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Guns for Girls, clockwise from top left: Carl Haden, Michael Mooney, Gavin Herbert and Stuart Ball
“We have played all over the Midlands area and we seem to be getting a bit of a following,” says Gavin Herbert, vocalist with Telford rock band Guns for Girls. “It’s getting a bit busier at gigs.”
The band are a four-piece based in Telford, and they have various influences, from the Queens of the Stone Age to Nirvana.
“We try to amalgamate that and do something that’s perhaps a little bit poppier,” says Gavin.
They’re not professional musicians. “We’re all in our late thirties so we’re doing it around our families,” he says.
“We have all got kids and wives, so we’re doing it for the love of doing it – and we have a really good time doing it.”
Gavin works for a furniture and interior design company in Ludlow, guitarist Michael Mooney works for Bentley Motors in Crewe, and drummer Stuart Ball and bassist Carl Haden work for Aga Rayburn in Telford.
“We enjoy doing our own original music and we throw a few covers in there as well,” says Gavin.
“We’re doing what we like, really, and we don’t try to fit into any category. And hopefully that comes through when we play live.
“We’re not rushing to get a record deal, we’re not rushing to make the big time. It would be good if it happened but we’re doing it for the love of it.”
- Guns For Girls are playing at the Kerrang! Radio Cash For Kids event at Midland Karting in Lichfield tomorrow, Saturday October 29, at 2pm. For more information click here.
- The band will also support Gundogs at the Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, on November 24. For details, click here.
- For more on the band and its forthcoming concerts, click here
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Without doubt the best rock band from Shropshire since Envy of the State.
They may not be professional musicians but they sure do play like they are.
I’ve seen these guys a few times now and I’m definitely going to catch them at the Sladerooms in November.
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I saw these lads play in Oswestry this summer and they were the best band on the bill by far.
The drummer in particular is awesome! Great player.
Come back to Oswestry. My girlfriend thinks you are brilliant.
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Seen these guys paly a few times now and they are ace well worth going and seeing. They are all very cute and fanciable.
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I have never yet seen these gentlemen play but have heard good things from people who have.
After visiting their website I will have to check them out live!
I particularly liked
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9392386
Very good!
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I couldn’t put them down!
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They play with such talent and passion, with smiles on their faces too. Its all about the music – exactly how its supposed to be.
Fantastic! Cannot fault them.
Great music, great attitude and such fantastic lads!
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Wow. I was in two minds whether to check these guys out at the Kerrang Radio Event in Lichfield last night but I am so glad I decided to go!
It was sooooooooo gooood! They had the crowd in the palm of their hands from the first song.
Their songs are so catchy and they play with so much energy. I am hooked. I am now officially a Guns For Girls fan!
GUNS FOR GIRLS! WOOP WOOP!
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Extremely talented and totally genuine group of blokes who are obviously doing it for the love of doing it! Give them a listen and believe me when i say by the time you have heard them for the second time you will be hooked!
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Guns should not be encouraged for boys, nevermind girls. A big thumbs down from me.
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Not arf
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