The Band
We aim to play an eclectic mixture of covers and genres with a few familiar favourites and a few surprises thrown in.
The band was originally formed around 2008 under the guise of The Valvetronics, playing a mixture of original material and covers.
After a couple of stylish Rock ‘n’ Roll bust ups and an emigration to Canada (Hi Chris!), the band evolved and morphed into The Mighty Valves then Little Green Wheels, focusing solely on covers.
We settled into our current form, SofaKings, in 2016 and have continued to grow from there.
Our line up includes a healthy mix of experienced musicians with influences from Rock, Blues, Indie, Funk, Jazz and even big band!
We play, simply because this is what we love to do!
Gigs
News
Set List
A#
Bryan Adams – It’s Only Love
Bryan Adams – The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me
Bb
Black Crowes – Hard To Handle
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
David Bowie – Suffragette City
C7
Creedance Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
The Cure – A Forest
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
D5
Dr Feelgood – She Does It Right
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
E7#9
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
Fdim
Foo Fighters – Walk
Gmin
Gun (Hot Chocolate) – Everyone’s A Winner
J
James – Getting Away With It (All messed up)
K
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
L
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
O
Oasis – Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
P
Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
Pulp – Disco 2000
Robert Palmer – Bad Case of Loving You
R
REM – One I Love
S
Small Faces – All Or Nothing
Snow Patrol – You’re All I Have
Spencer Davis Group – I’m a Man
Stereophonics – Dakota
Stereophonics – Pick A Part That’s New
T
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Thin Lizzy – Dancing In The Moonlight
U
U2 – Vertigo
W
The Who – Squeezebox
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
A little bit of Heaven
A rough trip to the Doctor
Cant see the wood for the Trees
Gear
We are pretty self-sufficient in terms of kit. We have everything we need to play most small or medium sized venues.
We run all of our sound through a Line6 Stagescape digital mixer and output to Stagesource speakers and Bass Cabs.
We have some lighting available but will gladly use any at the venue if available.
The only thing we need from you is a few electrical sockets and maybe a cold beer or two!
Our Kit:
Andy
Line6 Variax JTV 59 | Line6 Firehawk FX | DI to desk | Boyish charm.
Gaz
Fender Guitars (Too many to mention) | TC Electronic Amp | DI to desk | Plus some exagerrated claim about his manhood…
Nige
TBC
Trev
Pearl Icon Rack | 5 piece Premier XPK | Brass Snare | Zildjian Cymbals | 1 x Hi Hat | 2 x Crash | 1 x Ride | Shure SE425 Sound Isolating Earphones | Rent Alto zmx52 4 channel mixing desk | DW9000 double bass drum pedal | Various pots n pans…
Words of wisdom
Simon
“The future is no place to place your better days.” – Dave Matthews Band
Nige
“Music is what feelings sound like.” – Georgia Cates
“In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Life is short, so live the dream. Join a band. Play Gigs. Kick Ass. – Unknown
Andy
“Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if he’ll ever know
He’s in the best selling show…” – David Bowie
“Spinning on that dizzy edge,
I kissed her face and kissed her head,
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
to make her glow” – The Cure
“Identity –
is the crisis, can’t you see?
Identity! Identity!” – Poly-styrene
Gaz
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Simon (Drums)
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