

James Whale’s Manifesto

The UK is going to hell in a handcart. At least, that’s what James Whale thinks, so he’s taking matters into his own hands. Ladies and gentleman of the electorate, brace yourselves for James Whale’s Manifesto: Getting Britain Back on Track in 2012. In each episode, the outspoken broadcaster will be throwing down the gauntlet to a trio of opinionated guests to thrash out solutions to the country’s woes, from healthcare to housing, from economics to unemployment. An audio-jolt to jump-start the system, a hangover cure for political apathy, a slap in the face for a weary democracy- would James Whale get your vote?

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The olive branch was originally a studio project created by Phil Todhunter, he had the good fortune to work with bands such as Smoke like a fish,Wobbly bob,Paul Carey, The downsetters and Sub-versive,,many demos have been recorded over the years and in 2010 the album SKAFUSION was released on waltjabscorecordings, Stan from WJR was instrumental in getting the album released has he produced and co-wrote half of the album, November 2011 The olive branch became a working band with Sam Jackson on guitar, Roger Mitchell on Bass his brother Stuart Mitchell on drums and Mick Spencer,(original drummer) on his favored instrument, keyboard. 2012 was a year to create the foundations of the band, we played some gigs, met some great people and extended our set list in 2013 we are still working hard and trying to improve all the time, the goal is to be as active on the gig circuit as possible, so if you are a promoter or know a venue who would welcome a band playing SKA,REGGAE,DUB,PUNK in their own original Yorkshire Yap stylee please get in touch...  

To describe The Olive Branch as a Ska band does not fully tell the tale, if you want to hear covers of Monkey Man and A Message to you Rudi etc then this band is not for you.

They mainly write their own material, and this group of ‘Yorkshire Pudding’, old-skool skanking, rude boys are still very proud of their ska roots. But there is much more to this band, when you can successfully fuse Reggae and Folk for example to create a unique sound then you really have to take your pork pie off to these lads who hail from Leeds and Bradford.

Capable, enthusiastic musicians writing songs about everyday life, these boys have been around the block, which is evident in the sharp sing-a-long songs, which will leave you smiling, singing and highly probably sweating.

An Olive Branch is actually an ancient symbol of peace and harmony, the band themselves are all about peace and harmony and a hell of a lot of skanking. Inspired by 2-tone, driven by Trojan and striving for originality T.O.B are on course to be a band you will find it hard to forget

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