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Said And Done
Said And Done

he UK is really becoming a melting pot of hot talent. If you love commercial hard
Trock, then The Brink are the band for you. They’re a dynamic five-piece that initially
sprouted out of Wisbech and Cambridge and have some quality tuneage under their belts.
They’ve been in the studio with Nick Tauber, who has worked with Thin Lizzy, Def Leppard
and Venom. With a song in The Brink’s catalogue called ‘Said And Done’, we thought we’d
catch up with the band and ask them questions all relating to things they’ve said and done.

Tell us about how you got together. What did cians. He drives us to be the best at what we do. again? What would you say ‘never again’ to?
you say to each other that made you want to With the songs, he's seen different elements TQ: Personally I would say buying a ‘band van’
be in a band with each other? that we wouldn’t have picked up on and shown for £300 was one of the biggest mistakes we’ve
Alex Bittles: Gary and myself started the band a us how to explore different regions within our made as a band. It spent most of its time on
few years back. We’ve all known each other songwriting. blocks with the accelerator cable held together
through the rock scene for a few years. We ap- with a guitar string, not to mention the 50mph
proached Tom to join the band as the frontman, You’ve released an album called ‘Would You top speed. The whole thing was just a complete
we then found Drake around three years ago to Love Her’. What would you say about that re- nightmare!
join as our drummer, through a mutual friend. lease? What does it mean to you now? What
And finally Tom approached his longtime friend would you say that album had? What is the most important thing you’ve said
Isabella to be the final fifth member on rhythm AB: This was a project that we did at the very in a song? Tell us about the meaning behind
guitar. We all got together over a few beers, de- beginning. It was mostly used as a demo album one of your most important songs.
cided we could definitely do something special to try and get our music to the public and to give AB: ‘Save Goodbye’ is probably the most impor-
with this project, and the rest is history! ourselves a starting point with an online pres- tant message we’ve used in a song, it’s a
ence. We were pleased with this album as it was thought everyone has had at some point in their
What’s the best thing you’ve done as a band purely self-written, funded and produced. Since lives. The track itself can mean a lot of things to
so far? then we’ve learned a lot and it has led to bigger a lot of people. The idea behind it is basically
Tom Quick: I would say that the best thing we’ve things. “don't give up”. A relationship is ending, but that
done as a band so far would be getting the op- doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye right
portunity to record at Abbey Road studios at the Is there anything you do now when you’re now because there is still so much left between
end of 2016. It’s something that a lot of musi- getting ready for a show that you didn’t used the two. Don’t leave anything unsaid because
cians dream of doing and we were very lucky to to in the early days? Anything you’ve you will regret it.
be able to do it. learned to do or picked up on?
TQ: For all of us we tend to give ourselves What is something you’d love to do? Do you
You’ve recorded with Nick Tauber. What did space from each other just before we’re due to have any big ambitions?
Nick ‘do’ to your songs? What did he add perform. This just helps us get into a good mind- TQ: Right now we’d love to be able to finish off
and what did he teach you in the process? set for the show and keeps us all level-headed. our album in Abbey Road studios, travel the
TQ: We’ve been working with Nick for the best Oh, and we’ve cut down the bottles of whiskey world and share our music with as many people
part of two years. During that time he has and cider before a gig as well! as we possibly can.
worked us very hard and taught us a huge
amount about songwriting and production. He’s You’ve released a video for ‘Never Again’. Visit www.facebook.com/thebrinkband for more
helped bring out the best in all of us as musi- What’s something you never want to do info. Words By Shari Black Velvet

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