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About No Obligation

No Obligation is a Swansea based female fronted rock band. The current line up has been together for around two and a half years and consists of Alex Taylor (Vocals) Deano Jeffery (Guitar), Greg Harper (Bass) and Carl 'Crambo' Grainger (Drums). The band existed as an acoustic side project in its earlier days.

The bands sound forges a mix of acoustic and rock with a variety of influences ranging from Alanis Morissette, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Def Leppard and the Cranberries to Lady GaGa.

''We try to write music from the heart, that people can relate to and that people can escape into'' - Guitarist, Deano Jeffery

No Obligation have shared the stage with and worked with a range of artists such as The Automatic, The Futureheads, Lucy Diamond, Spit Like This and Eduardo Niebla.

Alex and DT8 Project

Singer and founding member Alex Taylor is well known for her work on DJ Darren Tates 'DT8 Project' album 'Perfect World' where under the name of 'Alexta' she sings on hit track 'Hold me til the end' and several other tracks on the album including 'Falling' where she duets with Gavin Rossdale of Bush.

Guitarist, songwriter and founding member Deano Jeffery (ex Celtic Assault and 12 Inch Ninja) has played all over the UK in previous projects which included an appearance at Guilfest where he shared the stage with acts such as Blondie, Katie Melua, the Stranglers, and the Levellers.

Greg and Crambo complete the line up and are vital parts of the band in performance and songwriting.

Achievements

Supported the Automatic and The Futureheads at a BBC Children In Need fundraiser concert

Organised and headlined ''The Monster Bash 2009'' which turned out to be one of the biggest live music events on Halloween in their hometown of Swansea and donated a large portion of the profits to a local childrens charity

2009 Finalists of Oceana/Liquid’s ''CLUB IDOL '' Judged by the Evening Post, The Wave 96.4fm and Mark Jermin of the Mark Jermin Stage School.

One of only 20 bands in Wales selected after a lengthy audition process to play ‘Swansea Live Festival’ 2009

The first Swansea band to ever headline Vice Rock clubs new stage, later visited by the L.A Guns

Headlined the new music stage at Pontardawe international music festival 2008 and 2009

How the band met - by Deano

I met our singer Alex whilst working together at a call centre and we formed the band, coming up with the name 'No Obligation' as it was part of our sales script. Her voice is so unique and soulful I was really exited to start writing songs with her. 'Two Worlds Apart' and 'Black Widow' are the first songs we ever wrote together.

Original drummer Scott Mackay quit due to other commitments and I stumbled across Crambo while seeing him do some very technical looking 'air drumming' to Iron Maiden at a local rock bar. He looked like he knew what he was doing so hoping he could play real drums I asked him to come and jam with us..turns out he was a drummer and he's rather good!! He comes up with some brilliant ideas when we bring songs to him in writing sessions.

In 2007 we had a very difficult time as we had to replace original bassist Danielle Williams. This was a dark time for us but we couldn't carry on as we were and the decision was made. We started to write whilst looking for a bew bass player.

I was teaching at a local music shop a couple of months later and one of the guitar tutors, Greg Harper said he'd heard we were looking for a bassist and that he'd like to play for us. We had a jam and it instantly worked. It was like he'd been with us for years and I have formed a very strong song writing partnership with him.

For more info on the band members CLICK HERE

Posted on 14 Jul 2009 by Deano

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