User:The Dedicated Nothing

The Dedicated Nothing is a French indie-rock band from Biarritz, France. Formed in 2010, the band has 4 members: Greg - Guitar & Lead vocals, Clément - Guitar & Back vocals, Matt - Bass & Back vocals, Franck – Drums. Their first EP is called Running Away and has 3 other tracks - Love Me Girls, Aint Got Words, and Here We Are. The band is signed under Drop In Music record label.

Band Name

The Dedicated Nothing is a reference to legendary 50's Californian surfer Miki Dora, also known as ‘Da Cat’, and ‘The Black Knight’, who had self-exiled himself in Basque country, France in the 1970s. He ranked surfers in Malibu into four categories: the kooks, the punks, the freaks and the dedicated nothing.

Coming from the new aesthetic and artistic surf scene, Greg, Clément, Matt and Franck decided to call themselves The Dedicated Nothing, their motto being ‘create music on a raw and spontaneous mode".

Musical Influences

Indie-rock is their genre of music, which has been described as ‘mixing influences from the post-punk rock era of Manchester and New York' along with more modern alternative rock sound. They describe their own sound as ‘spontaneous, raw and never over-thought’.

Influencing their sound have been bands such as Joy Division, Sonic Youth, The Smiths, intermingled with the more recent influences of Interpol, [|The Maccabees] and the Arctic Monkeys.

Music Career

The Dedicated Nothing created their debut track Running Away in their home studio in December 2010. Eventually when they had a bank of 6 songs, they performed live on stage for the first time in the summer of 2011 for their friends and local fans. During this performance, they were spotted by the manager of Drop In Music – a record label and studio based in Saint-jean-De-Luz.

In September 2011, after officially being signed on with Drop In Music, they recorded Running Away, Love Me Girls, Here We Are, and Ain't Got Words. Between their recording sessions, they also toured Southwest France and performed live at 20 shows between April and December 2012. They opened shows for famous bands such as The Shoes, Birdy Nam Nam, Singtank, and The Bewitched Hands.

Their debut EP, named after their first track ‘'Running Away'’ released on February 25 of 2013.