FRESHERS GUIDE
ICONIC SOUTHAMPTON MUSICIANS
CREEPER
Southampton rockers Creeper just released their second album Sex, Death & the Infinite Void this month, further pushing the band into the mainstream. Debuting at number 5 on the UK album Chart, Creeper is only getting better with every release, and are paving the way for other bands coming out of the Southampton rock scene. Forming in 2014, this six-piece is one of the most interesting rock acts in the music world at the moment. Incorporating elements of horror-punk, the goth-rock and emo into their sound, the group can nail fast-paced, riff-heavy tracks as well as slowing the tempo to tug on our heartstrings. Everything that the band releases feels very original and fresh, from the storylines and characters they incorporate into their work to the energy in their live shows, Will Gould and co are due to go down as legends of the Southampton music scene. In December of this year, the gothic six-piece is returning to Southampton to play multiple shows at one of the grassroots venues that supported them at the start of their journey as a band. Playing four live ‘outstore’ events for The Joiners in partnership with Vinilo for the release of Sex, Death & the Infinite Void, these shows will certainly go off and be something you’d hate to miss out on. CHARLOTTE BRENNAN
CRAIG DAVID
Growing up in the Town Quay, Craig David has established himself as Southampton’s greatest treasure. David is a known name at any club night or pre’s with his absolute bangers, like ‘Rewind’, getting anyone with a pulse up and dancing. The R&B singer even has a plaque dedicated to him in Southampton City Centre, proving Craig David really is “all over”. He is the gift that keeps on giving; on 10 October 2019 David did a free Virgin Media show at St Mary’s Stadium – he brought us into the New Year and is a huge name even outside of Southampton. He regularly celebrates his hometown and is loud and proud about where he’s from. For those who don’t know Craig David, he is a singer-songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer born in 1981 who struck to fame after his collaboration with Artful Dodger on ‘Re-Rewind’. However, it wasn’t until his debut album, Born to Do It, in 2000 that he became a household name. The album’s lead single, ‘7 Days’, went straight to number one in the UK making David, who at the time was only 18 years old, the youngest British male to have a UK number-one single . MORGAN MCMILLAN
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