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"great young band" ....... Richard Ashcroft "a spiralling guitar riff The Edge or Johnny Marr would kill for, a sublime anthem" ....... The Guardian "hottest up-and-coming band" The Sun "Jyrojets rocketing to stardom" STV "Hottest download" Sunday Times "Something rather special's brewing in the Highlands" Jim Gellatly, XFM "A band on the cusp of greatness" BBC Radio Scotland "One of the best debut records I've heard from any Scottish band" Billy Sloan, Radio Clyde "The gravelly-voiced offspring of Luke Kook and Liam Gallagher" NME "popfuckingtastic Jyrojets. They had the lot - the looks, the melodies, the charm and the energy, and a fanbase - grab them while they're hot" Music Week "Brilliant! The name Jyrojets will soon be on everyone's lips." Nigel Robbins, President, MTV Asia-Pacific "fantastic! Noel Gallagher would love to be writing tunes like this...it’s the swagger that make Jyrojets so exciting. This band have the fun and the attitude to go all the way" Daily Record "the best kept secret at South by Southwest" San Francisco Chronicle "a summer anthem" Disorder “one of the hottest new bands” Scotsman “in years to come, when they are rock gods, you can tell people "y'know, I was there" Sunday Herald "The hottest tickets in town" Metro "this such a gem... it makes The Fratellis sound like a bunch of girls." Young Scot "melt them, make them laugh, make them pogo their sweat all over the floor, make their guts yours. Jyrojets do all that." "They play their songs with an energy that would always mark them out as something exceptional, even if the songs didn’t already scream it.” Highland News "See them before they blow up and go huge" Bedfordshire On Sunday "if they came from london they'd already have a top 20 hit under their belts by now" Culture Deluxe "they deserve to headline stadiums themselves. They have what it takes - great songs and great stage presence...This is the year Jyrojets deserve to be lifted into orbit" Daily Record "a delight to our bourbon soaked ears...these guys are turning out catchy songs at an alarming rate" Music News Scotland "one of the country's fastest rising bands" “they ran through a 30-minute greatest hits set...and they rose to the occasion dazzling the mixture of industry folk” Inverness Courier “A band on a roller-coaster road to stardom...have enjoyed a meteoric rise from obscurity” Press & Journal “They could be and most probably will be huge” Xpression FM “The word on the street is that Inverness upstarts Jyrojets are going places" The Skinny "great songs, boosted by strong vocal harmonies and bags of on stage presence ....they understand completely how to work a crowd." Record of The Day "their debut album will be a must-have" Evening Times, Edinburgh/Scotsman.com "a perfect track" Olympic Radio "so tender, so hypnotic is this loop of lost love that there's barely a girl in the world that deserves that kind of longing." Highland News "a big enough sound to knock you off your bar stool" Daily Record "Despite their youthfulness they dip deeply into rock's vaults and take the choicest of cuts: Beatles songs played by Nirvana is how they were once described. Add in some Simon and Garfunkel harmonies, strains of The Who and Beach Boys melodies and you sort of get the picture." . Nairnshire Telegraph "since the Jyrojets have got on the playlist it's gone wild!! Requests for it every night...making it the most requested song currently doing the rounds!! Not surprising, it's a great tune!" Moray Firth Radio “Wow - what a brill set of tunes! And my listeners love it too! Keep up the work guys - with this you will make it.“ Cuillin FM "a massive tune... giving Coldplay or Snow Patrol a run for their money in the epic indie rock stakes. A band standing on the verge of very big things" UK Music Search "epic – heart-wrenching stuff" High Voltage "catch them before they become really big" Swindon Advertiser "the next big thing" CMU Beats Bar "impossibly catchy indie rock that reminds you of Oasis at their early best; all bouncy guitar chords, infectious choruses and attitude by the bucket load." UK Music Search "undeniably talented with more than a couple of songs to their name" Music Week "Jyrojets tick all the boxes. The look, the passion, the attitude and the tunes" "highly tipped to be massive..... a soaring epic radio friendly anthem" Is This Music? "just the beginning of very big things" ICA
