teenage girls begging for my plectrum and picture several times now and, to be honest, I’m not exactly flattered, more so petrified!” explained Jamie, proving that even the highlights can prove tough, but I’m sure that’s pretty worth it when it comes to climbing the popularity ladder with leaps and bounds within today’s music scene. By the sound of it, BITE are certainly about to hit big time, and we’re going to welcome them with open arms! They’re eye candy AND they’re full of charm, talent and plenty of potential, what’s not to welcome?
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