Sion
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- Member Since: 11/02/07
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Band Bio
Check your ears and pick up your jaw from the floor. Sion are a 5-piece energetic-rock band from Andover, Hampshire. Consisting of 5 of the best musicians in their area, Sion are fast becoming one of the top underground unsigned bands to watch out for.
Through hard touring and relentless gigging, the band have developed an amazing hardcore following throughout the UK following amazing live performances. The self-styled band have toured relentlessly over the past 2 years, playing over 150 shows. This includes 3 major UK tours and a US tour in September 2006. This saw the bands first stateside shows, playing at new band showcases in New York and California.
The ‘Crushed shoulder EP’ (July 2005), which contains the song haze, has gained admiration from the likes of XFM, NME and The Fly. Having won an unsigned competition on XFM the band played at this years O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, with the likes of The Strokes, David Gray and James Blunt. This only enhanced their reputation as a must-see band. Following reviews of their performance the band were scheduled for a tour support to Hundred reasons in October 2006 before illness forced the tour to be postponed.
The latest ‘Facing businessmen EP’ was released in September 2006 and is currently being promoted. Following viewings and talks with Warner and Sony, Sion are very much in the spotlight in the unsigned scene.
Members
Andi Karthauser
Marc Burford
Daniel Bowman, Daniel Morriss
Mike Burford