"Colin Fraser is not only a captivating showman, but he also has the rare gift of a melody maker, capable of composing memorable lyrical songs" Kommersant (Russian daily) “a classic pop track cut from the same cloth as Ray Davies' suits” iCast "Lot's of people talking about them" Janice Long, Radio 2 "A song you can't live without" BBC Rapal "impossibly catchy indie rock that reminds you of Oasis at their early best; all bouncy guitar chords, infectious choruses and attitude by the bucket load." UK Music Search "the future of rock IS Jyrojets" Chris Harvey, STV "fun summer tune" Stephen Merchant "absolutely flippin' ace." On Sunday "This deserves to be a top forty hit and looks like being the shape of things to come." Chart Chat "a perfect slice of Brit-rock not dissimilar to some of the best Oasis songs of late. It deserves to be a massive hit" ***** Daily Record "snarling indie-rock that's perfect for festivals. Definitely a band to look out for. ***** " Sunday Mail "one of the most talked about new bands in the UK, racking up press coverage everywhere" Metro "lyrics John Lennon wished he penned....can't wait to hear their debut album" David Strachan, Moray Firth Radio "they quite frankly blew me away" HUBL.co.uk "this is THE next big thing" Stornoway Today "impeccable Indie credentials and the thundering tunes to back them up" Audio Scribbler "their anthemic, lad rock sound promises to take them to the heights that so many are predicting" The Beat Surrender "fine Scots indie quintet" Teletext "another perfect guitar strewn pop nugget" Losing Today.com "People were asking each other in astonishment: Who is that? What is that? They looked and sounded too good to be true" Izvestia (Russia) "One of Scotland's hottest bands" John O'Groat Journal "tremendous songs..... we are all going to hear a lot more about this Scottish band" Rock3Music
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Russia to Rockness :: We just got back from Russia where had great gigs at Moscow and Siberia. We will now be touring until the end of June to support the launch of our debut album on 16th of June. 8th of June we will be performing on the main stage at Rockness along side the likes of Razorlight. You can see our full tour schedule on our myspace page. BBC TV Scotland :: Our live session on BBC TV Scotland (Rapal) is finally online and can be seen here. SXSW :: We had a hectic schedule in the blistering heat of Austin but it was worth it. We played to packed out gigs and had a fantastic live session on BBC Radio 1. We played two acoustic numbers which you can listen to by clicking here (click on the Acoustic Session) "they have such catchy songs, going down a storm at SXSW"
MAR08: We have a busy schedule at SXSW this week. As well as playing the Scottish Showcase, we will be playing the BBC Radio 1 broadcast. Catch us at the following venues:
