FIVE dedicated, passionate musicians meet in an old, air-raid shelter four times a week. In the cool depths of its confines they practise, practise, practise getting their own brand of rock just right.
The band are called The Lostboys. A strange name. One that conjures up images of a well choreographed boy band or mullet-headed vampires. However the issue of alias interpretation simply vapourises when you hear the power of their rock.
It's animated, it's emotional and there's a reassuring vibe of familiarity about it. In fact I found the experience of sitting in their rehearsal room, listening to them practise two of their songs entitled If You Were Alive Today and Here We Are, quite a moving experience.
The music was pitch perfect, the grunge was great and the rhythm section held it together while the lead singer just lost control. The performance was so good it was as if they'd been touring together for years.
In reality, The Lostboys has been in existence for three years. The backbone of the band are two brothers, Frankie on guitar and Patrick Brannan on lead vocals. They've been collaborating on song ideas together since they were 16. Neal Edridge on drums and Leigh on bass went to school in Chalfont St Peter together and Damien, the other guitarist, decided to join the band because he thought the former guitarist was rubbish.
The good-looking boys, all in their 20s, come from the Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross areas. They're all the best of friends. They all want to get signed. And they all believe they will succeed. It's all a very admirable assertion of faith in their music. It's almost like a crusade.The Lostboy crusade, against the candy-floss-easy-program-flip-flop records which seem to attract more listeners onto the dance floor than an audience to a live gig.
The question is: Do you want live music?
Do you want to see a proper rock band?
Then get out of your bedroom and go and see The Lostboys on Wednesday night.
The Lostboys will be performing at The Fez, 5-6 Gun Street, Reading, on Wednesday. Telephone: 0118 9586839 or visit www.lostboys.org.uk
Written by Rachel Wakefield
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