The Strings

The Strings Latest news...

Victory for The Strings in the "Quest For The Chest" !

We won our heat of this battle of the bands at The Talking Heads, on the 9th June - please come and support us in the final, on Saturday 25th September. See Jurassic Mark site for more!

Strings recordings

Thanks for your interest in the latest recording sesh - we are trying to sort out the final mix and then we can unleash the results of our hard work on the waiting world! Can't wait.

Check out our audio page for some samples of our latest recordings.

Old news...

Back to the student daze

We headlined the Bridge Bar, Southampton Uni on Monday 26th April. It was a great night with some good local band action. Thanks to all the students who came down.

The Strings reviewed on BBC Radio Solent

Listen to what the review panel thought of The Strings on air...

The Strings supporting REEF was a roaring success!
Thanks to everyone who came down.

Last Strings E.P. s now sold

There is a new one planned but for now please feel free to download mp3 samples.

The Strings emerged from four piece Southampton band The View, around June 2004.

Guitarist singer/songwriter Reuben and bass player 'Sbassman' were experimenting with some new songs as 'Rainmaker' and shortly after Jim then joined to help them to complete the sound they were looking for.

They began rehearsing as a power trio, quickly fine tuning a mixture of older songs and new material,
and within just a few months they were ready to play their debut gig on 1st December 2004.

By March 2005 they were supporting Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets) at Southampton’s prestigious Joiners venue, and since then have also supported Eugene McGuiness, Dlugokecki and 'Them Is Me' (REEF).

Why The Strings?
"Basically myself and Sbassman used to refer ourselves as 'the strings section' when we were in The View. don't know why I didn't think of it before!" [Reubs]

Have you experienced The Strings yet?
Check out the gig listings for the next appearance...