Who are Richard of York?
| Ash |
Dan Hallett on lead vocals/guitar; Lol Jary on guitar; Ashley Poulton on bass; and Hugh Langdon on drums. Where in Somerset are you from? Yeovil When did you form? In 2005 How did you get together?
| Dan |
We were mates at school and we decided to get together to play music. We used to meet on a Friday night in Ashley's garage. We then moved into Hugh's playhouse and we have been there ever since. How would you describe your music? We are quite an alternative indie band. We're into guitars and making noise with them. How did the band gets its name?
We came up with the name when we were playing a gig up in London. Before that we hadn't ever played any gigs.
| Hugh |
So, we decided on the name there and then. Who are your musical influences? We have quite a lot of influences. If you want to know what bands we sound like, we like Dirty Pretty Things, Bloc Party, Libertines, Editors - that sort of thing. What is your most memorable gig so far? There was a charity gig we played a while ago for some friends of ours.
| Lol |
That was pretty cool, as people were singing the words of a few of our songs. Where would you most like to play? Reading or Glastonbury. Finally, tell us some interesting facts about yourself Before we played any gigs, we were known as Flickers in the Flash. |