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GOD COMPLEX STEVE (SOX) HARVEY AND ANDY BRERETON BOTH HAVE STRONG ROOTS IN HIP HOP.STEVE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE NOTORIOUS B.BOY CREW THE ATOMIC FORCE,WHO WERE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY FOR TERRORIZING DANCEFLOORS THE PLACE(HANLEY)ROCK CITY(NOTTINGHAM) THE DOME(BIRMINGHAM)SHELLEYS(LONGTON) ALL KNOW THE NAME. ANDY BEGAN WRITING BACK IN THE EARLY 1980s WHEN HE BOUGHT IS FIRST DRUM MACHINE, FROM STEVE. ARMED WITH A ROLAND TR808 AND AN AMIGA 500 TO PROVIDE SAMPLES TO THE BEATS,WENT ABOUT CREATING HIS UNIQUE SOUND.
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MEANWHILE ,STEVE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RAP CREW (THE THUNDERBOYZ) WITH CLOSE FRIENDS DIZZIE D(daniel spencer) LEAD SINGER OF CANDY FLIP.WHO HAD CHART SUCCESS WITH THEIR BEETLES COVER"STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER". AND DANCE ANTHEM "LOVE IS LIFE". CUTMASTER D(daz willot) OF NEW DAWN AND THE MEETING OF THE MINDS FAME(SIGNAL CHESHIRE) AND EZ MAX(DAVE MAXFIELD) ANDY AND STEVE FORMED GOD COMPLEX ON THE EVE OF THE NEW MILLENIUM.TO ENTER A LOCAL "BATTLE OF THE BANDS CONTEST" ORGANISED BY SIGNAL 1(STAFFORDSHIRE) FROM THE NUMEROUS BANDS THAT SUBMITTED TRACKS ONLY 25 WOULD COMPETE FOR THE 15 TRACK SLOTS ON THE ALBUM.WITH THE APT TITLE"INTO THE MILLENIUM". GOD COMPLEX ROCKED THE HOUSE WITH THIER ANTHEM SOUND DANCE TUNE"ALL ALONE" AS WELL AS THE MORE HARD TECHNO SOUNDING TRACKS"NIGHT BREED","CONFLICT",AND HARD ACID TRACK "LIVE FOR LIFE".... ROCKING THE HOUSE ISN'T EASY WHEN YOUR IN A ROCK VENUE WITH 4 ROCK BANDS IN FRONT OF A ROCK CROWD.WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE TRACKS. GOD COMPLEX WERE CHOSEN TO APPEAR ON THE ALBUM AND THE REST IS HISTORY.! THE BANDS INFLUENCES INCLUDE SUCH DIVERSE SOUNDS AS: OLD SCHOOL ACID, ELECTRO,N-TWINED,CHEMICAL BROTHERS, HASHIM,FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON,ALTERN 8, AND THE LAST POETS(which is where the name god complex came from) SPECIAL THANKS TO: SIGNAL RADIO,DIZZIE D, APRIL (at signal cheshire)N-TWINED,THE HARD ROCK CAFE,HANLEY,AND ALL OUR FRIENDS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THANK-YOU |
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God Complex Lists the following Influences
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The Prodigy, Underworld, Future Sounds Of London, 808 State, Ice-T
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