A little background history..
DAVID ‘Masso’ MASSON – Guitar, Backing Vocals.
CHRISTOPHER ‘Pricey’ PRICE – Vocals, Guitar.
GLENN NOBLE – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals.
PAUL CHAMPION – Drums.
The band got together in early 2001 and we were originally called Audioslave. The band emerged from the ashes of Liverpool’s Freakhealer, which Chris, Paul and earlier Masso had been members of. Glenn, the North-Eastern-Bass-Player made it four and once permanent rehearsal space was sorted, songwriting began in earnest in March 2001 (Wherever Earnest is!)
The original Audioslave sound was unleased upon the Merseyside live audiences on July 27th 2001 at The Zanzibar and the band ping-ponged between there, The Lomax, The Barfly and The L2 during 2001/02 including a very enjoyable Northern dates tour for TRANSIT – playing Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester with a bunch of great bands. We picked up management along the way and became serious about the venture. We recorded demos at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios and with our great friend (and regular sound man), Craig Williams up in Crosby.
After rumours reached us that an American ‘Supergroup’ consisting Rage Against The Machine and Chris Cornell were eyeing up the name, we were contacted by Chris Cornell’s lawyers and came to an agreement whereby both bands could use the name….[NME.com article] However, not wanting to be confused with the US version, we decided on a new name altogether
Now armed with a new name we continued to make music and secured a booking agent, which meant wider touring and regular jaunts down to London to play gigs for A&R staff from various labels. We were shortly signed to Seeca Records and started recording tracks with Craig Williams and Ste Eriksson for our first label releases.
Ahead of the debut album ‘Victoriana’ we released a couple of download singles and the 4-track Pop Song E.P. early in 2005. We began touring to promote these and the upcoming album.
Pop Song E.P.
1. Pop Song
2. Enemy in Me
3. We're all fucked now
4. Inbetween
Victoriana
1. Programmed
2. Pop Song
3. Silent Type
4. Pain & Problematics
5. Tiamo
6. Always in the Way
7. 80's Love Affair
8. Enemy in Me
9. The Pianist
10. Things Always Change
11. Blackpool
(Hidden track: Nosebag)
In 2012, our eldest daughter was diagnosed with Leukaemia and my fantastic mates from the band and the wider music community rallied around us as a family. They suggested we get back together and play some fundraising gigs in Liverpool and Coventry. Then our friend Ken Nelson (producer of Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy & Gomez et al) offered to record some tracks with us to sell at the gigs and online to boost the fundraising effort. And so, recorded in a day – The Solidarity E.P was born.
[My daughter made a full recovery and the love and support of our friends and strangers alike, has changed our lives forever – from the worst of times, our belief in Love and Humanity was restored.]
The Solidarity E.P. (2013) 1: Out of the Loop 2: Under the Sea 3: Inspiration
Glenn Noble online 