My name is Dan. I am the singer and guitarist in a UK garage/punk band called The Franceens. We are a very intense band that have been likened to The Hives, New Bomb Turks and The Sonics. We are constantly on the lookout for pl... moreHello garage/punk world.
My name is Dan. I am the singer and guitarist in a UK garage/punk band called The Franceens. We are a very intense band that have been likened to The Hives, New Bomb Turks and The Sonics. We are constantly on the lookout for places to play, both abroad and in the UK. If anyone likes us and wants to have us play at an event, please get in touch. We live for gigs. Here's us -
As well as this, I have recently taken on a booking role for garage bands. Nobody in the north part of the UK (where I am) seems to be doing this, so I have decided to do it myself, as I have amassed a lot of contacts in the north part of the UK whilst being out on the road with my band. I will try to help any band fill gaps on their tour, but I obviously have to like the band in order to work for them, as I am doing this for the love of the genre, not money! If any garage b... less
My name is Dan. I am the singer and guitarist in a UK garage/punk band called The Franceens. We are a very intense band that have been likened to The Hives, New Bomb Turks and The Sonics. We are constantly on the lookout for pl... moreHello garage/punk world.
My name is Dan. I am the singer and guitarist in a UK garage/punk band called The Franceens. We are a very intense band that have been likened to The Hives, New Bomb Turks and The Sonics. We are constantly on the lookout for places to play, both abroad and in the UK. If anyone likes us and wants to have us play at an event, please get in touch. We live for gigs. Here's us -
As well as this, I have recently taken on a booking role for garage bands. Nobody in the north part of the UK (where I am) seems to be doing this, so I have decided to do it myself, as I have amassed a lot of contacts in the north part of the UK whilst being out on the road with my band. I will try to help any band fill gaps on their tour, but I obviously have to like the band in order to work for them, as I am doing this for the love of the genre, not money! If any garage b... less
Bio
Hello. We are The Franceens. We consist of Naomi Westerman (who does bass and backup vocals) Dan Oliver Gott (who does guitar and lead vocals) and Miles "Les" Morrison (who does the drums). Let's go back to the beginning...
We all met through our old band Sky Rocket Jack. We asked Miles to join it as we were drummerless. Miles had never played drums in a band before, but the desire to do so was there, so I (Dan) pretty much taught Miles the basics of how to play drums. We now look back on Sky Rocket Jack as being Miles' training for The Franceens. After a while of playing in Sky Rocket Jack, Miles got very good at the drums (he's one of those annoying people who can pick up any instrument and have it mastered in about 5 minutes). Meanwhile, Me and Naomi had made The Franceens. It was established quite quickly for us that the music we were producing with The Franceens was much more preferable to the music coming out of Sky Rocket Jack. After losing drummer 1 for The Franceens, we asked Miles to join it on drums. He said he "only wanted to drum in 1 band at a time", as he is actually a guitar player by trade. At the time, Sky Rocket Jack was fizzing along nicely with loads of gigs, so we got someone else to join.
What happened next was a series of stop-starts for The Franceens, and we started getting through drummers faster than lightning. We couldn't seem to find the right fit for it. They either weren't committed enough, weren't good enough, or we just didn't like them. After ridding ourselves of drummer 4 in February 2013 (because he was simply too good for the band) and with a tour booked for March 2013, we turned to Miles to ";fill in" for the tour on drums. As things had slowed down with Sky Rocket Jack, Miles agreed to fill in. Whilst touring with The Franceens, Miles developed an immense passion for its music and decided he would like to do the band full-time. Shortly after the tour, Sky Rocket Jack split up, which completely paved the way for Miles to be a full-time member of The Franceens.
And that is how we came to be.
Since then, we've played countless gigs all over the UK and Europe, released an album and a vinyl EP on TNSrecords, had airplay on French radio, Dutch radio and BBC Radio 1, and have agreed endorsements with Rotosound guitar strings, Hipshot guitar and bass hardware and Sharkfin plectrums.
Favorite Music/Influences
The Hives, The Sonics, New Bomb Turks, Rocket From The Crypt, The Datsuns, The D4, GG Allin, Lime Spiders, The Monsters, The Mummies, The Preachers, The Ju Jus, The Night Marchers, Hot Snakes, The Beatles, Pixies, The Kinks, Manfred Man, The Strokes and anything from the 1950's (both music and culture).
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