Next gig: Thursday, November 20 at The Dublin Castle, in Camden, London.

About the band: This unsigned talent is a regular at The Horn, in Watford, where he is known to experiment, test new songs and ad lib quite freely.

Band members: Chris Biggin, 25, from Hemel Hempstead, was a former Longdean School pupil and now is the band's producer. He sings the vocals, executes the instrumentation and engineers the whole sound together. He is currently being developed by EMI Music and is putting together a full band, which will include a drummer and a keyboard player. There is a rising storm of indistry interest around this band. Let's see where it carries him.

Influences: Bowie, Elbow, Ryan Adams, The Beatles, Manic Street Preachers and Hendrix, to name a few.

Catchline: "Did you get the message?"

Songs: The Great Bank Robbery, Life's A Movie, Free My Soul and The Chalk That Chokes Me.

Total plays: 18,829

Most popular song: The Great Bank Robbery.

Friends: 3,813

Pictures: A couple of sketches, photography of the band by Tim Hill and snaps of them rocking crowds at their gigs.

What he says: Drinking adrenalin from a can : Feeling blood rush past your bones : Being delirious : Sipping love through a straw : Seeing your life rush from your feet through your lungs and out your voice : Being in control of nothing : Laughing at your phobia : Not being who you're not : Not trying too hard : Making you wonderful even at the worst times : Seeing love sail through and past : Helping your mind with a telescope : Buying a bargain : Hoping for three numbers : Trusting strangers : Drawing everything : Heat : Presents : UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF : Thinking 'did I just see that?!' : Being interested in someone's interests, even if you're not : Seeing through fog : Fog seeing through you : Turning lights off if you don't need them : Keeping a light on with someone : Being sexy : Being rude : Being dirty : Being an Angel.

Address: www.myspace.com/thislifescandal

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