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t’s a sunny afternoon in the centre of eventually encouraged him to push himself. change my mind. My mentality has
IBirmingham. We are sat in a pub not “Even when Stone Broken had started gig- changed and it has literally been the past 9-
too far from the O2 Academy venue, where ging I still felt as though I was the guitarist 12 months where I’ve sort of changed my
a couple of weeks previously Rich and just trying to sing,” Rich tells us. “I’d never view into ‘I am the frontman of Stone Bro-
Robyn, alongside their fellow band mates - had that confidence before. Although I used ken and I am the singer/songwriter.’ It’s dif-
Chris Davis (guitar) and Kieron Conroy to sing at college and at university, I only ferent now because I’ve gotten more
(bass) - performed their biggest hometown sang because it was for projects that I had confident onstage and I start to command
show to date at the Academy 2. Originally to do.” the stage a bit more. I feel like a frontman.
the gig was set to take place at the smaller Outside of university it was the process We’re playing more now than we ever have
Academy 3, but due to the high demand for of trying to find a vocalist to front the band done. It builds confidence and you learn the
tickets the venue was upgraded. The show which led to Rich giving it a go himself. “I stage craft and how to interact with your
was a huge success and received rave re- got fed up of waiting for a good singer to fans.”
views. The quartet looked and sounded come round. I just thought, ‘I’m gonna try Robyn agrees, before revealing that she
confident and at home on the stage, but and see what it is like,’ and people really too had to overcome some fears in order to
both Rich and Robyn reveal to Black Velvet liked it.” put herself in the spotlight. When Stone
that this hasn’t always been the case for At what point did he start believing in Broken were first given a 45 minute set they
them. himself and feel he was capable of taking did not have enough material to get them
Before Stone Broken, Rich was never on the role of frontman? through, so it was going to be up to Robyn
confident enough to step into the role of “Just now, if I’m honest!” Rich laughs. to help fill the gap by doing a drum solo. It
lead singer. It was his music teacher who “In all honesty, it’s been a long process to was something she had never had to do in

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