Bio
DoubleDoublePlusGood consist of 3 lads. Andy Donovan plays drums and sings. You may recognise Andy from a boss band called Elle S'appelle, and another boss band called House that Jack Built. Graham Jones plays bass and sings. You may recognise Graham from a boss band called Voo. The 3rd lad in DoubleDoublePlusGood, is Tony Keenan - that’s me… hello!... I play guitar and sing by the way.
Anyway, what happened was… I was playing non-stop (not literally) in bands for about 10 years. I became a bit jaded and decided to take a well deserved break from carrying heavy amps up and down various staircases around Liverpool. I assumed I'd just naturally get back in to the whole 'song writing/playing in bands' thing at some point, but didn't know when.
Years passed. I tried, now and again, to write some new songs but it all felt a bit forced/rubbish, so I'd usually just watch the telly instead... or go to the supermarket. I like supermarkets.
Long story short, after receiving some much needed encouragement from some kind friends, I finally got my act together and made a demo of new songs. In late 2011, Andy and Graham bullied me in to starting a band with them so these songs could be heard. And so began DoubleDoublePlusGood (or DD+G... if you value your time). With hindsight, I’m extremely grateful to Andy and Graham for their relentless, and sometimes violent, bullying.
The DD+G songs are all essentially about not doing anything creative for an extended period of time. It turns out that you can create something out of not being creative.
Bio from Tony Keenan/ DD+G
Anyway, what happened was… I was playing non-stop (not literally) in bands for about 10 years. I became a bit jaded and decided to take a well deserved break from carrying heavy amps up and down various staircases around Liverpool. I assumed I'd just naturally get back in to the whole 'song writing/playing in bands' thing at some point, but didn't know when.
Years passed. I tried, now and again, to write some new songs but it all felt a bit forced/rubbish, so I'd usually just watch the telly instead... or go to the supermarket. I like supermarkets.
Long story short, after receiving some much needed encouragement from some kind friends, I finally got my act together and made a demo of new songs. In late 2011, Andy and Graham bullied me in to starting a band with them so these songs could be heard. And so began DoubleDoublePlusGood (or DD+G... if you value your time). With hindsight, I’m extremely grateful to Andy and Graham for their relentless, and sometimes violent, bullying.
The DD+G songs are all essentially about not doing anything creative for an extended period of time. It turns out that you can create something out of not being creative.
Bio from Tony Keenan/ DD+G
Links
Andy Donovan (like Timbaland with a cuppa) recorded/produced 4 songs that appeared on a split release with Meow Meow! in April 2012. You can listen to/purchase a copy of this here;
http://rekordmeistermusic.bandcamp.com/album/04-doubledoubleplusgood-meow-meow-split-ep
http://rekordmeistermusic.bandcamp.com/album/04-doubledoubleplusgood-meow-meow-split-ep
News
As for the future, DD+G have got a bunch of brand new songs that they're going to record in the next couple of months. They're aiming to put a record out early in 2014 so the band are pretty excited about that and so are we dammit.