User:Jackson Stride/Hunky Dorey

Hunky Dorey (band) are a Birmingham, England based band who play in the genre of Pop Rock/Alternative.

The Beginning The band started in September 2008 at Arthur Terry School in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. The band consisted of Jack Stride on vocals and guitar, Luke Bennett on drums and Tom Snape on lead guitar. Will Stone joined the band shortly after on bass guitar. In the space of about a year and a half the band played a few minor gigs, their first being at the Clifton youth cenre in Sutton Coldfield and a Christmas gig at The Fake Friday Night Project in Boldmere. Stride and the band write three original songs in this time which are still played at present: Lights, We Are and Sunset Over Digbeth. With these songs on the setlist as well as well know covers (such as La Roux and Arctic Monkeys) the band got a young group of followers called Dorians around the Birmingham area.

Change in band lineup The band had the same lineup for about a year and a half until cracks started to show at Hunky Dorey practices. Tom Snape was asked to leave due to musical differences days after a school show of which La Roux Bulletproof was covered infront of a crowd of over 300 people. Despite the gig being a complete success Snape was not to play another song with Hunky Dorey again. After Toms departure the band began the search for a new guitarist. After much consideration Ex-Average Male gutarist Ali Whitticase joined the band. With the new line up the band have played three high-profile gigs including two O2 Academy Birmingham shows. New songs were added to the Hunky Dorey setlist including Weekend At Jimmies, as well as the three existing Dorey songs and covers of Dizzie Rascal and The Arctic Monkeys.

The Future of HD The four piece are due to play a full set of gigs in Birmingham, Leeds, London and a festival in Weymouth. Nothing has been professionally recorded to present but the band plan to get in the studio within the next year to record an ep featuring new and old dorey songs.