The Raid
Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom
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Press
The musical equivalent of a dangerous one night stand: thrilling stuff!! - All Gigs
Totally innovative, inventive and awe-inspiring - R13
The Raid are a welcome change… sticking out like a sore, soulful (and quite wonderful) thumb - Subba-Cultcha
It’s timeless stuff and you really don’t hear it much anymore - London Tour Dates
Big boisterous rock that’s big enough to fill the room and more - barfly
Snarling young rock - Daily Star
Marvellously straightforward, loud and brash rock’n'roll from a hotly tipped five-piece - Nuts
Indie fans, trust me when I say you won’t be disappointed - BBC
One continuous glorious guitar swamp - Club NME
Discography
[2011] Heads or Tales (EP)
[2008] We Know Best (EP)
[2008] On a Scale (EP)
All been streamed and played on radio, including XFM and BBC 1.
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Bio
The Raid are a Hemel Hempstead based Rock n’ Roll five- piece. Founded in 2003 by then five teenagers with terrible haircuts, they have since played hundreds of gigs across the UK, with audience ranging between 1 person (their manager) and 1500.
A 2008 EP release has seen them featured on various national radio stations, including a winning spot on Zane Lowe’s Fresh Meat. Shortly after they replaced their drummer and hair style.
In 2009 they signed a production deal with The Sonic Front. Together with their producer, Jacques De Kooning, the band decided to spend the majority of the recording budget on cutting their debut album live at Abbey Road Studio 3. After 2 days there, a few more days overdubbing in Hackney, and 8 months of mixing, Written Rough was ready.
Although passionate consumers of modern music, with likes given to the likes of The Walkman and Lykke Li, the lads can’t help the feeling that music was better before the iron lady came to power. And so for their music they draw inspiration from Dylan, The Stones, The Beatles and pretty much any artist without a Facebook page.
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