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Party Bands in The UK

Party Bands in The UK for your wedding, party or other event

To see Party Bands working around The UK use drop down box!

This shows a selection of the numerous party bands across the UK. To find a party band in the The UK area, choose your region from the drop down box, so that you can listen to them and see them

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A few words about a typical The UK area party band

Many party bands are also happy to run a disco of background music between the sets, as part of the evening.

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Party Bands have long song lists. Here are some typical numbers:

Bad moon rising; Big yellow taxi; Rescue me; Still the one; Heaven; Stand by me; Walking on sunshine; Torn; Venus;

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Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.c1972

Drugs and booze were a given; (not for party bands though) the fractious hell of living and working en masse in an unsuitable mansion, once a Nazi headquarters, was their choice. Mick's decision to disappear with Bianca only added to the grumbling.

So, Exile On Main St. was Richard's baby, but he could not have made it without the strongest backup the band ever had: Jimmy Miller (production and percussion), Bobby Keys on saxophone, Jim Price on trumpet and trombone, and Nicky Hopkins on piano are everywhere, contributing to a loosely layered sound that hides just as much as it highlights. The band hated it, but if you like rock, its entire DNA is here, spread over four sides, and better than The White Album. The Stones never rolled this well again.

War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

A convergence of jazz, funk, rock, and Latin influences, (as for many party bands) War had scored a hit with "Spill The Wine," under the sponsorship of former Animals front man Eric Burdon. While the title suggested an overt political statement, Howard Miller's cover design captured the album's light-hearted vibe-a Rolls Royce stuck in the ghetto with a flat tire. Even the lyrics of the title track offer an optimistic message of love emerging from the overpowering city smog.

The remarkably positive reception of the album (it was the best-selling record of 1973) illustrated how well War had captured the urban experience.

Alice Cooper - School's out (1972)

Arriving in Los Angeles from Tucson, Arizona, the Alice Cooper band swiftly conceived a controversial image and signed with Frank Zappa's Straight label. The band-guided by Cooper's vicious voice and guitarist Michael Bruce's badass sense of pop-had worked hard with Ezrin on a concept album that was inspired by West Side Story, so rarely covered by party bands. The imaginative fantasy of juvenile delinquence featured sumptuous scores of big-band jazz arrangements ("Gutter Cat Vs. The Jet," "Grand Finale," "Blue Turk"), an operatic symphony ("My Stars"), a Beatles rip-off ("Alma Mater"), and terrific rockers ("Luney Tune" and "Public Animal No. 9").

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)

Doves began life as a dance outfit, as so many party bands, and scored a minor hit, then underwent a rethink. The trio's debut, Lost Souls, was a complex workout that drew comparisons with Radiohead, but this elaborate approach was somewhat distilled for The Last Broadcast. For incidental music on TV and radio, especially over sports montages, Jez Williams' guitar riffs were everywhere. A spooky cover of King Crimson's "Moonchild," contained within "M62 Song,"and some cryptic instrumentals hark back to the trippier tracks on Lost Souls.

The above quotes give some idea of the genre at the time