Rock group gets on New Musical Express

Jamie Borthwick • Published 16 Dec 2009 13:00

A BAND seeking its big break has managed to get itself featured in influential music magazine NME, a champion of Brit rock as far back as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

The Black Velveteens were interviewed under the banner 'New and Unsigned' for the rock aficionados' mag, which sells around 40,000 copies nationally every week.

The band, which includes two Bankies, a Knightswood bassist and a front-man from Drumchapel, were chosen for the light-hearted feature from among hundreds of hopefuls who pitch for a plug in the publication, which has been influencing the careers of musicians for more than half a century.

Now vocalist Martin Knox, 22, is hoping the exposure in the New Musical Express can propel the four-piece into the limelight like it has for so many bands before them.

Martin told the Post: "We had been trying to get in to the NME but advertising costs are massive so we sort of left it at that.

"Then I noticed a number to call about featuring in a column, so I thought I'd give that a shot."

Despite the high volume of wannabe rock stars writing in, The Black Velveteens were selected to appear with an amusing Q and A along with a picture of the band - Martin, drummer Danny Hyslop, 22, and guitarist James Bruce, 22, both from Clydebank, and bassist Allan Hollinsworth, 18, from Knightswood.

For news on the band visit www.myspace.com/blackvelveteens.

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