Saving Aimee

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Name = Saving Aimee


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Origin = Hertfordshire, UK
Genre = Pop / Rock
Years_active = 2005 – present
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Associated_acts = The Darkness, Duran Duran, McFly
URL = [http://myspace.com/savingaimee myspace.com/savingaimee]
Current_members = Luke Quinn
Satoshi Ishida
Sean Lemon
Tim Boardman
Tom Cahill
James Larner
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SAVING AIMEE are a six piece pop/rock band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They have toured with the likes of McFly, Enter Shikari, Kill Hannah and Justin Hawkins new band Hot Leg. The band have also shared stages with The Ting Tings, Simple Plan, Fightstar and Elliot Minor.

They performed as part of the 2007 Kerrang! award shows, [ [http://blog.kerrangawards.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=Saving%20Aimee&blog_id=1 Kerrang Awards 2007: Search Results ] ] and played at the "Rip Curl Boardmasters Unleashed" festival in August 2007, [ [http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/lineups.php?FestID=1887 Line-ups and rumours - search results ] ]

In late 2007, they supported McFly on their 22 date Greatest Hits UK tour. [ [http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/1755549.local_band_supporting_mcfly/ Saving Aimee support McFly - Search Results ] ] Straight afterwards they "completed a 6 week co-headline tour". They then went onto supporting McFly again at two of their Arena tour dates at the "Birmingham NEC and Sheffield Arena in December 2007".

In February 2008 they performed as part of the 2008 NME award shows, [ [http://www.nme.com/reviews/enter-shikari/9553 NME Award Shows 2008 - Search Results ] ] and co-headlined a national UK tour with We Are The Ocean in March 2008. The band also embarked on their own headline tour in June/July 2008 to coincide with the release of the free download debut single 'Small Talk', which was produced by Justin Hawkins (The Darkness). [ [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/5554.html Saving Aimee work with Justin Hawkins - Search Results ] ]

Saving Aimee are currently in the studio with Justin recording their forthcoming debut album. Track titles are known to be 'Fresh Since '88, Down for the Count, We are the Good Guys, Level On Up, Small Talk, Hold On, VIP, Saving Aimee, Honesty is the Policy, High Fives All Round, Boredom Often Leads to Depression, and Take the Lead'

Their first single 'Small Talk' is on Kerrang! TV, reaching n.13 in the 'New Music Top 20 Chart' playlist and n.10 in another chart playlist. The video is also on Chart Show TV, The Box, Fizz, Scuzz, Kix and NME TV.Small Talk also got aired on the BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe show several times.

They also toured in a One day, Three show gig in three different venues around london. It was immense.

The band are planning an autumn/winter tour, to coincide with support shows with Enter Shikari, and the release of second single, 'Level On Up'.

Guitarist Satoshi has been shredding for 10 years, whilst Sean played jazz piano in clubs before joining Saving Aimee as a guitarist. He later took up the Keyboards, and Tim Boardman joined. Luke Quinn was a musical theatre actor in the West End, and appeared as part of the ensemble cast in many plays. Tom started playing bass for the band. James introduced Tim to the band, after playing drums in Tim's comedy based music project; Ready Steady Clothes aka RSC.

Facts:

Sean is a trained Karate champion.

Satoshi makes a killer sandwich.

Tom is training to be a lawyer.

Luke is a part-time builder's labourer.

Tim is a trained jazz flautist.

James is addicted to Call of Duty; Modern Warfare

Band members

*Luke Quinn - Vocals
*Satoshi Ishida - Lead Guitar
*Sean Lemon - Electronics
*Tim Boardman - Guitar
*Tom Cahill - Bass
*James Larner- Drums

References

External links

* [http://www.beartrappods.com/podcasts/Saving-Aimee_7.html Saving Aimee Interview Nov 2007]
* [http://www.myspace.com/savingaimee Saving Aimee's MySpace Profile]
* [http://www.wearesavingaimee.com Saving Aimee's Website]