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Unfortunatly due to differences of opinion within the band Matt
Anthony has decided to leave James Warner.
We thank Matt for all his input to the band over the last year and
wish him every bit of success in the future.
We also would like to thank Matt’s other half Michelle for her
invaluble and awesome work on the technical stuff such as JWP’s
website and lots more.
All of JWP’s Gigs will carry on as normal with a FULL band.
See you all soon,
JWP xxx
We’ve put up a Brand new track up on the EPITAPH records website for all of your ears:)
please take a mo to dive over and take a looksee!
New EP ‘FELL’ will be released on the 9th jan 2010! and this is one of the noise squiggles on it!
AV A BANANA!xxx
here be the link:
http://www.epitaph.com/demolition/
Hope you enjoy it!
please let us know what you rekon!
Watch this space for new trax on myspace very soon!!! woop
xxxjwp
Just a quick update on the official JWP site. As some of you may have noticed it’s been offline for a few days, but it’s all back up and running now with a new shiny look! Have a gander, leave a comment 
Also check out the Music section, we’ve uploaded some clips from our first album just for you lovely lot Enjoy!
JWP xx
So, what have we been doing? Well, we’re now in the process of recording the new CD! It’s sounding great already with some of the tracks layed down, and it should get truly underway and should be finished in the next month or two!
We’re all really exited about getting some new stuff out there, and feel really positive about pushing the band as far as possible in the next few months, and if you would like to help us out in any way, that would be fantastic and much appreciated!
We also have some fantastic gigs coming up, the next one being:THE OLD BELL HOTEL DERBY,
28TH AUGUST
*FREE ENTRY!!*
(18+)
This is going to be a fantastic gig and not one to be missed, with some other great bands too!Anyway, i believe that will do for now, will put another update up for you guys very soon, as we also have some very exiting news to reveal in the next few weeks! See you very soon, hopefully at the Old Bell!!
Cheers,Dan, Joe, Kate + Matt xxxx
Lessons are going FAST, so please contact me ASAP if interested!
By the way, JWP have some really good gigs coming up, the next one at THE VICTORIA INN on Sunday 21st June with PATCHWORK GRACE and some other Brilliant bands! It is £4 on the door, and details can be found on our main page. Please come come, this is NOT ONE TO BE MISSED!
We have lots of postive things going on at the moment in James Warner, So stay tuned and we’ll keep you updated!!
Cheers, see you all soon!!
Dan JWP xxx
im worried about a mate here! if anyone knows anything! please get in touch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
joe – 07812 082 628
REALLY IMPORTANT
…or Not 
Kate
“It was good fun to get a bit dressed up and put some make up on (joe and dan) for the photoshoot, was really funny when me and Joe went down the shop and Joe forgot he had put the make up on:) We managed to form a substantial queue behind us, as it took that long to actually get some money out the cash maching and took two of us to do that! But whose gonna say anything to the ginger guy with the beard and eyeshadow? If they had they might have regreted it! Thanks to Sophie for a really good fun day,
kxx”
Dan
“We all had a really good day at the photoshoot, was really nice and laid back, spent a lot of time dossing around in true james warner style, doing things like trying to put eachother off our ‘moody poses’ in the shots. At one point i nearly knocked matt and kate over as i could’nt balance on my knees! Yes it’s true, me and Joe wore make – up for the photos, and may i say he made an exellent job of my eyeliner, almost too good in fact. It makes me wonder how much practice he’d had at putting on make -up before. hmmm. haha! Some great pictures came out of the session, and we can’t wait to show you guys! Massive Thanks to Sophie for working with us, it was great fun, and the pics are ace, Dan xxx”
Matt
“Hmm, yes photoshoot. I had to get up early so the first hour or so is a bit foggy for me but I do remember thinking to myself, you know you’re in a rock band when the boys have more eyeliner on than the girl! I think we even have a photo of Joe delicately doing Dan’s eyes for him, but I have to say I politely declined as I prefer my natural eyebags of tiredness, and besides, if I wear makeup I just look like a freaky bearded lady and nobody wants to see that! So after I’d finished pointing and laughing at Joe and Dan we got down to some photos which involved a lot of trying to compose ourselves in between all the messing around and giggling but Sophie did a great job of keeping things together and only mentioned the words ’school’,'photograph’ and ‘children’ a few times! My face tends to look like a sack of furry potatoes in most normal photographs but Sophie seems to have an anti-potato-face filter for her camera so most came out pretty good, gotta get me one of those… and maybe a multiple-chins-reduction-lens could come in handy too! It was a long, but fun day and I’d definitely recommend Sophie to other bands, thanks!
Matt.”
