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Thursday 18th May 2006
The Rollocks
The Rollocks
The Rollocks


Five piece rockers The Rollocks hail from the Shotley Peninsular - and they're back with a new singer!

What do you think of them? Add your comments at the bottom of the page

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mini review
Whereas before they had the occassional dash of reggae, the new riff-based songs stick very much to a 1970s blues rock template in the same way that Reef did in the 90s. Lenghty, soaring, wailing guitar solos with grungey vocals. Could probably benefit from a bit more melody, but they still rock.

The line up is as follows:

Lewis Powell - vocals
Simon Gray - guitar
Nick Rogers - guitar
Tom Lock - bass guitar
James Richman - drums

The band has existed since 2003 and have had several line-up changes - the last being the departure of singer Jason Mandley in December 2005. The band's origins were at Holbrook High School when members began performing in various guises and under different band names in the late 90s. Initially they were a covers-only group, but now stick to their own stuff.

A career high was winning the 2004 Battle Of The Bands at Woolverstone Girls School - where they won the princely sum of £100!

They sent us a picture of themselves mooning. However, it's against BBC guidelines to have quite so many spots on our website, so you'll have to make do with the shot of them male-bonding in a field.

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comments

Hey Hey...we were awesome! lol missin ya!
Roge...Aussie Land!
Wed Dec 20 22:15:30 2006

wat a bunch of legends! Definitely rock, from sam daniels - TBW all the way boyos!!!! oh oh
Des 5
Wed Dec 13 13:23:31 2006

Well, a change of singer has to be a good thing.......
e.g. Anon, Colchester
Mon Aug 7 23:19:50 2006

well my manhood is clearly the largest there you satisfied
tom lock, bass
Wed Jun 7 15:29:14 2006

The Rollocks are the best band in the world! They're already legends
Tors - Stutton
Mon Jun 5 15:14:46 2006

the enemy within are awful, the rollocks are not quite as awful
david
Fri May 26 15:29:05 2006

Usual overindulgance - not as good as The Enemy Within
Big D's Dad Shotley
Fri May 19 20:19:13 2006

awesome guys rock on
dick -shotters
Thu May 18 22:40:01 2006

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