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Bands
are only listed here if they are based in Berkshire.
Bands from out of the county, that play in Berkshire, are
occasionally listed. Click
here to submit your bands details.
means new on the Josaka bands page (not necessarily a new
band). Berkshire bands that link back to Josaka are
highlighted in a grey box.

A Beggar's Opera
www.abeggarsopera.co.uk
Reading, Berkshire
Absent Minds
Newbury - An up and coming school band with killer guitar
rifts and lyrics.
The Accidents
Maidenhead - "The Accidents play fast and The Accidents play
loud (s)punky scuds!"
Adams
Event (Æ)
Maidenhead - 4
piece alternative rock band
Adrian

Winchester - Adrian, vocalist from new wave 'Iron Jawed Angels',
delivers a tainted melody surrounding a modern folk one piece
attributed by a dynamic and soul torn voice on a bed of delicate
guitar notes.
Afflicted
Reading
After Hours
www.afterhoursblues.com
Bracknell/Reading - Experienced 4-piece classic pub-rock band,
playing the best of 70's and 80's covers including Stones, Free,
Who, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty. Call Al on 01344
429517
After
Hours
Aylesbury - Rhythm
and Blues with a touch of Soul. 5 piece covers band
playing 60,s 70,s rock, soul, blues etc.
Aisle22
www.aisle22.co.uk
Reading
Alchemy
Guildford, Surrey - funky, acoustic band
Alex Trust
Bracknell - 4 piece Emo band. Influences from Matchbook Romance, Taking
Back Sunday and Senses Fail
The Alfredo Contract
Berkshire - 4 piece Stoner/Thrash Band Influences include Black Sabbath,
Metallica and Kyuss.
All
Wrapped Up
Brilliant
7 pc covers band - the website testimonials speak for
themselves!
Altitude
Reading - 4-piece
rock band with tunes
AM Lovers
Reading - Country-rock band. Frontman is the old Shakedown singer. URL
coming soon. See the
Ents 24 listing.
Amphora
Caversham,
Reading - 4-piece rock band. Influences are Nirvana, Foo Fighters,
Incubus. They play rock with some RATM
style riffs and have mostly original material.
Amor Fati
Guildford and Berkshire - 4-piece playing trippy, toolish but still
heavy sort of stuff. Currently studying at the ACM in Guildford.
Anatomy
Reading - Anatomy are a four-piece screamo/rock band.
They do shows around the Reading area with other local bands.
And Now Tuned In
(A*N*T*I)
Crowthorne - Alternative Experimental Metal-lica Punk Inspired by the clash,
Metallica and the rest! been trapped down the cellar bar but are about to take
over Berkshire New EP out 11/5/04
And Then
There Was One
Reading - And Then There Was One (ATTWO) is a hardcore/rock
band based in Reading, currently recording E.P.
Angry Boy
Fleet, Hampshire - 4-piece unsigned alt. rock::>> precision in
pieces
Anon
myspace.com/musicbyanon
Southampton - Anon are punk in the purest sense of the word. An
anything goes ethic enforcing a no one is innocent policy. No
one style of music is safe from corruption, but remember,
absolutely nothing should be taken too seriously.
Anthea Neads
www.myspace.com/antheaneads

Reading/Wokingham - Female acoustic singer-songwriter with a
range of influences including folk, blues and alternative music.
Ant
Salon
Bracknell
Anubis
Basingstoke - 5-piece kinda Incubus/Metallica/Deftones but v.
melodic, less heavy with female vocals.
Apolune Jack
Wokingham - Four piece band who play loud, quiet, heavy, soft,
melodic, noisy and occasionally psychedelic music.
Aquanaut
Reading - beat collective playing a mixture of repetition,
beauty & noise for your listening pleasure
Arameus
Basingstoke - Emo Hardcore
The Arcades
Guildford - British rock 4-piece. Think British 70's hard rock and you there.
Armchair
Multitude
London
based band formed in Windsor - Formerly
known as 'Surreal' but now reborn with new bass and
drummer. All original material, with that certain
something you will remember.
Army of Pygmies
www.armyofpygmies.co.uk
Reading
Arija
www.arijamusic.com
Reading - 3-piece ambient/tech rock band.
Armed
and Ready
Basingstoke/Camberley - 4
piece "Classic" Rock Band playing covers and some
originals. Set includes some: Lizzy/UFO/AC/DC/SRV/ZZ Top.
Major influences includes Beer, Postman Pat and the smell of
fresh leather pants!
Artisian
myspace.com/artisianmetal
Southampton - Recently relocated from London, Artisian is an
extreme metal act blending death and black metal, on Copro/casket
records.
Arthur
http://www.arthurtheband.com

Fleet - Existential, expressionism through the medium of
libertarian indie pop! Arthur is a group, a dichotomy, a
conflict of emotions, agenda setters for a new millennium, a
musical blend of phat bass riffs melodic keys, sultry vocals,
soaring guitar and powerful percussion with tempo changes as
dynamic as weekend in Basra. Do you need something to hum when
you're hanging out your washing in the back alley of life? Once
they get in your head it will ring like tinnitus and you will
sing my friend, sing till your heart is in your mouth.
Arturo
Reading - Alternative music
Ashley Bruce
www.ashleybruce.com

Reading - Ashley Bruce is a singer songwriter originally
from Reading, whose debut single 'Don't Say I'm Wrong' is
now available on iTunes and being playisted on Reading 107.
Aubrey
Lemmon
Chichester - 'three-piece
power pop band'
aUdax
Hampshire - 5
piece rock band playing 99% original material.
Influences include Incubus, RATM, Jelutong, RHCP
Aurora Owl
www.auroraowl.com
Reading - Power/symphonic/progressive metal band.
Austen
Andover - Veterans
of Reading Uni and Cellar Bar gigs and featured on Unplugged
& Intimate - Volume 1
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