Joe
“The photo shoot. Day of vanity and silly faces. Great fun. I even took a few different sets o clothes intending on gettin a few different ‘looks’ (said in a camp and fashion conscious natteridge:) so sad! Didn’t actually end up doin it though. Too much effort I just wanna make noise for a livin damn it! But hey they’re gonna look good, even considering the fact we’re gonna be in em! It’s funny, you get a camera in front of you and all the stupid faces and shit eating grins come out all at once. A band of fools:) Big thanks to Sophie for a real fun day. Word to your bad self! J.x”
Some sneaky previews:
So hi there all.x
Our single launch down @ the fly in London went bloody lovely:)
unfortunately, I somehow bust my phone (I reckon on the way back where we got VERY drunk with the help of the amber stuff…..no not wee you sicko! that’s gross). As such. the vids, photos etc are useless coz I cant get to em! arg!!!! So I will have to tell the story just from my memory……oh dear!
We will be getting some proper gig shots soon from our lovely friends who were taking them for us but at the mo they are being edited so you cant see them 
…yet. On that note. We would love to see your photos for the day! And would love to get them up on our page! If you have a selection of choice moments you’d like to share with us, send em over to us so we can see them! Also if you took any live shots of JWP on stage, get them over to us too please! band@james-warner.co.uk
But, The day……
So we started off far too early (I aint a morning flower) and got on the coach with sleep in our eyes and thoughts of a bacon buttie. We picked all up and after a school type register (in which I insisted on being called Mr Brown….or Sir….. to which I was ignored……) we took our full coach of gigee’s down to London. Woop!
The coach, it has to be said, kinda worried me. At times we were driving at pretty much walking speed on the M1! Which was a bit of an issue as you can imagine! When the driver was asked why he was doing this, he kinda got a bit embarrassed and claimed the bus had just been in the garage so he didn’t know, but rest assured we would make it. I figured we should take him at his word and went back to playin eye spy (ignorance is bliss after all). After a bit, it seemed about the right time to get the kettle on n crack out the JWP cakes!
The coach had a tea coffee thingy so me and my dad got the orders in, and got everyone a cuppa and then my lovely other half, eve, who had made a load of cakes with JWP written on em (yup! We are that rock n roll!) Gave em out to the possie☺ mmmmmmmm.
A while later we made a stop at the services. Being as a bacon buttie was off the menu due to lack of available pig goodness, me and Matt settled for a breakfast Burger King (they make a lovely cuppa tea!) and feeling totally ashamed of our selves, we got back on the bus and continued with the eye spy.
We made good time and arrived with no problems (which is odd when I’m involved!) at around 12noon. Ready to do the tourist thing☺
Every one on the bus helped us with our gear into the venue who, when fronted by 40 folk with guitars n boxes quite rightly shit themselves and asked, very nicely, “are you the band?”. When we replied with “no, not everyone is” an unmistakable look of relief burst across their faces and then followed a request for us to leave, as quick as poss. Then we all parted for the day with hugs and merriment!
The JWP gang spent the pretty much all day wondering around the area looking in music shops and slobbering on stuff we cannot afford…..yet….
I did my good deed for the day which was to take a razor blade that Matt spotted on a piano stool waiting for someone to sit on, to the shop owners which I have to say I kinda regretted coz I could of sat on it n got loadsa money! (where there’s a blame there’s a claim!) Also would of made a pretty ‘rock’ story….arg! but maybe next time.
Then we went for some lunch…..a burger…….fat bastards!……they claimed it was the best burger in the world……it wasn’t…..not bad though.
Then we met a guy called Thad. Who we hope will be helping us in the future. Nuff said for the moment. He had a nice hat. It was fluffy.
When we had finished chatting to Thad, we said good bye and legged it down stairs for our sound check. Said hello to the other bands who all seemed very nice☺ I had a ARGGGG! Moment when I thought my amp had died again but it was me being a dumb ass and putting things in wrong holes…….don’t read into that….. And we had our very loud check. ☺
The back stage ‘Area’ has shrunk since the last time we went there. It is now a cupboard! Forget a glass full of brown M n M’s we would have been happy with a room!:) But mops and buckets pushed aside, we fitted our kit into the ‘Backstage’ and went up stairs for some wind down time.
I went over the road to a lovely pub where some of the posse was gathering and had a couple of nerve calmers and had a moment of realisation of the prices in our wonderful capital city! I bought a round of 3 drinks (thank god the others already had drinks coz wouldn’t of been able to afford it!) it cost me £11.90!!!!! Which made me bankrupt for the day having already over spent on food☺. Luckily I had already bought a bottle of whiskey for the journey home☺
We went over to The Fly, (which is a great little venue I thought☺ I liked the paintings on the walls myself), and had a lovely time mingling and listening to some great music! A particular fav of mine was ‘Kids In Cars’☺ woop! Met some lovely people and had a great time!!!
So, SHOW TIME!
