theoOhz

About theoOhz

MUSIC BIOGRAPHY - The oOhz

Biography No:1 (fiction fantasy) -
The initial seed of the oohz was sewn about 3.8 billion to 3.55 billion years ago. Eventually (and to cut a rather long and tedious story short), amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, together with a flurry of lightening strikes that provided the energy to form basic life forms, enabled many strange creatures to crawl out of this primordial oohz...and so, the process continues on and on, until the modern era - the latest whiz and bang lineup is in limbo land...meanwhile I have knocked out a few teasing ditties to toy with your shell-likes. Sticky-sweet sardonica with a pinch in the dark...or...

Biography No:2 -
I would describe myself as an Artist/Singer/Songwriter. My interest in songwriting began at Art College, where I joined my first band in the late 1980s, Playing guitar and singing I went through several bands over the next few years, culminating in playing at London’s ICA rock week with my latest band ‘the Beach Authority’. Here we supported ‘The Mekons’ and ‘Strawberry Switchblade’ - if we had played a day earlier we would of supported ‘The Smiths’. This turned out to be our last gig and we all went our separate ways but, my interest is songwriting did not diminish and I got together with one exe member, writing several songs together. I have collaborated with many others since then, doing fairly mundane work in order to finance myself and to continue my artistic interests and development.
To this day, I have written about two hunderd songs utilising many divergent styles...from folk to punk to ska to hip hop rock, recording this music at home, using computer software to create and hone my sound. Going under my old band name ‘the oohz’ some of my recordings have been played on internet radio stations and on my local BBC Introducing show - indeed, 'the oohz' (a full 5 piece live band) played live on BBC radio introducing show in 2010. Alas, this project came to an end in 2011 but, I continued to write in collaborations and solo projects, promoting myself on the internet, occasionally creating my own music videos for any suitable songs.