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SPIES
Written by Anthony Lindley.
Performed by Famous Villains.

Anthony Lindley - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Neil Smith - Guitars
Tobin James - Piano, Keyboards & Vocals
Jarrad Kirk - Bass
Chris Autey - Drums & Vocals

Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Steve Ellis at Orion Studio, Rotherham, April 2013.
Artwork by Niko Michault & Nicolas Lavrov Studios.
Management by Niko Michault & Danielle Livesey at PUSH Music Management.

All music and lyrics are owned and copyright controlled and reserved by Anthony Lindley © 2013.
All performances and audio recordings are owned and copyright controlled and reserved by Famous Villains © 2013.
Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcast prohibited.

Spies (Single Sampler 2013)

We recorded this in Neil's kitchen onto a Fostex 8-Track using one mic on the evening of 24th October 2013. Vocal in one take.

Nobody Cares (Acoustic Kitchen Demo)

Originally by The Band, released in 1968 and written by Robbie Robertson

We played this song live a few times as a tribute to Levon Helm following his passing in April 2012.

Neil and our friend Richard Cook talked about recording a version of the song, collaboratively, with some other local musicians.

We went into Keith Angel's Wavelength studio www.wavelengthstudios.co.uk and cut the track live, adding vocals by Rita Payne, Jayne Angel (of Orchestre Ruffanti) and John Caile.

The hard drive containing the track was lost before we could mix or revisit,  so the song as it is presented here is how it went down and sounded  in the room that night.

We hope you like it!

Performed by Famous Villains with Richard Cook.





The Weight ('The Band')

We recorded this in Neil's kitchen onto a Fostex 8-Track using one mic on the evening of 13th March 2014.

The Man I Was (Acoustic Kitchen Demo)

Famous Villains' first recording, December 2011.
Recorded and Mixed by Luke Buttery at The Way Studio, London.
Mastered by Steve Kitch.
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Spies (2011 Version)

Famous Villains' second recording, April 2012.
Recorded, Mixed &amp; Mastered by Steve Ellis at Orion Studio, Rotherham.
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Burn This City

Famous Villains' third recording, September 2012.
Recorded, Mixed &amp; Mastered by Steve Ellis at Orion Studio, Rotherham.
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Millionaires

Recorded live at The Leopard, Doncaster - Saturday 14th July 2012
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Steve Ellis at Orion Studio, Rotherham.

Valentine (Live in Doncaster)

An ID recorded by Rock n Roll Radio, Milan, Italy.

Famous Villains ON AIR - Rock & Roll Radio, Italy!

We recorded this in Neil's kitchen onto a Fostex 8-Track using one mic on the evening of 26th June 2012.


Millionaires (Acoustic Kitchen Demo)

We recorded this in Neil's kitchen onto a Fostex 8-Track using one mic on the evening of 7th March 2013.

Goodbye Life (Acoustic Kitchen Demo)

We recorded this in Neil's kitchen onto a Fostex 8-Track using one mic on the evening of 15th March 2013.

Additional barking vocals by Marvin the Pug.

Lying at the Side of You (Acoustic Kitchen Demo)

We recorded this in Neil's kitchen onto a Fostex 8-Track using one mic for the Sine FM World Record Breaking Show which aired from 1st April 2013 for 80 hours no less!

8 O'Clock Blues (Acoustic Kitchen Demo)

This is not another story of a band starting out on the road for glory, but one of a band already on the road doing what bands should do… And their story has already begun.

With tales of impending success including touring with the likes of the Pigeon Detectives, receiving national airtime across Radio 2, recording with Grammy Award winning Bob Clearmountain and signing their first record deal it seemed as if everything was about to happen… Yet with a turn of bad luck, what happened was they found themselves stranded at Heathrow airport, without money or jobs to return to and with a manager who had deserted them. Kindly before leaving though, he had amassed a trail of debt in their name. With a tarnished reputation, it seems Famous Villains was an obvious choice of name.

In spite of the financial and emotional fallout from their former band, “The Wallbirds,” Anthony Lindley (lead vocal/ rhythm guitar) and Chris Autey (drums) had no regrets and were not about to give up. In 2012, they got together with old school friend Neil Smith (lead guitar) and classically trained Tobin James (piano). Famous Villains were born and have been playing throughout their native Doncaster and South Yorkshire ever since.

Melding the raw and soulful melodies of Wilson Pickett with the edgier guitar driven music of bands like Jawbreaker, Famous Villains play energetic and harmony-laden rock. Remarkably they show no sign of past disappointment, instead just an up-beat infectious attitude evocative of The Beatles… Serious about music but unaffected by everything else.

2013 started off the way they intend it to end… On the road! Having just completed a tour of the north, they are happy to announce they will be appearing at Wilderness Festival this summer. In the meantime listen out for Spies on BBC Introducing Sheffield, Sine FM and keep an eye out for further shows on their facebook…

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