Jesus wept. East 17 are back. And now, for some dreadful reason, they’re ready to shout “ARE YOU READY TO ROCK WALSALL?” because they’ve ditched the boyband sound and decided to become a rock band.
If only we were making this up. We even have video evidence.
Tony Mortimer and the other two that aren’t Brian Harvey, are peddling some dismal adult soft rock, thinking they’re like the Kings Of Leon or something. Take That are said to be losing absolutely no sleep over this. And yep, get over the jump for the video.
The group have new album ?Dark Light? coming out on April 2nd (because if they put it out on the first, it would be rightly dismissed as an April Fool) and have compared their sound to some of rock’s most famous.
E17 have stated that the album…
?showcases the band?s new transatlantic rock sound, reminiscent of bands like Kings Of Leon and U2 and even artists like Brian Adams and Billy Joel.?
The press release continued to say:
?It's a brave move and one that's paid off on a record that's as catchy as Summer of ?69 and as soft rock and big sounding as it gets,? with songwriter Tony Mortimer adding: ?I think everyone is subconsciously inspired by American music and rock ?n? roll and this time around we wanted to do something more live with less tricks.?
Fuck a duck.
Meanwhile Brian Harvey is doing things like this