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| HISTORY Sally came into conception in the summer of 1996 as a three-piece. It first began when gay-ass indie / pop-punksters Dirty (drums) and Godboy (guitar) met up with sludge-meister Browny (bass) with the intention of writing repetitive, monotonous riffs, in an attempt to emulate sounds of the the bands of the early 90's that they liked. The concept of 'real songs' was dismissed immediately. They also thought singers were wankers with egos so they blagged Dirty into crooning, with Godboy and Browny helping out occasionally. They set about writing, rehearsing and playing gigs for about 6 months with lil' crappy amps until they kinda realised that what they were doing was, frankly, shit. They decided that they needed someone who could actually play an instrument. Enter Nigel on Flying V guitar early 1997. He liked Ozzy, Randy Rhodes and playing guitar solos. After the novelty of having someone with actual talent in the band began to wear off, they wrote more songs which were a bit less shit, tuned down to 'drop D', and played more gigs at the Foundry. (R.I.P). Around this time Godboy started getting a taste for amps . Enter Orange (Voice of the World) amplification. Beautiful. This then was followed by two demos in Summer 1997 and Spring 1998. Sally carried on playing some more in Birmingham when Doooom Lord Lozza Dozza saw them play. A couple of months later they are offered a record deal by Dozza for his label Rise Above. Sally thought this was too funny. They are now signed to a doom label. Ha-ha! Sally realised that if they were going to do a proper album for a proper record label then needed a proper singer. Problem. Sally knew no real singers who liked one-riff songs. Enter Leeroy 1999. He was also a Doooom Lord and was the ex-singer for Penance. He was introduced to band by Lozza Dozza. He wasn't a wanker so Sally let him in the band. He couldn't sing in 'D' so Sally tuned down to 'drop C'. Godboy and Browny got even more amps and Sally got louder. Sally were proper heavy by now. Sweet. Still problems though. The songs were still shit due to lack of quality control or sense of direction by band which resulted in a dog turd of an album being recorded and released. Sally put disclaimer on the back of the album sleeve stating 'Don't buy this kids, steal it'. Too fucking right. Still not getting on with Nigel. Something had to give. Exit Nigel late 1999. Sally carried on as a 4 piece and completed two tours supporting Karma To Burn in 1999 & 2000. Funny as fuck time had by all. More time was spent writing material. Godboy decided that his rig still wasn't loud or thick enough so he buys a 720w Green Matamp rig. Soundmen refuse to put him though p.a.'s anymore. Browny's set up started getting daft as well. Sally are the loudest band playing toilet venues in universe. Official. It is now April 2002. Sally are now about to enter the studio with 'The Man' Billy Anderson. Sally have spent the last three years writing and dumping songs they thought were pants. Sally have now got songs that they are proud of, the sound /tone they have always been chasing and a badass studio engineer. After 6 years it's about friggin' time. To be continued... |