Acoustic guitars and singing from Ryan Skinner and Will Buchanan. Covering everything from ABBA to the Black Keys.

Opposite Origins (formerly ATLAS) are a four-piece band influenced mainly by alternative and indie rock such as Biffy Clyro, Muse, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters. Drawn as much to uncomplicated songwriting as they are to musical pyrotechnics, Opposite Origins balance ambitious covers alongside stadium-rousing anthems. Regulars on the playlist include Muse’s progressive, synth-laden odyssey “Knights of Cydonia”, Biffy Clyro’s jaggedly climactic “Bubbles”, Coldplay’s optimistic ballad “Fix You”, and Foo Fighter’s fanfare for the ordinary man “My Hero”.

Despite growing up only a few miles apart, frontman Ryan Skinner and guitarist/keyboardist Will Buchanan met a little over five years ago at a Maidstone jam night (The Old House At Home). Finding immediately that their music collections shared many of the same favourites, Ryan and Will have since built a steady roster of covers, gigging in pubs around Maidstone and Medway. Opposite Origins also features Will Luchford on bass, and Ric Elsworth on drums. They’ve recently taken the leap into writing original material as a band, which they will be performing alongside the classics that already please the crowds.

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