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ClockWork

Clockwork is one of the most popular upcoming bands of 2012. Their Debut album, 'as the time goes by' has the potential to reach number one in both U.K and the U.S charts. People have been known to say that Clockwork, are not only, one of the best young bands they have heard in a long time, but there music is the freshest sounds that they have heard.

Nick, Ed, Paul and John, started out in the small town of Kingston, in Paul's garage. They started off around the local pubs and as they started to get more publicity and recognition, they started to write more recognizable music which is now being played on local radio stations, such as, Radio Jackie. The first song that was played was their first EP, Beauty in her eyes. The song was first thought of by Paul’s mother, as she wanted to become a producer when she was older but never got the chance. One of the presenters first introduced them back in 2009, under the heading of 'bands to look out for'. She wasn’t wrong, as they now are being shortlisted for major awards, such as, sounds of 2012. One of their most recognizable tracks is called 'Hawk Eye' and it was used in the sport network for coverage of the popular cricket competition called 20/20. It wasn’t there aim, for their music to be used in sport coverage, but in a recent interview with our magazine, they said "we are delighted and honored that our music would even be considered in this sort of manor.”

The Kingston quintet has been tipped all around the world as the best band to come out of England, since The Beatles.

They then went on to say "we are grateful that our fans stuck with us throughout our difficult journey". This is a result of the band nearly splitting up in the early months of 2011, as Nick was admitted to rehab for drug miss-use, and some of the fans started to question Nick's credential as a role model. They were reported to be going on a worldwide tour for their final months together, but those rumors were put down when they were asked to turn on the Christmas lights in Kingston Town center and to perform a street concert on New Year’s Eve.

They have recently been announced to support their inspirational band Mumford and Sons, set up by their record company called Vanderveeken records. Vanderveeken records was set up by a Canadian producer called Jamie Vanderveeken, who’s aim was to scout the music network, for the latest unsigned music acts which he thought deserved the chance.

We Asked Clockwork, how they felt about touring with the band Mumford and Sons, they said this, “it genuinely is a privilege, as they were the band who inspired us to start in the music industry, this happened when we saw them live in the local theatre, doing a warm up tour, so to even be in the same room with them again is a massive privilege”.