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Natural Tendency
Natural Tendency is a four-piece growing alternative rock band based in Chipping Sodbury, Bristol. The band consists of four members, brothers Ed and Chris Taylor, Tom Latham, and Paul Edwards. The band cite their main influence as Muse, as well as Avenged Sevenfold and Foo Fighters.

Band Roles
Ed Taylor - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Piano, Melodica

Chris Taylor - Drums, Backing Vocals

Paul Edwards - Guitars, Keyboards

Tom Latham - Bass Guitar, Keyboards

Starting Out
In late 2006 former lead singer Jack Sedman made a joke about starting a band. To his surprise the other four founder members of the band took this seriously. Shortly afterwards it was decided that Ed Taylor and Paul Edwards would take lead and rhythm guitar roles in the band respectively, Tom Latham took bass guitar and Matt Cranham took drums. It is worth noting that at this point in time, only Ed Taylor had previous musical experience, as a pianist/keyboardist and vocalist, and as a self-taught guitarist. Matt Cranham had played drums before, however this was about three years prior to the band's formation. Paul Edwards and Tom Latham had never played instruments before.

The first band practices did not take place until late January/early February 2007, when in college time given for enrichment, the band members would practice in Ed Taylor's garage. Initially the band concentrated on simple covers, to gain experience with their new instruments. At this point in time Tom Latham did not own a bass guitar and so used a keyboard to fill in the bass parts.

In September 2007 lead singer Jack Sedman left the band. His reasons for leaving were not clear, although it is likely that it was due to the pressures of being in the band. Ed Taylor was quickly drafted to lead vocals, meaning that the band dropped from five members to four. In the next few months the band grew in experience, and Ed Taylor began to write songs; the first was a piece written for his A Level music composition work - Walking In The Footsteps Of Giants. Later on Aeroplanes and Unlucky For Some were written.

The band's first ever gig came at the close of 2007, in support of fundraising for Chipping Sodbury School's Year 11 prom. By this time Natural Tendency had gained experience and owned their own instruments, apart from a drumkit. The band played a 30 minute setlist, consisting of three covers and two of Ed Taylor's new songs. The audience were stunned by the performance and asked for an encore, which the band gave in Song 2 by Blur.

The Growth Of The Band
In March 2008 Natural Tendency held their first ever gig at Yate Community Centre. Over 200 people came to watch and the band raised valuable money for equipment. Shortly after this drummer Matt Cranham left the band due to A Level commitments. Chris Taylor, Ed's younger brother, a guitarist, was asked to play drums for the band. Chris had just five weeks to learn before Natural Tendency participated in the local Battle Of The School Bands, so a drumkit was purchased. Meanwhile Ed Taylor's songwriting continued, and one song was written by all four members of the band.

On 28th May 2007 Natural Tendency competed in and won the Battle Of The Bands competition in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. Their prize was to play at SodburyRox, an open air music festival in Chipping Sodbury High Street. This was Natural Tendency's biggest gig to date and many new fans joined the growing fanbase.

The Future
Natural Tendency are hoping to participate at the Harbourside Festival in Bristol this August. The list of written songs has now grown to 11, and the band have announced that soon they will be ready to record their first album, Unlucky For Some.

Equipment
Ed Taylor:

Guitars - Ibanez S470 (Ice Blue), Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty Custom (Black and Gold)

Keyboards - Casio

Amplification - Line 6 Spider III 120W

Paul Edwards:

Guitars - Schecter C1 Diamond Series (White)

Amplification - Marshall

Chris Taylor

Drums - Boston drumkit

Tom Latham

Bass Guitars - Aria Integra II (Black)

Amplification - Marshall

Discography
The band is currently working on its first album, Unlucky For Some, which will hopefully be completed ready for recording by September 2008. The current list of songs stands at:

Calm Before The Storm

Aftermath

Our Lost Souls

Unlucky For Some

Aeroplanes

Walking In The Footsteps Of Giants

Frequency Breakdown

C.M.I.

Arabian Nights

Links
MySpace Page