a tale of twofish
Way, way back in the last century (around 1991 to be slightly more
precise) the 3 members of twofish hit the stage of the Joiners Arms
in Southampton with some other musicians. We outnumbered the audience
three to one. The previous act had been a thrash metal outfit who
had entirely destroyed the speakers, and much of the rest of the
pub’s equipment (though fortunately not the beer pumps). Our
band, Paradox, struggled manfully (though not entirely successfully)
with a bunch of pretty unfamiliar songs. Both members of the audience
left before the end of the set….
Some time afterwards the band split, partly due to musical differences
but also because of some logistical ones. The band’s members
were variously located in Leicester, London and Southampton, which
made finding a rehearsal studio pretty tough (although it was nothing
compared to our most recent logistical problems).
Out of the wreckage of Paradox emerged a new band (at that point
called Nurb. They spent quite a lot of time
in the pub (drinking rather than playing). In 1995 they recorded
a demo called Jungle Jim. It did pretty well, and was awarded "Top
Tape" in Sound on Sound magazine. Some commissions followed
including the soundtracks for a short animated film, "The Northern
Line", which won a commendation in the 1998 BAFTA student film
awards and "The Professionals", a documentary programme
made by Carlton Television. The band also did some song writing
and remix work with Siren of FXU records (see "Dog Solitude"
on the downloads page), and wrote a set
of jingles for a hospital radio station including a news
theme which, someone later pointed out, bore an unfortunate
resemblance to the theme tune from BBC hospital drama "Casualty".
Between 1998 and 2000 the band members dedicated 2 days a week
to writing music. When the money ran out they went back to having
normal jobs in the computer industry, but not before changing their
name to twofish (which they now intend to stick with) because they
hadn’t had a name change for a while, and finishing their
most recent demo which they called "The Uncertain Tea Principle".
After a longish break during which H went to California and Chuck went to Leicester,
we've been back in the studio and writing again. Our first new track in five years,
Radio Columbia, is now on the site.
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