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The Living Daylights

Dan, Kurt, Sam, Matt and Johno (although his real name is Alex but no-one calls him that apparently) make up punk-rock quintet The Living Daylights. Their moniker hasn't come from the A-Ha track or the Bond film of the same name, instead inspiration came from one of the band's own lyrics, "we were going to call ourselves Daylight Never Dies" says guitarist Matt, "but we thought that was too 'gothy' for our music", so the band put their heads together, threw in a couple of what they called 'thought grenades' and it became the Living Daylights.Ìý

After self-releasing their E.P. in January 2008 and an extensive tour in the UK, the band signed a record deal with Fond Of Life Records who released their debut album Ways To Escape in late 2008. Since then the band have toured extensively around Europe, performing in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Belgium and Slovenia. Despite their success the band still know that it all has to come to an end, "it's depressing after a tour to go back to work" but without employment there would be no Living Daylights and they appreciate that fact, "they're good to us (employers), giving us time off when we need it."

Live in session - The Living Daylights

But you can't expect a band to go on such an extensive tour and not come back with some stories. The Living Daylights don't disappoint, for example, they blagged their way into a hotel where they had access to all the facilities and err… sandwiches; being left in a club for the night with an open bar, Sam's attempt to converse with the local Italians… in Spanish, and so on. Perhaps the best is telling a Slovenian journalist in a television interview that they were bigger than Oasis. Nice.