First off, we had some awesome help from our lot, getting on, set up, and getting up our banner! Thanks guys!!! (OOOOh yes! The banner!, A massive fancy thing we have just had done!!! Thanks to ‘POSITIVE DESIGN’ for this lovely ☺)
The show started right on time. We were VERY loud for this gig☺ and Went for it with all of our great London buzz! The room was packed, the people we’re lovely!!! Again, thanks guys! And a Big ta to the folk who didn’t know us!:) hoped yaz enjoyed it! We had a great time! I fell into the drum kit (sorry to the volt guys:/) at the end which most people thought id done on purpose! ( ……no……it hurt……fuck rock n roll!☺)
We stormed through our set leaving a room that thumped like my heartbeat! Lovely☺
After standing on my guitars and getting help from our lot to get off, we did the cool down, natter to people and start to get drunk, thing….ahhhh. I met a lovely geeza called Simon who makes amazing guitars out of recycled bottles and cd’s (yup you read it right☺) hopefully you will see much more about him and his guitars, in the next few months. Now, at this point The Volt were on, a very good tight band with some great tracks but I was bleedin’ knackered! So couldn’t do too much watching to be honest so I concentrated on getting drunk. Then what seemed like a couple of seconds passed and I got a call from Keith (our bus driver) saying he was outside! So rallied the troops…or they rallied me should I say☺ and all got on the bus to ride home!
After another register type thingy (I didn’t bother with the ‘call me sir!’ thing this time☺), We cracked open the bottles of whiskey we had bought earlier and then,……..erm……..cant really remember much after this………… bits n bobs……… but I shall wait to see the photos☺
The next I knew, I woke up at about 12 noon with a horrible hang over and sore bruising on my back☺ ,……..obviously, it had been a good night!
It was Valentines Day! And my lovely eve was next to me, also feeling rough……
I’m gonna stop there.
Thank you so much, again, to all who came along with us and just a quick plug for the next big day out! Which will be on SAT 12th SEPT 09. It will be a 14+ show! And we will be running a bargain coach with tea and cakes again☺
Let us know if your interested! Watch this space for new photos from the gig and from the other stuff we are up to!
Just another quick reminder to anyone with photos from London, please send over a selection to us (band@james-warner.co.uk) and we can have a smile and stick em up on the page!
Word all yo bad selfs!!!!
Mwa.xxx Joe + JWP
P.S. I wrote this bit after just being reminded about something
When we played our song ‘Fashionable Place of Birth’, some fookin stunner had bought a blow up banana in the day time:)!!! So this little beasty got thrown around the room to the sound of our noise. That was awesome!
‘av a banana’!
made us smile:)
x
Hello all, just a quick mention that our video for the soon to be released single “Sing” has been shown on the big screen in Derby, is on the Derby Evening Telegraph website with an article on us, and the band was also featured in today’s publication of the paper on p26!
We have also been reviewed by Sandman Magazine!
In other fantastic news our album “Set The World On Fire” is available on iTunes, with the single also available soon!
We have so much help and support from so many people, and things are on the move in a very exciting direction so thanks to all of you and keep it coming, we really appreciate everything you do!
Matt, Joe, Kate & Dan
Hiya, Kate jwp here,
Just thought I’d let you know a few things going on for us,
The London gig is selling really well, more than 100 tickets sold at the venue already and we have sold 40 bus tickets so the coach is now full, really looking forward to the gig and having a great day out with everyone!
Keep an eye on the Derby Evening Telegraph, there will be an article on us on Feb 6th. and the video of Sing was shown on the Big Screen last week and we are on again twice this week. Wednesday 6pm and Saturday 12pm.
The website is soooo nearly ready to be launched again, looks great – www.james-warner.co.uk and Michelle who has done our website and lots of other cool stuff has set us up on Twitter. She has also designed us some fancy pants new promo material, if ever you want to let your favorite venue or festival know about us, give us a shout and we will get the lovely newness of our biog and video etc to them!
Set the World on Fire is now available on CD Baby!
We have lots of fun gigs coming up so please come and see us, we have more being arranged also including The Rock and Blues Festival Pentrich (providing it goes ahead).
We are also part of The Surface Unsigned competition and the first gig is March 28th in Birmingham at The Flapper! We will let you know more details soon.
Confirmed Gigs
12 Feb 2009 – Cardigan Arms, Leeds
13 Feb 2009 – SINGLE LAUNCH! – The Fly, Oxford Street, London
28 Feb 2009 – Derby University, Love Music Hate Racism
08 Mar 2009 – The Palace Hotel – Buxton, Midlands
21 Mar 2009 – The Assembly Rooms – Evolution – Derby, Midlands
27 Mar 2009 – Surface Unsigned Competition! @the flapper, Birmingham
10 Apr 2009 – The Sitwell Tavern, Derby
18 Apr 2009 – Bloodstock Festival BOTB – Rockhouse, Derby, Midlands
13 May 2009 – MFN Bike Night, Shipley
16 May 2009 – The White Post (acoustic show)
That’s it for now, but there will be more soon, lots happening. please keep in touch with us. We love reading your comments etc. and we especially love seeing you at gigs
Kate, Joe, Matt n Dan xx
