Just thought I would plug my own band, Sigmund Fucked His Mum. The band consists of myself on guitar, and Ben Owers on Drums. For any pretense or hyperbole found below, you have my apologies.Me and Owers have been jamming together for about 2 years now (believe it or not!), and at first we played under the moniker Convex Concave. Con(Vex+Cave) was the result of those cliched teenage feelings of angst and alienation, mixed with a large intake of weed and disappointment. At first we bashed out Nirvana/Sunny Day Real Estate/early-Biffy Clyro inspired jams on a very very old drum kit which had seen better days, but with a whole lotta gusto and heart. We performed a 8 minute epic at a school showcase to a rather baffled audience of parents and teachers, which resulted with me cutting my hand open and spraying myself with blood. We then kept practicing for the next 6 months or so, and developed a strong set list. The newer songs took on a heavier, more complex direction, with influence from Don Caballero/That Fucking Tank/Shellac coming through a lot stronger. This period cultivated in our performance at the fantastic Lentonfest, which saw the end of the Convex Concave-era come to a loud/messy/distorted climax.
I then went to university, and submerged myself in the Sheffield music scene, and taking much wider influences in my music. I then returned to Stortford and we starting jamming again. We became Sigmund Fucked His Mum whilst at a That Fucking Tank gig, as it seemed like a good name to hark the start of our new era. We then went and recorded the Shirley Bassey EP with the wondrous Ollie Thurley, the genius behind Ithaca Trio. The EP showcased the brutal, complex sound we had long developed, and is a good document of our sound. We are now planning the next step of Sigmund Fucked His Mum's life, which will see us start to play some shows up in Sheffield, which is an exciting prospect for the both of us.
Not a bad little sum-up of our history there, now check out the music www.myspace.com/sigmundfuckedhismum
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