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My Sergeant Mask exudes the kind of enthusiasm that only a band so young can. But you might be tempted to think that that merely hides a lack of musical ability? After all, how can musicians aged just 17 write hit songs? Well apart from asking the Arctic Monkeys, you could just listen to My Sergeant Mask and you will find out.



Free from the hang-ups and paranoia that follow experience in the industry, the band, originating from Stoke-on-Trent and together since 2006, continues to write the kind of songs that artists many years more senior strive in vain to reach. With the combined talents of Kate Crnokrak (vocals) and Matt Davies (lead guitar) penning the tunes, the band has risen to momentous heights in a very short time.



Their victory in the BBC Midlands Today School of Rock 2007 competition is the obvious high point, bringing the band to the attention of the masses via TV. But that’s not all - radio play has followed, together with a string of top gigs supporting everyone from rock legends, Status Quo, to rising stars such as Boy Kill Boy. The band regularly headlines Stoke’s largest venue, The Sugarmill, where they headed the Friday night of the 2007 Axis Festival – a week-long event this year led by The Wombats. Away from the confines of local recognition, live shows across the North-West and Midlands have built up an army of a following outside of My Sergeant Mask’s comfort zone.



Gigs are where many think My Sergeant Mask come into their own. Beyond Kate’s soaring vocals and Debbie Harry-like strut around the stage, and Matt’s cool, brooding guitar sounds, you have the rock of the band, Shaun Stubbs, wielding the bass guitar with authority and Ash Dale taking the drums to within an inch of their very lives time after time.



The first song the band ever wrote, the award-winning, ‘Stereotype’, still remains their signature piece. You are challenged to listen to the song and not be humming along to the riff by the end of those three-and-a-half minutes of pure guitar pop. The band is truly genre-defying and to use the indie/punk moniker favoured right across the board would simply do them a disservice. Hallmarks of early material from The Jam and Manic Street Preachers scream out from the guitars and the mention of Miss Harry above brings the inevitable and not unfair comparison with Blondie. But the joy of My Sergeant Mask is that they are not trying to be any of those bands. They are, quite honestly, too young to be truly influenced by them and, in that case, that they are able to be compared to them tells all anyone needs to know about their talent. With age is said to come experience, but sometimes raw talent just shines through.



If you would like to book the band, contact us on gigs@mysergeantmask.com



Stereotype - My Sergeant Mask



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