About: Mel
Jolly Farmers on 28th June 2012
So last week we played at the Jolly Farmers in Purley as part of the Purley Festival. What a great night! We had a terrific time and everybody else seemed to as well — particularly those parts of the audience who were...
Learn MoreThere are no prizes for guessing where we played last week…
“Led by front woman Mel Harper, Feature Creep made their central London debut in front of a sell out crowd at the London Transport Museum last week. A rollicking set driven by Andy’s thumping drums started with...
Learn MoreDeconstructing Souljacker
Our guitarist Joe has analysed the Eels’ track Souljacker Pt I over on his blog. You can of course see the Feature Creep version over here — from the vocalist’s point of view, all I’d say is that mostly...
Learn More“That’s no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!”
(To quote Meat Loaf) I had to go to Dublin for a couple of days on business this week. Now, Dublin’s a pretty music-heavy place, although most of my contact with it during the trip was in the form of winning a trivia prize...
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As many of you may have noticed – and certainly any of you who have seen us live! – we are a fairly guitar-heavy band. Of the six of us, three are guitarists; Joe on lead guitar, Sheila on rhythm and Vernon...
Learn MoreAll for charity…
What a storming evening we had down at Bar XLR last night! Raising money for charity — in this case the Princess Alice Hospice — is a lot of fun when it involves four bands, an audience of somewhere around a hundred,...
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People do wonder why we cover Britney Spears. Let’s face it, we’re not your typical Britney fans… It all started towards the end of last year, when a friend of mine (hi Joel!), knowing my penchant for somewhat...
Learn MoreHerding Cats
For anyone attempting to organise a band such as ours, which includes five from six people with jobs (several of them busy and stressful jobs), five from six people with children (you may have noticed we are by no means teen...
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Meet the band
Feature Creep are: Mel – vocals Joe – lead guitar Vernon – lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals Sheila – rhythm guitar Lyle – bass, backing vocals Ben – drums...
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