Band of the month - August 2009

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The Fazed

Indie rock band from the Leicester, the Fazed have established a sound reputation for their engaging and memorable songs and quality musicianship, amplified by the superb vocals of lead singer Dave Sherratt.

A well established band, they have been around for a few years now, having gone through a number of line up changes and even changes of name. Now they have settled down to being one of the A class bands of Leicester, enjoying a considerable reputation amongst the music fraternity here and a considerable fan base.

The Fazed opened the main stage at the Summer Sundae festival in 2007, being followed by Kate Nash, The Pigeon Detectives and Magic Numbers. The band's songs have been played by a number of Radio 1 DJs including Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens.

The band played the Empire Band of the Land Competition on 26th March this year. We wrote: "The Empire Band of the Land round 2 was kicked off by Leicester band The Fazed. Lead was ace singer Dave Sherratt, the played a set of their modern indie songs. Infectious rhythms, memorable melodic lines and a singing drummer resulted in a fine set, despite the band being one guitarist short. This is a band with its finger on the pulse of good song writing. Their set of well crafted songs was appealing and made a superb start to the evening."

The band supported The Heroes and Autohype at one of this years biggest gigs at DMU's Level 1 on 1st February. IN our review of the night we wrote: "The Fazed are a band that has been around for a while, but they have become stronger and even more accomplished than before. Having dropped out for a while, played around with different names, they are back with a set of quality songs. Lead singer Dave Sherratt is one of the best band singers in Leicester and a really good soloist too. The band delivered some fine melodic songs, highly listenable with some catchy beats and riffs."

The band's top song "All Your Sundays" is available on iTunes.