iNSTILL
Formed in 2003 originally by Russell Hodge who dragged Frogman (Matt Mitchell) by his puny hair to rehearsals with a fellow guitarist called Rich (surname forgotten).
Little did Russel know that in a flat above his dad, lived a strange bloke who played guitar called David White. After conversations, David was also dragged into the line-up but they needed a drummer!
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They proceeded to make demos using drum machines whilst searching for the appropriate person who could make the noise behind them.
A friend called Kurly said he would help on occasion, as did a fella called Dominic Tribe. But unfortunately neither could really commit.
Eventually some dude called Alan Kingsley Dobson auditioned and finally the group had a coherent line-up that could do gigs.
A few shows did follow but Rich could no longer commit due to guitar teaching commitments and also his girlfriend wanted more time together.
Fortunately, Alan had a brother (Phil) who also played guitar. Alan drafted him in to help and now a more coherent line-up was formed.
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The band did manage to play a few shows at W14 club and The Sound in Leicester Square, one medium sized gig in Bournemouth and then decided it would be prudent to get some decent recording done.
They managed to record a 3 track demo at Jacob's Studio in Farnham (Climb, A little bit good & 6/8) but overall things were not happy or content.
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David eventually left and the band continued with Phil as their only guitarist which seemed to work better for them.
Matt Mitchell eventually left too and iNSTLL went on to draft in Andy as their permanent bassist.
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Russell Hodge - Vocals
Phil Kingsley-Dobson - Guitar
Andy - Bass Guitar
Alan Kingsley-Dobson - Drums
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The Jacob's Studios Demo
This demo was recorded over 3 days at Jacob's Studio near Farnham around 2003/2004 (approx).
The only real copies of the demo were given to members at the time but unfortunately it never really got its chance in the sunlight which I have always considered to be a real shame.
My CD was unfortunately damaged and the below tracks were all that I could salvage from the wreck of someone throwing a CD into the footwell of a car without my knowledge - these things happen and I just curse myself for not having stored it safely in a digital medium prior to having it in the car.
Climb survived, Little Bit Good suffers towards the end. 6/8 took one hell of a beating though as you will hear. The beginning is unrecoverable but eventually kicks after 19 seconds so bear with it and enjoy.
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Maybe some day a better version will surface but for now, this will have to do...
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