Only Just

Bio:

So i started singing when i was about 10, singing songs from musicals and stuff like that, nothing major, took part in a couple of stage shows and stuff, didnt actually start learning to play guitar until i was about 15 and i only really took it up because my dad used to (and still does) play three chords and refused to learn any more, so i was basically proving a point! and then i kinda got into it a bit more, so my dad then bought a piano and a similar thing happened there. I got into my first band when i was about 16 too, just singing at the time, in a band called 'the undecided' it lasted a few weeks, went nowhere and died a death, anyway, next thing was setting up a band in sixth form, where i found JP wh was a guitarist, Greeny wanted to try his hand at Bass and Bazz was an already accomplished drummer looking for something different. So we formed 'Route 69' where JP would turn up with riffs that 'he'd' written, and we did ok, but then he left to join an Aerosmith tribute band...how'd that work out for you mate? haha! anyway, the remainging members regrouped, i stayed on vocals, Bazz stayed on drums, Greeny tried his hand at guitar and YT took over on Bass. The set-up worked pretty well for a couple of years, getting us all through college and we did a few gigs, to the point where i could get people singing our lyrics at one point, anyway, i decided to try and futher my career and this, i think, unnerved some of the others and i was unceremoniously ejected from the band. So i went off to uni, learnt my craft and got to play with some of the best musicians in the country and perform as part of chamber choirs, musical theatre groups, gospel choirs, rock bands, swing groups, big band, african drumming groups, as well as the beginnings of the sound you come to expect from just now. When I got back to Derby YT and myself began work on much of the music you hear from Just today, performed a few gigs and then YT told me he was to become a father so we played our final gig together ironically at the first ever 'derby singer songwriters club' nights at the Blessington. Since then i have been working with CLaire Richardson who has quite honestly revolutionized the sound of Just and give it a new purpose. We have since then been creating and improving upon the existing Just sound, we hope you like what we have created and keep your eyes and ears peeled as we'll never stop doing this. ..

Member Since:

September 25, 2007

Members:

It's just me now, Chris Kelly (or CK), and Claire Richardson (or Claire-face) trying to create something beautiful from nothing for all of you lovely people :-)

Influences:

Its a strange thing, being influenced by particular artists, i mean the way i see it, i'm influenced by everything around me at any time, but the biggest influences to me at least are people who i have met along the way, like the guy who was playing piano during my music when i was in year 9 at school, or David Beard for giving me the first real singing lessons i ever had, or the guys from Kind Of Injury who let me sing for them for the short time we were together. Then there's Andy Portas and Andy Moore at college who gave us all the opportunity to try loads of different types of music. There's all the guys and girls i met at uni who were amazing to work with and have touched my soul in some way or another, especially 'Hannah Pianna' who once told me that i 'totally pissed on everyone', lol, or Bryony, my 'University Wife' (sorry Greg, its not how it sounds! lol) There's also Graham 'Stephen' Philpott who helped show me that musicals really are the lowest form of music, Jeff Smith, who helped me see that swing music can still be cool, 'Acoustic Pop' who were always the three musicians I aspired to in Uni, and Yvonne Seymour who helped tame my random thought processes when it came to performances basically, the list is endless, but all of these people and many others helped influence the music i make now, non of them are very well known, but they are my biggest influences and i try to thank them every time i get on stage by putting those influences into everything i do.

Sounds Like:

I guess we model our sound a little on Damien Rice, some Dashboard Confessional and a bit of Incubus with some Radiohead thrown in but i like to think we're unique :-)

Record Label:

Unsigned