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Originally the band was formed under the name Revenge on Cups, following a hand injury sustained by Jonny after a broken cup spilt his thumb muscle in half. Despite this injury the band was able to begin writing music, with the initial line up consisting of Robert Jones on guitar, Jonathan Hall on bass and David Hamilton on drums.
After the music was established, Mark Brown was drafted in to provide vocals for the newly named ‘The Radio Pirates’. Under this name the band developed a catalogue of songs exploring unique themes from the smoking ban to terrorism in an alternative indie rock style.
The first recordings the band made were two rough acoustic recordings of No Smoking On The Platform and Guy Fawkes Got Nothing On The Al Qaeda. Recorded before Brown joined the band, Hall provided the lead vocals, Jones guitar and backing and Hamilton with percussion. After a series of practises with Brown, the band decided to re-record the songs with all the instruments. These were recorded in Hamilton's garage by his father, David Hamilton Snr, who had a lot of musical experience and was able to assist the band in the early stages, and indeed at later stages as well.
The band continued to work on writing new material through untill November with the aim to record eight tracks forming their first demo, to be named Verbal Terrorism. The recording process was complex as three different people would record different tracks in different places at different times. Half of the demo was to be recorded at Lorne Street Studios, with other tracks recorded at other locations. Aside from the work the band had been doing for the demo, they had played a handful of gigs at venues in the local area, form Saltburn to Redcar to Middlesbrough. The highlight of this period for the band was playing at a youth talent show, organised in conjuction with Kader YCC, at Middlesbrough Little Theatre. Being one of the largest venues in Middlesbrough, this was an important venture for the still relatively inexperienced band. The ten minute set, consisting of Dancing Poster Girls, No Smoking On The Platform and Bacon And Eggs, was played to a positive reception from the audience, who possibly saw the band as a fresh-faced alternative to the other less original recycled acts on show. The collaboration with the local youth centres led to a number of other events in the future ranging from a gig at a local youth awards ceremony to, more importantly, a recommendation to audition for the Live And Unsigned UK competition.
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