Never Pass Entry

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Never Pass Entry
Background information
Origin Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Punk
Years active 2004 – present
Label(s) Unsigned/own label
Website Official site
Members
Thomas Brownlee
Ross Henry
Christopher Chambers

Never Pass Entry are an alternative rock band, formed in Northern Ireland in 2004. They are a 3 piece band from the muddy banks of the Lagan also known as Belfast. They play a dirge rock with a strong influence from the early 1990s Seattle bands and a very punk rock focused sound, however, more recently, they have experimented in what some would call a "Radiohead-lite" fashion

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[edit] History

Never Pass Entry can be traced to their first song "Airstrip", written by Thomas Brownlee while he was still in Vivacity along with Stephen Moore and Christopher Chambers. Vivacity also featured occasional guest musicians in the form of Ross Henry and David McClure. They had no real success, but did self-release various EPs and recorded enough material for an album.

After Vivacity disbanded due to "creative differences", Thomas realised he had a lot of songs left that he wanted to work on, including "Airstrip". Thom (bass and vocals) then asked Ross and Chris if they wanted to join the band, on guitar and drums, respectively.

Never Pass Entry started as a noise rock band with tracks like "Systematic Devastation", but eventually took on a sound more familiar to heavier punk rock drawing influence from Mudhoney and Nirvana. It was after the recording of a very mellow, almost haunting song "Empty", that the band decided to experiment a bit more, which can be seen on the keyboard based track "The Traveller" and the solo Thom acoustic song "Same Day".

Their live sets tend to finish with "Airstrip", a song they've recorded multiple times, but length and how abrasive the song is depends entirely on how they feel, the longest version was almost 10 minutes long, but depending on the length of the jam, it's generally around 4 to 6 minutes long.

Recently, the band announced they were working on an album, currently known as Third Person Perspective. Their official website went into a unusual placeholder mode and a demo song, known as "Lost", from their recording sessions was uploaded for free download.

[edit] Equiqment

Thom uses:
Fender Mustang Bass (Fiesta red, "Sally")
Fender Precision Bass (3-colour sunburst, repaired with Richwood P-bass neck)
Laney HCM160B 160 Watts RMS 15 inch Celestion Speaker
BOSS ODB-3 Bass OverDrive
Dunlop Tortex 1.0mm Plectrums

Chris uses:
Pearl Export Drums
Zildjian ZBT Plus cymbals (14" hi hats 16" rock crash and 20" ride)
Pro-mark (American hickory sticks)

Ross uses:
Tokai Love Rock (Cherry Red)
Behringer V-TONE GMX212
Various random plectrums

Extra Gear:
Bongo drum
Casio CTK-230 keyboard
Marshall G15RCD Amp*

*This amp is not actually used for amplification, rather, Thom kicks it to produce sound effects during 'Airstrip' using the amp's reverb.

[edit] Songs

(As per official site)

  • Breakdown in Discommunication
  • Mediocrity
  • Systematic Devastation
  • There's That Sign
  • Suicide Solution
  • Empty
  • Empty (demo)
  • Out of the Dark
  • Sexploitation
  • The Traveller
  • The Other One
  • Hand Cut Nut
  • Disintegration
  • Same Day
  • Airstrip
  • Airstrip (acoustic)
  • Hairclip in My Head

  • Lost (not listed on the site, but currently on the site for download)

Covers:

Other songs (not listed on site):

  • Pretty Pictures (I'm Not Here and This Is Not Happening)
  • Vague
  • North Pole Rainbow
  • Sliders
  • Place & Time
  • 13 Miles (Blink-182 cover)

[edit] Band members

  • Thomas Brownlee - bass, vocals
  • Ross Henry - Guitar
  • Christopher Chambers - drums

[edit] External links

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