Broken bones gave us our motivation.Byline: By Andy Coleman MIDLAND rockers The Motive have had two lucky breaks this year. The first was when they won a contest to appear at a major festival in Hyde Park Hyde Park, park, London, England Hyde Park, 615 acres (249 hectares) in Westminster borough, London, England. Once the manor of Hyde, a part of the old Westminster Abbey property, it became a deer park under Henry VIII. alongside bands like Depeche Mode, Strokes and Goldfrapp. The second was when lead singer Add Jones fell down the stairs Adv. 1. down the stairs - on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" downstairs, on a lower floor, below and broke his ankle. "It didn't seem lucky at the time but it turned out to be a godsend god·send n. Something wanted or needed that comes or happens unexpectedly. [Alteration of Middle English goddes sand, God's message : goddes, genitive of God, God ," claims 33-year-old bassist Paul Bradley from Sutton Coldfield. "We were off the road for six to eight weeks so we spent the time writing lots of new material. "We now have a repertoire of three albums worth of songs and we've had interest from a number of record companies." That interest was heightened when The Motive won a radio contest to appear at the O2 Festival in Hyde Park. Explains Paul: "Radio Xfm asked listeners to vote for which band should take part and we won. We were gobsmacked gobsmacked Adjective Brit, Austral & NZ slang astonished and astounded Adj. 1. gobsmacked - utterly astounded to get it and it was a great day. "We played a 40 minute set which coincided with the first half of the England vs Ecuador World Cup match which was being shown on a big screen. There was quite a good crowd watching us but with just a couple of songs to go we saw loads of people heading for our stage. "It turned out they'd been watching the football - but then they were really disappointed that they only caught the end of our set. "We watched the second half backstage, eating burgers with Depeche Mode!" Paul and Tipton-born Add are joined in The Motive by lead guitarist Rob Bamber from Kinver and drummer Chris Green from Acocks Green. Paul says: "We're lining up some gigs in London and we're looking forward to playing the Hare and Hounds hare and hounds n. A game in which one group of players leaves a trail of paper scraps for a pursuing group to follow. Noun 1. in Kings Heath because we played there when we weren't so well known. It will be like going home!" Ticket info The Motive play Sunflower Lounge, B'ham city centre on July 12' Chapter 11, B'ham city centre on July 22' Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, on September 3' and Custard Factory, Digbeth on August 2 CAPTION(S): LUCKY BREAKS... The Motive's Paul Bradley, Add Jones, Rob Bamber and George De Rosa (who was stranding in for regular drummer Chris Green) at the recent O2 Festival gig. |
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