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hustlin’ for
Success
allum Amies (vocals), Tom Newton
hen you ask others who their biggest inspiration C(guitar), Max Ellis (bass) and Matt
Bicker (drums) are the four guys that make
Wis, oftentimes it’s someone famous; someone up The Bottom Line, a pop punk quartet
known all around the world; someone who has made it to from the South of England. The band tell
people they were established in 2011, al-
the top of his or her game. A lot of the time, that’s be- though they released their debut EP, ‘The
Outdated EP’, in 2009. Since then, the four-
cause of determination and hard work. The Bottom Line some have been progressing onwards and
are a band not yet at the top, yet these hard-working, upwards, with the last couple of years
being the most notable. They’ve supported
always-hustling guys deserve your admiration for bands such as Simple Plan, Waterparks
and The Offspring and travelled as far as
everything they’ve done so far. They’ve bypassed hurri- China and Canada for tours. They are also
canes, jumped out of vans going up in flames, and play proudly independent and do everything
themselves without the aid of a manager or
sets out in the streets after the main show is over. They booking agent. How do they do it!?
“It’s a mixture of working really, really
have an EP entitled ‘I Still Hate You’, but we definitely, hard, being good at what you do, but then
definitely love these guys. mixed with an absolute amount of luck,”
THE BOTTOM LINE