You can find out more about the Scottish Showcase on the BBC Website. FEB08: Did you see us on BBC Scotland (Rapal) - performed four songs. We will soon have the video of the program here online. JAN 08: Happy New Year! We've been picked again to play at SXSW in Texas in March and you can watch us performing on BBC 2 Scotland's Rapal show on 13th Feb at 6.30pm, so off to a good start. 2007 NOV & DEC: Gigging in Scotland, including our hometown, Inverness on December 22nd, which should end 2007 with a bang! The album is nearly ready (honest!). Hear previews on the Audio page. We hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year. Thanks to everyone for your support this year. OCT: We played a few gigs in Moscow . Had a bit of a nightmare journey there thanks to DHL delivering our visas to Innsbruck twice (maybe they think Inverness is in Innsbruck!) and causing us to miss our flights and arrive a day late. We got off the plane, went straight to do an acoustic gig on one side of Moscow, came offstage, went across to the other side of the city, played an electric gig, finished about midnight, went to our hotel for a quick sleep then had a 30 hour journey home early the next morning thanks to flight delays!! All good fun though. The Russian movie '20 Cigarettes' , which features 'Dead on Arrival' in the soundtrack and trailers, has just been released there. Played in Aberdeen on Halloween too.... was strange playing to a room full of pirates, bananas & 118 118 men but we had a good night out afterwards!!. SEPT: 'Hollywood Hold On' was released on 10th and made 28 in the indie charts. You can buy the download from our digital store or from iTunes. "This is great" Alex Lester, Radio 2 "This will be number one in America until the end of time." CultureDeluxe "Excellent" Billy Sloan, Radio Clyde " the best record you'll hear all year." David Strachan, Moray Firth FM "We love them......cracking band " Janice Long, Radio 2 You can hear it on Radio 1, Radio 2, XFM, Capital, Clyde, BBC Radio Scotland, Island FM, BFBS, Freak FM, 2XS, Cork Campus Radio, Big L (No. 13 in their chart), Metro, Olympic , SIBC, Nevis, Rapal, Clockwork, Passion, MFR, Fen, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Newcastle, Waves, Fresh Air, Xpression, URB, Purple,Indie 103.1 (Los Angeles) , 94.7 FM (Portland), Kink FM (Portland),The Fox (Louisville, KY), The Buzzard (Greenville, SC), 95X (Syracuse, NY), X106.3 (Huntington, WV), 95.3 The X (Ft. Smith, AR), Eagle 107.5 (Wheeling, WV), The Bear (Parkersburg, WV) and Motor.de (Germany). Scottish TV (Entertainment Now) gave us a great plug: "They're better than Oasis and Blur put together ......they're young, brash and have a gigabyte of fantastic songs - Inverness's Jyrojets have their rock afterburner set to eleven....."
Also played with Paul Ryder from the Happy Mondays new band 'Big Arm’ in Berlin.......there was a mad session after that one!!! And not one passport was lost which is amazing for us AUG: Had a great time at the Belladrum Festival - thanks to everyone for making it a rocking gig. It was great to play on home soil again. JUNE: Had a full page in The Sun about our BritBus tour of the US (see full story in Reviews page) and a good plug in NME for the UK tour (see Live page). Did a live session and interview for Janice Long on Radio 2. Janice sent us this email: " such a top set..........the listeners were mad for you. We were absolutely inundated with enquiries . Don't forget us when you are huge! I can't thank you enough . ....Lots of love...Janice x" MAY: Our debut single was released on 14 May - 'Favourite Thing About Jane'/ 'I Don't Think You Hurt' on 7" vinyl, CD and download. XFM called it a 'Britpop Anthem', and we've got fans in Jonathan Ross and Stephen Merchant. It was in Sunday Times 'Hottest downloads". It's 24 in the UK Independent Chart and 24 in the UK Student Radio chart. We've been getting shed-loads of great press. The Sun called us one of the seven hottest bands of 2007! Did a session for XFM Scotland (Jim Gellatly's show). Thanks to everyone who came along to the video shoot - what a mental night!!! Ended with the band buried under a pile of bodies after fans rushed the stage and sent equipment flying. Check it out in the Video page. You can buy the single by clicking on the CD cover below.
The single was played on: Radio 1, Virgin Xtreme, Radio 2 , Capital, BBC 6Music, Olympic Radio, XFM (London & Scotland) , BBC Rapal, Tay, MFR, Clyde, Cuillin, 2XS, Island FM, SIBC, Oban, Fen (Record of the Week), URB (No. 2 in their chart), Xpression, Borders, Purple, Big L (No. 7 in their Top 40), BBC Radio Scotland, Net Sounds, Blast 1386, Rock 3, Delta Radio (Germany), Motor.fm (Germany), Otvoreni (Croatia), 94/7 FM (Portland, US), Indie 103.1 FM (LA, US), EQX (US), East Village (NY, US), Kink FM (Portland, US), WCKG Chicago. Our debut album recording is going well - more news soon. APRIL 07 : BBC AMERICA BRITBUS TOUR We toured right across America for 2 months, travelling from San Francisco to New York in a London double-decker bus. We played 50 gigs, including a packed Roxy in Hollywood, and had the best 8 weeks of our lives. It was one crazy ride! We took 'getting out of it' to a new level. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: Jyrojets, the best kept secret at this year's South by Southwest music festival, is playing five shows in San Francisco this week. Anyone with a weakness for the Stones' street-fighting swagger or the Kinks' twinkle-eyed melodies will want to catch at least three. The Scottish five piece is quickly becoming a big deal back in Britain, where, last year, it was handpicked to open for former Verve front man Richard Ashcroft. Now, Jyrojets is crisscrossing the States as the main attraction on the BBC America Britbus tour, giving us a chance to see what all the fuss is about. Check them out..... -- Aidin Vaziri -------------- With a top speed of 45mph (downhill), the London red, double-decker bus is customised, complete with plasma screens and a bar with Bass on tap! The tour hit 15 cities, along with a couple of non-scheduled stops for the odd blow out (windows as well as tyres!). We survived extreme desert temperatures with no air-con, tropical storms and some of the country’s less salubrious motels. New York was our favourite place and being the end of the tour we partied hard there. We all looked like potatoes by the end of it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Dead on Arrival' is being featured in a movie titled '20 Cigarettes" currently being shot in Russia. MARCH 07 Just back from a week of complete & utter mayhem at SXSW in Texas. Played 4 shows - one on ME TV live which was broadcast throughout the festival on U.S TV. Got some funny as f@ck photos from Texas too. Would take ages to tell all the stories on here - our manager nearly lost his fingers, I (Colin) 'lost' my passport, we nearly died on a few occasions. Absolutely nuts! Arrived at the hotel, Iggy Pop walked past & into the elevator. Went & got ready, went out, met two girls who ended up being our guides/lodgers for the week. Went out, got wrecked, woke up the next afternoon, played live on ME tv show, got wrecked, woke up the next afternoon, did a gig in BD Rileys, got wrecked, woke up the next morning, played the BritBus tour launch gig in a big tent, got wrecked, woke up the next morning, played an acoustic set for CCM party, got wrecked, woke up, drove to Houston to get an emergency passport home, got wrecked, woke up, caught a plane. Woke up in Was a brilliant experience - kind of like a huge big T-in the Park FEB 07 Had a great gig at Luton's Live Room - check out the review in Luton On Sunday in the Reviews page. Here's a snippet: "Forget their current countrymen The View or The Fratellis, Frazer and his men are the real talent from north of the border, come to think of it make that south, west and east as well. Hey, even the Yanks can't fail to like this." JAN 07 We played a live acoustic set for BBC Radio Scotland 2006
Our debut limited edition EP was released on 27 November. The tracks are Dead On Arrival/ All The Rage/ I Had Something Wonderful. We made the UK Indie charts, No. 4 on the CultureDeluxe top 40 chart and No. 4 in world-charts.de. Dead on Arrival was the most requested track on MFR radio! You can hear Chris and Martin being interviewed on their Podcast (www.mfr.co.uk). We've had play on Radio 1, XFM London (and featured on their website), Radio Clyde, XFM Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland, Olympic, Nevis, Borders, West FM, Cuillin, Arrow, Argyll, North Angus, Orkney, Tay, SIBC, Xpression, Net Sounds , Heartland and Subcity (No. 15 in their chart). Billy Sloane at Radio Clyde played "All The Rage" in his Best of 2006 show. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In October we headlined our second gig in Moscow ( had three encores!), plus made a TV appearance there - it was a mad few days and we had a great time. We also played the 'In The City' showcase in Manchester. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our gig in August at The IronWorks in Inverness was amazing - thanks to everyone who turned up and went crazy. The live video of 'Dead on Arrival' is now up on the Video page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We were runners up for the XFM Live Breakthrough Act at the Vodafone Live Music Awards, but sadly beaten to the final 4 bands by The Fratellis, Arctic Monkeys, Dirty Pretty Things and The Automatic . Thanks for all your votes.
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